MACON - Twenty-four high school teachers from around the nation have arrived at Mercer University for a summer institute, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The institute began Monday and will continue for the next five weeks, covering the South's history with cotton, titled "Cotton Culture in the South from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement." The group of teachers hails from states as far away as California and Rhode Island.
The women's basketball team hits the University Center floor for the final two times in the 2008-09 season this weekend, starting its final homestand with a Thursday clash against A-Sun foe Lipscomb, tipping off at 7 p.m.
WHO: The 146 students entering Mercer University's Southern School of Pharmacy
MACON - Mercer University graduate student Elizabeth Filippo recently published a feature article in the one of the major technical communication journals, Intercom. Filippo, of Waukesha, Wisc., is working Online through the School of Engineering's Master of Science in Technical Communication and will complete her degree in August.
ATLANTA - Mercer University is offering a new twist to its Master of Business Administration degree: day classes. Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics has long offered its Flexible MBA in the evenings on the University's Atlanta campus; now it will offer an accelerated MBA program during the day. This accelerated program will afford qualified individuals the opportunity to earn an MBA from an internationally accredited business school in just one year.
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. -- The faculty of the Mercer Law School continues to rock, legally speaking. For the third consecutive year, the faculty at the Walter F. George School of Law has been cited as one of the nation's leaders in legal education as determined by student surveys. The Mercer Law faculty is ranked ninth nationally in the category of Professors Rock by The Princeton Review in its 2007 edition of "Best 170 Law Schools," based on two ratings: the quality of teaching and the accessibility of faculty.
Mercer Law School students rated the faculty at a stunning 98 in accessibility, with the "academic experience" and the "professors interesting" categories both receiving a rating of 89.
Comments from students quoted in the Mercer review, released Oct. 4, include "diverse opinions accepted in the classrooms," "great research resources," "great library staff" and "beautiful campus."
Dean Daisy Floyd said, "It is gratifying to receive positive feedback from our...
MACON - William D. Underwood, who became president of Mercer University on July 1, will be traveling the state this fall, speaking to business and civic leaders, pastors and Baptist congregations. A lifelong Baptist and son of a Baptist minister, Underwood will next speak at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain on Sept. 10.
He will then speak at The Mercer Preaching Consultation in St. Simons Island on Sept. 24; Old Richland Church in Twiggs County on Oct. 1; the Macon Kiwanis Club on Oct. 3; Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta on Oct. 15; Milledge Avenue Baptist Church in Athens on Oct. 22; the Atlanta Midtown Rotary Club, Nov. 14; and First Baptist Church, Griffin, Jan. 21, 2007. Underwood will deliver the keynote address at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Convocation on Nov. 5 at the First Baptist Church of Christ in Macon. A complete listing of Underwood's speaking engagements is on the Mercer Web site at www.mercer.edu/president.
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ATLANTA - A team of Mercer students and faculty, funded by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, will travel to Haiti on Monday to train teachers and pastors through a series of courses aimed at combating psychological trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and preparing schools for future disasters. The courses will help victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the country, killing more than 300,000 people and injuring thousands more.
Mercer University is monitoring local, state, national and international developments concerning the outbreak of swine influenza. Currently, there are no suspected or confirmed cases in Georgia. We will provide additional updates as needed.Information for your personal preparations can be found on the following Web sites: www.pandemicflu.gov - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services-sponsored websitewww.cdc.gov/swineflu - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_29/en/index.html - World Health OrganizationSummary information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people. Some basic personal health precautions include:
