Macon--Mercer University psychology majors Karen Adkins, Katie Daniel, Tiffany Duffy and Allison Smith recently won the first place award for undergraduate research from the Georgia Psychological Association.
The student research team won the award for their research project entitled "The Effects of Temperament and Breed on Perceptions of Adoptability of Shelter Dogs," which they presented at the Georgia Psychological Association meeting in Hilton Head, S.C. in May.
Throughout the school year, the student research team researched how one dog's behavior affects the way people perceive other dogs of the same breed and the adoptability of a dog of that breed. Their faculty adviser on the project was Dr. John C. Wright, certified applied animal behaviorist and professor of psychology.
Also at the Georgia Psychological Association meeting in May, Samantha Daniel, a spring 2004 graduate of Mercer, won the first place Division of Women Psychologists Award. Daniel's research project was...
Mercer University Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics David Gushee will participate in a Publishers Weekly-sponsored panel on faith and politics at the 2008 BookExpo America in Los Angeles. The panel will take place at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Los Angeles Convention Center.The session, titled "Evolving Evangelicals and the Presidential Election," will address how religion will once again play a crucial role in the upcoming presidential election. This is currently a time of change in the evangelical movement. The concerns of many in this large and influential group of Americans have expanded beyond hot-button issues like abortion and gay marriage to embrace other social issues such as poverty, the environment and global AIDS. A panel of authors who write on the intersection of Christianity and politics will discuss how these shifts might influence the race to the White House.Other panelists include Randall Balmer, Ron Snider and Marcia Ford. Publishers Weekly...
ATLANTA - Mercer University's College of Continuing and Professional Studies has earned the prestigious national accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) for its Master of Science in Counseling program. The accreditation came at the end of an intensive three-year review process for the Atlanta-based program.
MACON - On Saturday, retired surgeon and CEO Dr. Roy Vandiver will fulfill his dream of graduating from Mercer, 60 years after it began. Dr. Vandiver, 76, has been commuting back and forth from his home in Decatur this academic year in order to complete the final three courses for his degree. Dr. Vandiver will make the drive again to walk at commencement with the other members of the class of 2012 at 3:30 p.m. in the University Center's Hawkins Arena.
Kellye Moore,'93, appeared in the June 2013 issue of ABA Journal as part of a feature story on six female law firm leaders at the top of their games. Moore has more than 20 years experience as a civil...
MACON - The Honorable Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security and former Governor of Pennsylvania, will be the featured speaker at The Executive Forum on Thursday, March 9. He will give a dinner presentation at 6:30 p.m. at The University Center at Mercer University in Macon.
MACON — Mercer University awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree to the Honorable Norman S. Fletcher, retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, at the Walter F. George School of Law commencement on May 12. Mercer...
MACON - Herman Cain, a nationally syndicated radio host and business owner, will be the featured speaker at The Executive Forum on Thursday, April 5. He will give a lunch presentation at noon at The InterContinental Buckhead, 3315 Peachtree Road N.E. in Atlanta. The presentation is sponsored by the Center for Health and Learning, a partnership of Piedmont Healthcare and Mercer University. He will then give a dinner presentation at 6:30 p.m. at The University Center at Mercer University in Macon.
MACON - Mercer University will hold an observance of the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 attack on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. in Newton Chapel on the Macon campus. Titled "Remembering 9/11: A Time of Healing and Hope," the interfaith service will begin at Newton Chapel and conclude with a candlelight vigil around the flag pole in front of Roberts Hall. This service is jointly sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, Campus Life, Religious Life and the Mercer Veteran's Association.
Mercer's Southern Studies Department held its second National Endowment for the Humanities Institute this summer for 24 selected teachers who traveled from New York, Washington, Hawaii, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Alabama. The five-week institute, titled "Cotton Culture in the U.S. South, 1865-1965," was funded by a $185,000 NEH grant, and held June 24 - July 27 on Mercer's Macon campus.
