WHO: Six Mercer University ROTC Color Guard members: Peter Chi of Coppell, Texas; Mitchell Davenport of Cleveland, Ga.; Evelyn Epps of College Park, Ga.; Laron Somerville of Lithonia, Ga.; Lamar White of Thomaston, Ga.; and Eric VonFischer-Benzon of Savannah, Ga.
WHAT: ROTC cadets will participate in a memorial ceremony recognizing the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Doug Steeples, the former dean of Mercer College of Liberal Arts, will play the bagpipes at the ceremony.
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 12, at 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Andersonville National Historic Site, 496 Cemetery Road, Andersonville, Ga.
WHY: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
DIRECTIONS: From Macon, take I-75 South to Exit 135, GA Route 127 (Perry-Marshallville Exit). Turn right onto GA Route 127. GA Route 127 will veer off to the left after approximately 2 miles of travel. Stay to the left onto GA Route 224, which will...
American eating habits and trends are a hot topic. Fast food companies are seeing lawsuits materialize against them, an increasing variety of diets are being tried, and the topic of eating disorders is continues to gain steam. All this "food" talk has caused colleges across the country to ask, "What do we feed these consumer-conscious college kids?"
MACON- Of the 750 new undergraduate students beginning classes at Mercer University in Macon this month, 80 percent are from outside of central Georgia.
Mercer's School of Law and School of Medicine share similar statistics. Of the 139 first-year law students, 83 percent are from outside of central Georgia. And 82 percent of the 60 first-year medical school students come from other parts of Georgia.
Twenty-six percent of the new students enrolled in fall classes are from out of state. This all means dollar signs for the local economy and brings diversity to the University campus, benefiting both the Mercer community and central Georgia as a whole.
"Attracting and enrolling students from a wide geographic area makes Mercer and Macon a better place," said Allen London, associate vice president and director of undergraduate admissions at Mercer. "When students from states like Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana and Alabama, as well as international students,...
On Friday, Sept. 12, Mercer University's Department of Music will host an evening of music and poetry, featuring the world premiere of "The Laughing Monkeys of Gravity," a poem by award-winning poet Stephen Bluestone (shown at right) set to the music of Atlanta composer Curtis Bryant. The program will be at 8 p.m. in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in Mercer's McCorkle Music Building. Admission is free; however, seating is limited.
ATLANTA - Mercer University has purchased the Baptist Center located at 2930 Flowers Road South, previously owned by the Georgia Baptist Convention and adjacent to the University's Atlanta campus.
MACON- Mercer University continues to be acknowledged as one of the premier universities in the nation. Released this week, U.S. News & World Report's popular America's Best Colleges 2004 issue ranks Mercer 6th among universities in the South. That is up two spots from Mercer's ranking of 8th last year.
This is the 14th consecutive year Mercer has been named one of the leading institutions of higher education in the South by U.S. News & World Report.
"The University continues to provide the highest quality education to its students, and this latest ranking is indicative of other institutions of higher education recognizing Mercer's steadfast commitment to excellence," Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey said.
Mercer has been recognized as one of the best from several well-known college guides. Mercer has been listed a "Best Buy" by Barron's for the 10th consecutive year, and Peterson's has listed Mercer in its Competitive Colleges Guide for the past two years....
MACON---Beth Hammond, Dean of University Libraries at Mercer University, has seen the fruits of her labors in print in the newly published book Leadership, Higher Education and the Information Age: A New Era For Information Technology and Libraries. The Macon resident also was one of the speakers at a workshop based on the book sponsored by the North East Regional Computing Program in July.
She was one of several librarians, administrators and information specialists in higher education invited to participate in the book edited by Barbara I. Dewey and Carrie E. Regenstein. Leadership, Higher Education and the Information Age: A New Era For Information Technology and Libraries (Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc., 2003) may be used as a guide for librarians, technologists and campus administrators who are working to devise plans for changing information technology infrastructure at their institutions.
"It's a thought-provoking and practical book," said Hammond,...
MACON, Ga.--Allen London, associate vice president and director of Undergraduate Admissions at Mercer University, has an excellent reason to be excited about the University's future enrollment levels.
Macon, GA-First-year students at Mercer University School of Medicine and Southern School of Pharmacy recently received their first lesson in professionalism and compassion at White Coat Ceremonies in Macon and Atlanta.
Best-selling author Pat Conroy will be the featured speaker at the 14th annual Mercer University Authors Luncheon, sponsored by Mercer University Press.
