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.
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University presented Nicole F. Nather of Fayetteville, Ga., with the Louie D. Newton Award for General Excellence during commencement on May 13 in the University Center. Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey presented her with the Louie D. Newton General Excellence Medal - one of two top awards given to Mercer undergraduate students.
The excitement of the NCAA Final Four in Atlanta will kick off early Friday morning and nearly 50 Mercer students will be on hand to join in the excitement. The Georgia Dome is the host site Saturday and Monday for the NCAA basketball finals and CBS is the network originating coverage for the Final Four.
KENNESAW - Two Mercer University Press authors won awards in their respective categories at the 46th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards, presented by the Georgia Writers Association at a ceremony held at Kennesaw State University Center on June 19. Mercer business and law professor James L. Hunt won the award for creative nonfiction - biography and Philip Lee Williams won the award for fiction.
MACON - The National Science Foundation has awarded Mercer University $174,574 to help it advance undergraduate research in chemistry. The grant will pay for equipment and provide funds for six students to work as researchers using a "studio lab" approach over the next two summers. The grant will also pay for Mercer professors and students to present their research at regional and national conferences and for the professors to expand the learning approach to other top-flight undergraduate chemistry programs.
MACON, Ga. - Despite three players finishing in double figures, the Mercer women's basketball team came up just short against Atlantic Sun foe Gardner-Webb. The Bulldogs led by as many as 13 in the second half and held on for the 77-74 win.
Shameka Smith put GWU on the scoreboard first with a jumper in the paint but the teams battled back and forth throughout the first half. The opening stanza featured seven ties and six lead changes as Gardner-Webb (10-14, 9-8 A-Sun) led 33-32 at the break.
Mercer (11-12, 8-8 A-Sun) made its first two field goals of the second half to take a 37-35 lead but hit a dry spell afterward. Gardner-Webb went on a 14-3 run over the next three minutes to build an 11-point lead.
"We weren't driving to the basket," said Mercer head coach Brenda Welch-Nichols. "We were penetrating around the cattle guards instead of through the cattle guards."
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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.
ATLANTA - Mercer University will offer four new or redesigned graduate programs on its Atlanta campus this fall. Three of the programs are in education and one is in public safety, and all are designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of dedicated public servants.
The College of Continuing and Professional Studies will introduce a Master of Science in Public Safety Leadership program this fall. The degree is at the leading edge of public safety education, according to Dr. Billy Slaton, the coordinator of Mercer's criminal justice degree program. The program is designed to augment all public safety disciplines and will include courses in terrorism, disaster planning, disaster response and budgeting.
"Today's public demands educated public safety leaders. Mercer University has stepped up to provide a comprehensive, integrated degree program that cuts across disciplines," said Stacey L. Cotton, chief of police for the City of Covington and co-coordinator of Mercer's...
MACON - Four Mercer University seniors saw their yearlong effort to develop a plan for a "college town" corridor connecting the University with downtown Macon take a major step forward Friday. Macon Mayor Jack Ellis announced the creation of the College Hill Corridor Commission to implement the students' plan for the development of the corridor, which was part of two service-learning courses at Mercer.
