SAVANNAH, Ga. - Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics will bring its graduate business administration program to Savannah this fall. The new program, the Professional Master of Business Administration degree, will be Coastal Georgia's only executive-format MBA program.
"This new program will build on the strong ties the University already has with this dynamic community," said Dr. Roger C. Tutterow, dean of the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics. "Savannah is growing rapidly, and as companies expand and relocate to the area, they must have well-trained, visionary managers and executives. The Professional MBA program is designed to train those leaders."
The 16-month Professional MBA is aimed at business professionals with at least three years of experience who want to advance their careers to the leadership level in today's corporate world. Classes will be held on Friday afternoons and all day Saturday every three...
(Mercer President William D. Underwood on Wednesday shared this message with faculty, staff and students as a follow-up to the tragedy that occurred this week at Virgina Tech.)
The entire Mercer family is saddened by the tragic events that occurred on the Virginia Tech campus earlier this week. In the aftermath of that tragedy, there are many questions about how this could happen on any college campus in America, and what could be done to prevent it from happening again.
MACON, Ga. -No family is immune from the possibility of dealing with age-related, memory-loss and/or confusion illnesses. Two of the more prominent are Parkinson's Disease Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia. Because of the aging of the population, particularly Baby Boomers, and the fact that people are living longer, these diseases are expected to triple in prevalence over the next 40 years. And Middle Georgia may experience an even greater rate of increase since Georgia ranks in the 3rd and 4th deciles of elderly influx among the 50 U.S. states.
MACON - Mercer University's 10th Annual College of Liberal Arts Lecture Series, which begins in September, will center on the theme of "National Identity and the Future of Democracy: Immigration and its Consequences." The Department of Political Science is sponsoring the six-lecture series, which will feature professors from inside and outside of Mercer speaking on a diverse array of topics related to the theme.
MACON - Department of Music professor Ian Altman, piano, will present a concert featuring works by Bach, Schumann, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Chopin and Liszt, as part of the Mercer Music Faculty Artist Series. The recital begins at 7:30 p.m. April 5 in Neva Langley Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon campus. The event is free and open to the public. Call (478) 301-2748 for more information.
Founded in 1833, Mercer University has campuses in Macon and Atlanta as well as three regional academic centers. With 10 schools and colleges, the University offers programs in liberal arts, business, engineering, education, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, law and theology. For 15 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has named Mercer University as one of the leading universities in the South.
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MACON, Ga.- For the second consecutive year, Mercer basketball forward Will Emerson has been named to ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-America first team, one day after being named to the Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference first team.
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University presented William L. Emerson of St. Mary's, Ga., with one of two top awards given to Mercer undergraduate students during commencement May 13 in the University Center. Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey presented him with the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award.
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/ATLANTA - Two Mercer University faculty members were among 12 educators from across the state selected to participate in the prestigious Governor's Teaching Fellows Program this summer. Donald Ekong, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Engineering, and John Summerville, R.N., M.N., an assistant professor in the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, were selected to participate in the program's intensive summer symposium.
