Best-selling author Pat Conroy will be the featured speaker at the 14th annual Mercer University Authors Luncheon, sponsored by Mercer University Press.
Who: Mercer University's new undergraduates
WHAT: Boxes, trunks, lamps and even stuffed animals will line the sidewalks around Mercer's residence halls as new students arrive on campus for fall semester. Faculty and staff will join families in helping students settle into their new living quarters away from home. Parents will have a chance to visit on campus and share time with their student in the University's new dining facility before waving goodbye.
WHO: Mercer University's incoming new students and their families
WHEN: 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 16
WHERE: Mercer's Macon campus, 1400 Coleman Ave.
WHY: An annual event anticipated by the University and Macon communities, Mercer move-in day promises to be a touching and emotional time in the life of new Mercer students who officially begin their college experience on Saturday. As part of Mercer's tradition of personal attention and service, faculty and staff will be on hand to help the first-year students move into the residence halls on Saturday before they begin their...
ATLANTA-The National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute recently awarded an RO1 grant to Southern School of Pharmacy faculty member Diane Matesic for cancer research.
Atlanta- With increasing concern about healthcare costs for the elderly, Mercer University's Southern School of Pharmacy will present "Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare" as part of its Centennial Forum Lecture Series at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28 in the Cecil B. Day Auditorium of Mercer's Atlanta campus.
WHO: Mercer University, Henry County Development Authority and Henry County Board of Commissioners
WHAT: Ribbon cutting and open house for new Regional Academic Center of Mercer University in Henry County
WHEN: 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 13
WHERE: New Center, 160 Henry Parkway in McDonough, adjacent to the Henry County Administration Building, off exit 218 of I-75 BACKGROUND: The 30,000-square-foot facility is the result of a public/private partnership between the Henry County Development Authority, the Henry County Board of Commissioners and Mercer University. The Center is designed specifically for adult learners and will offer evening and weekend baccalaureate degree and certificate programs. Classes start Aug. 18. Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or Larry Stanford at (770) 898-4293.
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Graduates of Mercer's Tift College of Education are now more prepared than ever to meet the needs of tomorrow's classrooms.
Mercer alumna Cheryl Horn of Chattanooga, Tenn., recently received a third place prize for a paper and poster she submitted at the national convention of the Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA).
Horn, who graduated from Mercer in December 2002 with a degree in environmental engineering, won the prize for a paper on air quality in Atlanta she submitted at the A&WMA convention in San Diego.
The project was the result of an independent study course she took with Mercer's Dr. Andre Butler, an assistant professor in environmental engineering.
With an estimated 50 entries from environmental engineering students across the country, the contest was extremely competitive, according to Butler, who accompanied Horn at the convention.
"This says a lot about Horn as a student," he said. "She has excellent training in both laboratory work and research. She knew what she was talking about at the convention and impressed the judges."
Horn is the daughter of Donna...
MACON- Two Mercer University School of Engineering employees recently were recognized with Awards of Excellence in the Annual Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX) Competition.
This intense national competition drew more than 5,000 entries from corporate, nonprofit and independent communicators. Kelly Carter, an engineering instructional technology developer at Mercer, received an Award of Excellence in the "Newsletters/ E-Mail" category. Carter designs the quarterly electronic newsletter distributed by Mercer's Center for Excellence in Engineering Education.
Mercer School of Engineering is one of very few engineering schools in the country to distribute a personalized newsletter from the dean via e-mail. The newsletter goes to more than 700 engineering deans and professionals across the country.
"It is uniquely constructed in that it's actually personalized with the individual's name in the email, and it's very user-friendly," Carter said of the...
WHO: 650 Gwinnett County 1st through 5th grade students
WHAT: Students are participating in creative writing workshops taught by Mercer University graduate students and alumni as a part of the University's College for Kids program.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 22, through Friday, July 25. Daily, 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Mercer University Cecil B. Day Campus 3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta (Just off I-85, one exit inside of the perimeter)
BACKGROUND: Students in the program were nominated by their teachers based on the students' interest and talent in creative writing. One piece of each student's writing will be published in a hardback book that will be given to the participants and their school libraries in the fall. This is the third and final week of the summer enrichment program. Media interested in covering the...
