MACON-- Mercer University will hold a free information session on its new master's program, the Holistic Educator, on the Macon campus Monday, Sept. 22, at 4:30 p.m. at Stetson Hall, room 162.
The University will also hold an information session at the Regional Academic Center in Eastman, Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m.
With classes beginning in October in Eastman and Macon, Mercer is breaking ground with this innovative graduate program. A program of Mercer's Tift College of Education, the Holistic Educator is designed to benefit more than the classroom teacher. A wide range of professionals who work with children or families, including family specialists, caregivers and health educators, can use the information offered through the Holistic Educator graduate program.
As populations grow more diverse, the Holistic Educator program will equip professionals with the knowledge and tools needed for working with young people of all backgrounds and abilities....
WHO: Mercer Student Government Association (SGA) President Alex Brown and the SGA Executive Board.
WHAT: Brown will give a "State of the Student" Union address following the same format President George W. Bush uses. Brown will discuss accomplishments and challenges he has faced during his administration as student body president, as well as future student government plans. A question and answer session with the SGA Executive Board will follow his speech.
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Willingham Hall on Coleman Avenue, across from Tattnall Square Park; Mercer's Macon campus.
BACKGROUND: This is the first State of the "Student" Union address at Mercer.
Note: Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 731-3668.
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MACON- As a part of the National Endowment for the Humanities Lecture Series, acclaimed authors and scholars Eric Klinenberg and Ellen Ruppel Shell will speak on two hot topics at Mercer University April 12 and 14. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
Klinenberg, author of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, (University of Chicago Press, 2002), will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 12, in the Mercer University School of Medicine Auditorium. In his presentation entitled "Why Heat Waves are so Deadly: Urban Vulnerability from Chicago to Paris," he will give insight into the social breakdown that occurred during the devastating heat wave in Chicago in July of 1995.
An assistant professor of sociology at New York University, Klinenberg is a Chicago native passionate about public and politically engaged social science. His book, Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, was named Best Book in Sociology/Anthropology by the Association of...
MACON - Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law will hold its commencement at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 12, in the Macon City Auditorium, with approximately 120 graduates receiving degrees during the ceremony.
Recently retired Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Norman S. Fletcher will deliver the commencement address to graduates. The University will also award Justice Fletcher a Doctor of Laws honorary degree during the ceremony.
Justice Fletcher was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia on June 28, 2001. He served continuously on the Court from his appointment on Dec. 28, 1989, by Gov. Joe Frank Harris until he retired from the Court in June of 2005.
He began his law practice in 1958 and in 1963 formed a partnership with the late George P. Shaw and Irwin W. Stolz Jr. While in private practice, he represented the state of Georgia as a special assistant attorney general and he also served as LaFayette city attorney and Walker...
(The following article was published Saturday, April 28, 2007, in the Macon Telegraph.)By JENNIFER BURKThe city of Macon and Mercer University announced Friday a partnership that aims to refurbish a corridor that runs between campus and downtown to create more of a college town vibe.The goal is to attract and retain more students and young professionals in Macon.
This story was published Monday, March 24, 2008, in the Macon Telegraph. Click here to read the story.
ATLANTA- Lithia Springs resident Lynn Clemons was recently appointed director of the Organization Leadership Program for Mercer University's College of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Clemons has worked for Mercer for eight years, serving as a professor, mentor and coordinator of the University's Regional Academic Center in Douglas County.
The Organization Leadership Program is a degree completion program established by Mercer in 2000. To enroll in the program, students must have at least four years of work experience and 60 hours of previous college experience. As the program is designed for working adults, classes are held each Saturday for 16 months at Mercer's Cecil B. Day Campus in Atlanta and the Regional Academic Center in Douglas County. The program will also be offered at Mercer's new Henry County Center when it opens in August.
Clemons is excited about this chance to work in adult education, a field very close to her heart. The Douglas County...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - About two decades ago, Steve Boylan was hanging out at his Mercer University fraternity and eating late-night breakfast at Denny's on Riverside Drive.
MACON, Ga.- The Mercer men's basketball team opens a two-game Atlantic Sun Conference homestand playing host to league-newcomer Kennesaw State Thursday night in the University. Tip off is at 7 p.m.
The contest is the first meeting on the hardwood between the two schools, with Kennesaw State (9-8, 7-1 A-Sun) sitting atop the conference standings along with Florida Atlantic. Mercer, riding a five-game home winning streak dating back to last season, is looking to snap a three-game losing streak.
"It'll be an interesting matchup," said Mercer head coach Mark Slonaker. "Coach Ingle and I have been friends for 25 years, and it's the first time we've ever competed against each other."
The Owls come to Macon as one of the A-Sun's hottest teams, having reeled off five consecutive wins after dropping a 73-67 decision to Florida Atlantic on Jan. 6. KSU sophomore Ronnell Wooten is the lone returning starter from last season's squad that captured a...
MACON - Mercer's recently established Center for the Teaching of America's Western Foundations will sponsor three lectures this fall and spring, as well as a conference in April to shed light on the intellectual underpinnings of American society, particularly the influence of prominent Western philosophers and thinkers.
