The annual Big Auction, to benefit the Mercer Athletic Department, will be held Thursday at the Grand Opera House.
Silent auction begins at 12 noon and closes at 7 p.m. The live auction will begin at 7:30 p.m.
There is no admission charge, and food will be provided by Steak 'n Shake.
For a complete list of silent items, live items, sports memorabilia and balloon items, go to Big Auction.
Jennifer Cole has made her mark on Mercer University.
MACON, Ga.--Mercer University College of Liberal Arts students Chiquita Jones and Dominica Purter will travel to the University of Tennessee this summer as recipients of the prestigious Ronald McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program Award.
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...
MACON-Locust Grove resident Leah Falls has had far from the "typical" college experience. After deferring her education for more than a decade, Falls decided to attend Mercer University to earn her bachelor of arts in education degree.
And this was no small task. While carrying a full course load at Mercer, Falls cared for four children, regularly traveled 50 miles from her Locust Grove home to the University and helped her husband recover from an injury and unemployment.
On May 11, the 39-year-old mother of four realized a dream when she earned her bachelor of arts degree in education from Mercer University. "I thought this day would never come," she said standing in the Macon Coliseum in her cap and gown.
After completing a semester at Gordon College more than a decade ago, Falls put her education on hold to care for her children. Then when she decided to return to college to get her degree in education from Mercer University, she went at it full...
ATLANTA-Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University student Curlissa Pauldo Mapp, R.N., recently was awarded the prestigious Ethnic Minority Masters Scholarship from the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation.
Tallying close to 50 cadets, Mercer University's Army ROTC Program is small compared with other university ROTC units, which often have as many as 200 cadets. But size isn't everything. Mercer ROTC students are making big entrances into the military world.
ATLANTA-Gwinnett County resident Christy Perrin Karnbach, Pharm.D., received the prestigious Reuben C. Hood Award at the Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy commencement ceremony May 3. The Hood Award is the highest scholastic award given by the School of Pharmacy and recognized superior academic achievement.
MACON- Nationally acclaimed historical and political writer Buckner F. Melton, Jr. is returning home to serve as Mercer University's writer-in-residence for the next five years. He also will serve as a Mercer University Press fellow.
A 1984 Mercer graduate, Melton has published three major books as well as numerous scholarly publications. His first book, The First Impeachment: The Constitution's Framers and the Case of Senator William Blount (Mercer, 1998), won him national recognition, as its publication in 1998 coincided with the impeachment hearings of President Bill Clinton. During the Clinton impeachment, Melton was called upon to advise various members of Congress and to give expert commentary on MSNBC, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, National Public Radio's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and many other national and regional news agencies.
More recently, Melton, who has also written Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason (Wiley, 2002), has occasionally been...
Macon- Diane Baca, associate vice president for Human Resources for Mercer University, was recently honored for her commitment to the human resources profession.
Baca was the recipient of the Southern Region Distinguished Service Award at the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) regional conference in Clearwater, Fla. The award is given to one member in each of the four regions of the association who exemplifies distinguished service.
"I was shocked and humbled to share this award with people who I consider as my mentors from across the region," Baca, who has worked at Mercer for 25 years, said.
The Lizella resident has served on the CUPA-HR Regional Board of Directors for six years and the National CUPA-HR National Board of Directors for three years. She has also served on numerous CUPA-HR committees including the Relocation Task Force, the National Budget and Finance Committee and the National Professional...
