"Treasures From the Private Collections of Georgia," an exhibit that will be showing at the Museum of Arts and Sciences Feb. 27 to May...
Atlanta-After more than 100 years in the nursing education business, the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing has witnessed an evolution in the type of students interested in nursing.
WHO: Mercer University School of Medicine's chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), the nation's oldest and largest organization focused on the needs and concerns of minority medical students
Opera Star Leah Hunt Partridge, who will return to the Mercer campus March 4, 7:30 p.m., for a free performance, has just achieved another milestone in her up-and-coming career.
She won the Southeastern Regional of the Metropolitan Opera audition finals. The competition was held Feb. 22 at Spivey Hall in Atlanta. Hunt was selected as one of 15 national finalists and will now compete on the Metropolitan Opera stage in the Metropolitan Opera National Council semi-finals March 11 in New York.
One of the purposes of the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions program is to identify new talent for the Metropolitan Opera.
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Macon and Atlanta- In conjunction with Mercer President R. Kirby Godsey's creation of a new task force on Civic Engagement, the Mercer Center for Community Development and University Commons are hosting a lecture for students, faculty and staff titled "Why Civic Engagement? Why Now?"
Rick Battistoni, Ph.D., a leader in the field of community service learning and a professor of political science at Providence College in Rhode Island, will give presentations on both the Atlanta and Macon campuses. He will speak at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3, on the Atlanta campus in the Trustees Dining Room and at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, in Newton Chapel on the Macon campus. Battistoni will discuss ways professors and students can implement more service learning into the curriculum.
"Mercer has actively worked with the community for a long time," said Jean Fallis, Ph.D., volunteer coordinator for Mercer's University Commons. "The University now is focusing its attention on increasing...
Students, faculty and staff, mark your calendars! When you return from spring break on Monday, March 15, the University Center will open for regular operation from 6-10 p.m. All students, faculty and staff are invited to visit the first day to either just check out the U.C.'s many amenities or actually use the pool, intramural courts or wellness equipment. All eateries will be open and live music will be provided in the coffee shop. All students, faculty and staff must have a BearCard to swipe to enter the building.
WHO: David Camacho, PhD., author of United States Politics and Democracy (Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2001). WHAT: Camacho will give a free public lecture entitled "Environmental (In)Justice, Race and Class Struggle" followed by a book signing.
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Mercer University School of Medicine Auditorium on the University's Macon Campus.
BACKGROUND: The lecture is sponsored by the Mercer Political Science Department. Camacho is a political science professor at Northern Arizona University and a respected figure in the environmental justice movement. He is editor of the textbook, Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles: Race, Class, and the Environment (Duke University Press, 1998).
*Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 731-3668.
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Macon- Mercer University students will "party all night" Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20 and Feb. 21, as part of their third annual Up 'til Dawn overnight finale event to raise awareness and support for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, and will end at 7 a.m. Saturday.
The public is invited to join the students, faculty, and staff for the 12-hour celebration for the kids of St. Jude in the gymnasium of Mercer's Human Resources and Recreation building. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children. All proceeds benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
"The finale event is our last effort to raise money and also show our excitement for a great year helping St. Jude," said Ben Coursey, co-campus fundraising chair and senior chemistry major at Mercer. "Over the past two years, we have raised more than $26,000 for St. Jude, money that will help the hospital continue to make advancements in...
MACON, Ga. -- ESPN Legal Analyst Roger Cossack will be featured speaker at Law Day 2004, March 5, 12:30 p.m., at the Macon City Auditorium.
Cossack has been a contributing anchor with Court TV since 2002 and is of counsel at Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin and Kahn, PLLC in Washington, D.C.
Previously, he covered the top legal stories for CNN from 1995 through 2002, including the trial of O.J. Simpson, custody battle for Elian Gonzalez, and the impeachment and trial of President Clinton as well as the disputed election of 2000.
Law Day is sponsored annually by the Walter F. George School of Law. Other activities scheduled for Law Day Weekend include reunions for the classes of 1949, '54, '59, '64, '69, '74', '79, '84, '89, '94 and '99; a cookout on the Quad March 6 and a special tribute to professor James Rehberg, March 5, also at the Macon City Auditorium.
For more information on these events, contact Emily Turner at (800) 837-2911, extension 5675.
MACON, Ga. -- A tribute to Law School professor James C. Rehberg, AB '40, JD '48, will be held Friday, March 5, 6:30 p.m., at the Macon City Auditorium.
Robert E. (Bob) Hicks, BA '50, LLB '51, will serve as master of ceremonies for the event while professor Rehberg will be toasted by other distinguished alumni including: Charles R. Adams III, BA '80, JD '83; the Honorable Griffin B. Bell, LLB '48; Manley R. Brown, LLB '65; Leah F. Chanin, LLB '54; Hugh B. McNatt, BA '69, JD '72; Richard A. (Doc) Schneider, JD '81; and Robert L. (Bob) Steed, LLB '61.
After he obtained his law degree from Mercer in 1948, he returned to teaching high school until he became Law School librarian in 1949. He landed a full-time teaching job at the Law School in 1954. Rehberg spent a year as assistant dean in 1976-77, technically retired in 1998, but has continued to teach one course each semester.
Law Day Weekend activities include the annual Law Day Luncheon March 5, 12:30...
