On May 1, the Mercer University School of Engineering and the Information Science and Technology (IST) department will host the Nortel Networks NetworksXpress Mobile Showcase and Solution seminars in the Mercer University Macon Campus Auxiliary Services area. Mercer University is an end user of several Nortel Networks products.
MACON-Mercer University head men's basketball coach Mark Slonaker has agreed to a four-year contract extension that will keep him at Mercer through the 2008 season. Slonaker had one year remaining on a four-year agreement that was signed in 1999.
The Mercer Center for Community Development is accepting nominations for the Neighborhood Advocates Fellowship Program.
WHO: Mercer Law School
WHAT: Law School student Mike Voynich will exchange roles with Interim Dean Mike Sabbath for the day.
WHEN: Monday, April 21
WHERE: Mercer Law School, atop Coleman Hill
WHY: At the Association of Women Law Students' (A.W.L.S.) charity auction, student MIke Voynich paid $80 to exchange places with Dean Sabbath for a day. On April 21, the switch will take place with Voynich leading staff meetings and conducting the business of the Law School while Dean Sabbath will be attending Voynich's classes. The A.W.L.S. auction generated more than $10,000 for a battered women's center in Baldwin County and the Macon Rescue Mission.
Media interested in covering Dean for a Day should contact Richard L.Cameron. Following a senior staff meeting at 9 a.m., Voynich will go to the Dean's office for business while Dean Sabbath makes his way to class.
Atlanta-With literacy being the cornerstone of a child's education, students and teachers in Mercer University's Tift College of Education are learning how to creatively bring the excitement of reading to the kids in their classrooms.
MACON - The timeless sounds of traditional jazz come to Macon with the arrival of one of the greatest jazz bands of our day. Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform at The Grand Opera House at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 11. Tickets will be $15 for general admission.
Southeast Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature
WHO: Poet Dana Gioia, Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts and 2002 American Book Award winner.
