MACON - More than 200 Mercer University students will show off what they have learned at the University Center on Mercer's Macon campus. The students will showcase their talents on Friday, April 18, as part of two events, the Inaugural Engineering Expo and the Second Annual Mercer University Undergraduate Research Symposium. Both events will take place from 2 - 5 p.m.
MACON - The United States Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Marc T. Treadwell, a 1981 graduate of Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law, to fill a vacancy on Middle Georgia's federal bench. Treadwell, who also serves as an adjunct faculty member for the Law School, will fill the vacancy created when Judge Hugh Lawson took senior status in 2008.
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...
SAVANNAH, Ga.- The Mercer men's basketball team placed three players in double figures en route to downing Savannah State, 77-60, in non-conference action Monday night.
After a game delay of approximately 10 minutes because of a power outage, then a further problem with the shot clock, the Bears took an early 3-2 lead on guard Ross Alacqua's 3-pointer from the left wing. A basket and free throw by Tigers' leading scorer Javon Randolph gave Savannah State a brief 5-3 lead. However, Mercer (7-16) ran off 10 straight points to gain a 15-5 lead, forcing SSU coach Horace Brodnax to call a 30-second timeout at the 15:43 mark. Senior forward Will Emerson led the breakout, scoring seven of the 10 points.
Playing its sixth game in 12 days, Mercer built a 13-point advantage at 23-10 with over 11 minutes remaining in the opening half, but poor shot selection and turnovers plagued the Bears and led to a 10-0 run by the Tigers, as they cut the Mercer lead to...
MACON - A new line-up has been announced for Mercer University's largest commencement, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, in the University Center on the Macon campus. Mercer President and CEO R. Kirby Godsey will deliver the commencement address, followed by a short performance by jazz and rock and roll musician Chuck Leavell, who is, most notably, keyboardist for the Rolling Stones. Four hundred sixty-seven students from the College of Liberal Arts, Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, the School of Engineering and the Tift College of Education will receive degrees during the ceremony. The University will hold 10 commencements during May.
Two honorary degrees will be awarded during the Macon commencement: Doctor of Music to Chuck Leavell, musician and conservationist; and Doctor of Humanities to Philip Walden (posthumously), founder of Capricorn Records and Velocette Records.
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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...
ATLANTA - What are the ethical implications of climate change? What can people do to confront and solve this mounting challenge? How can we better care for God's Creation? More than 250 students, faculty and staff from Mercer University will be looking for answers to those questions when they gather at a conference, titled "Caring for Creation: Ethical Responses to Climate Change," on Feb. 27 and 28 on the University's Atlanta campus.
MACON/ATLANTA - Mercer University is launching a new Ph.D. program in curriculum and instruction this fall that will help experienced teachers upgrade their own skills and become influential instructors and researchers within their schools, school systems and communities.
Mercer University's College of Continuing and Professional Studies will launch a reformulated undergraduate major in public safety this fall. The program expands upon the College's successful major in criminal justice in order to better serve current and future public safety officials. The new public safety program will launch this fall at four of the College's locations: Atlanta, Macon, Henry County and Douglas County.
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University has developed a unique study abroad program that will take students to the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands to spend three weeks engaging in adventure sports and studying photography or archeology. Dubbed, the Mercer Caribbean Experience, the first program participants will study in the tropics during Mercer's first summer session, May 31-June 21.
