MACON-Walter Homer Drake Jr., United States bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of Georgia, was honored by the Mercer University Law School as the recipient of the 2003 Outstanding Alumnus Award. Drake is a double graduate of Mercer, earning his bachelor of arts degree in 1954 and his law degree in 1956.
MACON-Mercer University biology professor John Shepherd was recently named a Fulbright scholar, and will travel to Argentina next year to teach and conduct research through the support of this prestigious award.
(The following is the text from Law Day 2003 when Mercer President R. Kirby Godsey presented the Meritorious Service Award to James A. Bishop, Brunswick attorney and a Law School graduate, who currently serves as the Chair of the Mercer University Board of Trusteee and Chair of the Mercer Law School Dean Search Committee.)
MACON-Mercer University biology professor John Shepherd was recently named a Fulbright scholar, and will travel to Argentina next year to teach and conduct research through the support of this prestigious award.
Dr. Jeffrey Stephens, associate professor of internal medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine, is available to discuss Fuzeon, a new anti-HIV drug approved March 13 by the Food and Drug Administration.
MACON - Neva Langley Fickling, Georgia's only Miss America, will perform in concert at Mercer University's McCorkle Music Building Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29.
MACON, GA. - Mercer University professor Dr. Allen Lynch and University of North Florida professor Dr. Jay Coleman have discovered the method to March Madness.
The relationship between spirituality and mental health will be explored during the annual Cherry Blossom Psychiatric Symposium on Friday, March 14, in the Mercer School of Medicine Auditorium.
Mercer head coach Mark Slonaker was named the 2002-03 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com Monday, March 10.
The 46-year old Slonaker, a native of Rahway, N.., led Mercer to a 23-6 record this year and the first regular season conference championship in school history as the Bears went 14-2 in the Atlantic Sun.
Mercer and Slonaker can also lay claim to the best single-season turnaround in NCAA history, going from 6-23 to 23-6. Mercer also cracked the CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Top 25 Poll for the first time ever.
One could easily argue that Slonaker has one of the toughest jobs in division I college basketball. In addition to very high academic standards, their home court has a capacity of just 500 people.
Despite the disadvantages, in six seasons the Mercer program has shown steady improvement with Slonaker at the helm, culminating this season with a school-record 23 wins (Mercer won 22 games in 1923-24 and...
WHO: Secretary of State Cathy Cox, a 1986 Mercer Law School graduate, will be featured speaker at the annual Law Day Luncheon.
