Macon and Atlanta, GA - First-year students at Mercer University School of Medicine will be cloaked in their white coats on Sunday, Aug. 18, as part of the annual White Coat Ceremony marking their formal induction into the discipline of medicine. For the first time ever, students from Mercer's Southern School of Pharmacy will be given their white coats during a similar ceremony in Atlanta on Tuesday, Aug. 20.
Atlanta -- Dr. R. Alan Culpepper, dean of Mercer's McAfee School of Theology, attended the biennial meeting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in Pittsburgh, June 22-24, to receive full membership into the group as an accredited school of theology.
Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey conferred an honorary doctor of laws degree on Rep. David E. Lucas, Sr., during the School of Medicine commencement June 1 in Macon. The degree was presented to Lucas in recognition of his dedication to medical education and health care in Georgia.
Atlanta -- The Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education (ARCHE) has announced the election of its board of trustees officers for the 2002-03 academic year.
McDonough - Officials from Mercer University and Henry County broke ground today on a 30,000-square-foot regional education center, to be located at I-75 and exit 218 in Henry County.
ATLANTA - Mercer University graduate Wynetta Scott-Simmons of Fayetteville received the Outstanding Student in Early Childhood Education award at Mercer's commencement ceremony May 9 on Mercer's Atlanta campus.
ATLANTA - Mercer University's Tift College of Education awarded Walt W. Henry of Lawrenceville the Outstanding Student in Middle Grades Education Award at Mercer's commencement ceremony May 9 on Mercer's Atlanta campus.
ATLANTA - University graduate Rachel G. Shapard of Suwanee received the Griffin B. Bell Award for Community Service at the McAfee School of Theology commencement May 9 on Mercer's Atlanta campus. The award, named for Bell, former U.S. attorney general, is given to a deserving graduating student from among Mercer's nine schools and colleges.
MACON - University graduate Jennifer L. Roberts of Macon received the George Waldo Woodruff Award of Excellence at Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law commencement ceremony in May.
ATLANTA - University graduate Brenda R. King of Decatur received the Major Field Award for Management at the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics commencement May 10 on Mercer's Atlanta campus. The award is based on a faculty vote.
