ATLANTA - Fayetteville resident Kathryn Grace Weinmeister Fincher received an early mother's day gift when she graduated from Mercer University with her daughter, Michelle Adamson Williams, also of Fayetteville, May 9, on Mercer's Atlanta campus.
ATLANTA - University graduate Carey D. Matthews of Villa Rica received the Davison-McKie-Newton Award and the Pi Gamma Award for the December 2001 graduating class at Mercer's Georgia Baptist College of Nursing commencement ceremony May 3 on the Cecil B. Day campus.
ATLANTA - Mercer faculty member Stephen J. Cutler received the Special Research Award at Mercer's Southern School of Pharmacy commencement May 4 on Mercer's Atlanta campus.
MACON--Mercer University's student-athletes finished second in the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic standings for 2001-2002.
The final standings were released Wednesday morning by the A-Sun office. Belmont, in its initial season in the conference, caputured the Academic Champion Trophy with a record-setting 65% of its student-athletes posting a grade-point-average of 3.0 or better during this past academic year.
Mercer ranked second with 53% of its 193 student-athletes earning A-Sun All-Academic standing, including 87% of the men's and women's tennis teams.
For more information, click here: Atlantic Sun Academic Trophy
MACON - Mercer University awarded Sonal D. Patel of Rome the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award at commencement May 12 at the Macon Coliseum.
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award is presented to the graduating student who best exemplifies excellence in character, leadership, service the community and a commitment to spiritual values. The award was established by The New York Southern Society in 1925, and at Mercer in 1926, in memory of Sullivan, a great humanitarian and philanthropist.
Patel, who graduated magna cum laude and earned a bachelor of arts degree, double majored in communication and theatre arts and art history. Her academic achievements placed her on the Dean's List seven semesters and the Presidents List one semester.
She has served as president and new member educator of Chi Omega sorority and has been active with Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, Order of Omega, Student Government...
MACON - Mercer University awarded Kenneth A. Taft of Manor the Louie D. Newton General Excellence Medal at Mercer's commencement ceremony May 12 at the Macon Coliseum.
Macon - Dr. Harold Jones, assistant professor of management in Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, has just released his first book, "Personal Character and National Destiny," published by Paragon House of St. Paul, Minnesota.
MACON - The following Mercer University faculty members each received an award at Mercer's commencement May 13 at the Macon Coliseum.
Mercer University School of Medicine graduate John T. (Temp) Phillips IV was recognized at the national meeting of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, earning the top award for his presentation titled "Not All Salads are Good for Your Heart."
