MACON - Have you ever wondered why two siblings raised in the same family and under the same conditions can turn out so very differently? Or how emotional issues can factor into physical illness? Renowned researcher and physician Michael E. Kerr, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Georgetown Family Center, will speak on these and other topics at the Sixth Annual Armour Family Therapy Lecture Series, to be held May 16 and 17 at the Mercer University School of Medicine auditorium. The series is free and open to the public.
WHO: Thirty teams of computer programmers from more than a dozen colleges and universities across the Southeast, including Georgia Tech, Wofford College and Augusta State University. Mercer University's Binary Bears will field five teams in the event. WHAT: Mercer's computer science department's Spring Programming Competition WHEN: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 22 WHERE: The Computer Science Building off College Street on Mercer's Macon Campus. WHY: Teams are competing for awards in two divisions. The competition will pit three-person teams in the divisions against one another to see who can program their way through six to 10 problems the fastest and with the fewest errors. There will be many opportunities for video and photos. Media interested in doing interviews with students or professors or getting still photographs or video should contact Mark Vanderhoek at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 952-5514.
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MCDONOUGH - Mercer University's Henry County Regional Academic Center will hold an information session this week for its second summer session as well as the two fall sessions. Adults interested in earning a bachelor's degree through the Center's evening and weekend programs are invited to the free information session at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 27. Academic advisors, professors and admissions counselors will be available to answer questions and discuss programs.
President William D. Underwood held his first news conference Monday morning, July 3, during his first official business day in the president's office.
A large number of faculty, staff and students were in attendance at the news conference and to welcome Mr. Underwood to Mercer.
Click here and then on "First Official Press Conference " to watch the news conference held at the Godsey Administration Building.
MACON, Ga. - Nationally noted church-state commentator, J. Brent Walker, the executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty, will make two presentations relating to "Church and State in the 2006 Elections," at Mercer University on Thursday, Sept. 7, beginning at 9:15 a.m. The event, sponsored by Mercer's Center for Baptist Studies and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia, will take place in the Religious Life Center on Mercer's Macon campus.
Walker will make two presentations, each followed by discussion periods. The presentations will examine the ethical and legal dimensions of the upcoming congressional elections as related to the intersection of church and state. The first, "The Use and Abuse of Religion: The Ethical Issues," will begin at 9:25 a.m. and the second, "Improper Electioneering by Churches: The Legal Issues," at 10:50 a.m. The program will conclude at noon.
"Brent Walker is one of nation' leading authorities church and...
MACON - Dr. Francis Collins, author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, will be the first speaker in Mercer University's President's Lecture Series. Collins will speak in Willingham Auditorium on Mercer's Macon campus at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4.
STATEMENT FROM MERCER PRESIDENT WILLIAM D. UNDERWOOD
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55 senior medical students at Mercer University School of Medicine
Mercer Trustees today endorsed a new vision statement and an ambitious 10-year strategic plan for the University that calls for more than $1.2 billion in new investments in the institution's endowment, faculty and staff, facilities and technology, and academic and co-curricular programs over the next decade.
MACON-Locust Grove resident Leah Falls has had far from the "typical" college experience. After deferring her education for more than a decade, Falls decided to attend Mercer University to earn her bachelor of arts in education degree.
And this was no small task. While carrying a full course load at Mercer, Falls cared for four children, regularly traveled 50 miles from her Locust Grove home to the University and helped her husband recover from an injury and unemployment.
On May 11, the 39-year-old mother of four realized a dream when she earned her bachelor of arts degree in education from Mercer University. "I thought this day would never come," she said standing in the Macon Coliseum in her cap and gown.
After completing a semester at Gordon College more than a decade ago, Falls put her education on hold to care for her children. Then when she decided to return to college to get her degree in education from Mercer University, she went at it full...
