MACON, Ga. - A total of 116 Mercer University student-athletes in 13 sports earned Academic All-Conference accolades as recently announced by the Atlantic Sun Conference.
MACON - Mercer University School of Medicine is partnering with Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta to offer its Master of Family Therapy (MFT) degree program in Atlanta, beginning this fall. Recipients of The Master of Family Therapy degree will be eligible to apply to the state of Georgia for licensure for the independent practice of family therapy.
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University Provost Horace Fleming has announced the appointment of prominent ethicist Dr. David P. Gushee to the position of Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics. Dr. Gushee currently serves as a University Fellow, Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy, and Senior Fellow of the Carl F.H. Henry Center for Christian Leadership at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. At Mercer he will be based in the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta and is expected to teach interdisciplinary ethics courses throughout the University.McAfee Dean R. Alan Culpepper said that Dr. Gushee stands in the tradition of great Baptist ethicists and social activists such as T.B. Maston, Henlee Barnette, and Glen Stassen. "Dr. Gushee is widely recognized among Baptists and evangelicals for his prophetic voice on such vital issues as creation care, torture, and human rights," Dr. Culpepper said. "We look forward to the consciousness-raising that he will bring to...
Thomas B. Slater, professor of New Testament at the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology, is one of 25 contributors to True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary, recently released by Augsburg Fortress Press. It is the first biblical commentary written entirely by African Americans. Brian Blount, Dearborn Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, was the general editor. The other editors were Cain Hope Felder, New Testament professor, Howard University; Clarice Martin, Picker Professor of Religion, Colgate University and Emerson Powery, associate professor of New Testament, Lee University. The title of the volume comes from a line in James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," commonly referred to by Black Americans as their other national anthem.The contributors come from across the theological spectrum: Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Pentecostal and Presbyterian contributors. This is a unique feature of the...
(This article was published Saturday, July 7, in the Macon Telegraph.)By JENNIFER BURKWith paintbrushes in hand, more than 40 teens surrounded a small, one-story house on Holt Avenue this week, working to bring the gray concrete siding and maroon trim back to tip-top condition.It was their last day to finish the house, part of the teens' mission work in Macon, and they were determined not to leave the community hanging.
The Macon Mayoral Forum, which was held Thursday night at the Grand Opera House, will be broadcast daily by Cox Communications on WCOX (Channel 15) daily until the July 17 Primary. Cox will re-broadcast the Forum Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, 8:30-10 p.m.; and Sunday, 2:30-4 p.m.All seven candidates who have qualified for the Primary, Thelma Dillard, Henry Ficklin, Anita Ponder, Lance Randall, Robert Reichert, David Cousino and Arlan Gibson, participated in the Forum.The event was sponsored by Mercer University, The Telegraph, and the League of Women Voters, with the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Community Foundation of Central Georgia.For more information about the Mayoral Forum, click here.
MACON - The seven candidates running for mayor of the city of Macon will address citizens' concerns in a public forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 12, at The Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, downtown Macon. Mercer University, The Telegraph and the League of Women Voters, with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, sponsor the event. The event is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
Mercer Graduate Matthew Wetherington, center, with friends Kathine Li and Nick Newins, is traveling the country in an RV for a television show, "Roadtrip Nation."MACON, Ga.- Matthew Wetherington, a 2007 Mercer University graduate, knows he wants to make a difference in the world. How? He's not sure yet, but he's taking a road trip to sort things out. Wetherington set off on his journey this month as part of the PBS documentary series, "Roadtrip Nation."
Gary Richardson, the Benjamin W. Griffith Jr. Professor and Chair of English, and teacher of Mercer University's "Harry Potter and 20th Century Fantasy" course, is featured in a recent CNN.com article. Click here to view the article.
Richardson's course, "Harry Potter and 20th Century Fantasy," teaches students to look with a critical eye on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, as well as 20th century fantasy icons J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Ursula K. Le Guin. Richardson began his study of the Potter books when his children took an interest in them when the series began 10 years ago and over the life of the series he has taught students who grew up with the series and with Pottermania.
MACON, Ga. - Former Mercer men's golfer Tom Abbott is working with the Golf Channel covering the Open Championship, being played at Carnoustie, Scotland.
