The Ninth Annual Claude Smith Golf Tournament, to benefit the Mercer baseball program, tees off with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 12.
Registration begins at 8 a.m.
This year's tournament, one of many Athletic activities set that day, will be held at Oakview Golf and Country Club, Hartley Bridge Road, Macon. Golfers should RSVP Claude Smith Jr. or Natalie Baker by April 5 as an individual -- seeking to be paired with a group, or as a foursome. Cost is $100 a person which includes lunch, gifts and golf.
Following the golf tournament, a barbecue will be held at the Religious Life Center on the Macon campus from 4:45-5:30 p.m.
The Athletic Hall of Fame Induction will be held at Claude Smith Field at 5:45 p.m. preceding the Mercer vs. Stetson baseball game at 6 p.m.
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University student Samantha Swinhart of Prattville was inducted into Mercer's Psi Gamma chapter of Chi Omega sorority recently.
Carla and Jennifer Paschke and Kelly and Justin Quinton are two sets of twins who chose Mercer as their place to continue their education together.
WHO: Mercer University students, faculty and staff will be joined by Macon Mayor Jack Ellis and Bibb County Commission Chair Tommy C. Olmstead
MACON - Mercer University awarded Drew N. Hartley of Peachtree City the first-ever Jackson W. Tarver Memorial Scholarship on March 14 at McIntosh High School.
ATLANTA - Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics in Atlanta will hold an open house on its Executive MBA and Evening MBA programs from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 4, at the J.W. Marriott at Lenox Square.
WHO: Faye L. Wong, president of the American Public Health Association and director of the "Youth Media Campaign" at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Atlanta - The Georgia Baptist Convention has paid tribute to Alma native Dr. Susan Sweat Gunby, dean of Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University, for her contributions to enhance nursing education and the nursing profession.
Eleven student-athletes at Mercer University posted 4.0 grade point averages for the fall semester.
