MACON - State Representatives Jim Cole (R-Forsyth) and Allen Freeman (R-Macon) announced today that the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram), and other legislative leaders will join them for a tour of the Mercer University School of Medicine on Wednesday, May 11. The tour will start at 3 p.m. at the Medical School Auditorium.
MACON, Ga. - With strong defense and good free throw shooting, the Mercer women's basketball team extended its winning streak to three Thursday night. The Bears defeated Atlantic Sun preseason favorite Lipscomb, 50-46, Thursday night at the University Center.
Lipscomb (3-9, 2-3 A-Sun) opened the game with a 12-2 run over the first 5:32, taking advantage of its size in the post and executed an inside-outside game plan. Catie Woods hit two 3-pointers and Rachel Viehmann hit a pair of jumpers, while Penny Jones added a pair of free throws.
The Bears (6-6, 3-2 A-Sun) clawed their way into the game and cut the Lady Bisons' lead down to five, 16-11, midway through the first half after TaShera Lewis converted the back end of a classic 3-point play. The team swapped buckets afterwards, but Lipscomb was never able to pull away and Mercer was unable to tie things up.
"With 3:38 left in the first half, I told the players we needed to...
MACON, Ga. - Campbell's Ruell Pringle hit a driving layup with 1.6 seconds remaining to give the visiting Camels a 71-69 win past Mercer in both team's regular season finale Saturday afternoon in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the University Center.
MACON - It began in January.
Mercer biomedical engineering student Danielle Drury was named Georgia Engineering Student of the Year by the Georgia Engineering Foundation.
"I was really excited and surprised by that," said Drury, who learned that Mercer Engineering Dean Dayne Aldridge had nominated her for the honor.
But for the 22-year-old this was just the beginning of a long list of recognitions she would receive her spring semester at Mercer.
While she was knee-deep in her senior design project, Drury's euphoria about her new state title was beginning to fade. That is when she received word that she was one of an estimated 30 students in the country to receive a biomedical engineering graduate fellowship from the Whitaker Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to improving human health through the support of biomedical engineering.
With an estimated value of $111,000, the fellowship pays for Drury's tuition in the biomedical engineering...
The second annual Teaching and Learning with Technology Summer Faculty Institute was held May 12-16 on the Macon campus.
MACON-W. Jeffrey Henderson, PhD, licensed psychologist and director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Mercer University, was recently elected president of the Middle Georgia Psychological Association.
ATLANTA - China, with a 10 percent annual growth and rapid industrialization and infrastructure expansion, is increasing energy use at unprecedented rates. American consumers are already feeling those increases at the gasoline pumps as China's growth increases demand - and prices - for the world's oil supplies. As these forces continue, where will China place itself?
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification announced decisions today concerning the certification status of 10 Division I member institutions that have undergone the Association's second cycle of athletics certification.
WHO: Eight Mercer University students, including Amber Ziegler-the fourth sister from her family to be a part of Mercer ROTC and the fourth in her family to graduate and be commissioned a second lieutenant at the University
WHAT: ROTC cadets will be commissioned as U.S. Army second lieutenants then graduate from Mercer later the same day
WHEN: Sunday, May 9, at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Willingham Hall, Mercer's Macon Campus. Go to the North entrance off College Street. Willingham is on Coleman Avenue next to the Administration Building.
WHY: Six of the cadets will be entering active duty after they are commissioned as officers and graduate Sunday. Two of the newly commissioned officers will enter the U.S. Army Reserve.
Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 731-3668.
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