Mercer Medicine Echo Tech Runs Her Second Boston Marathon
Mercer Medicine Echocardiography Technician Kristie Poole recently ran her second Boston Marathon on April 21. Despite a pulled hamstring, she finished the 26.2-mile race in three hours and 55 minutes,...
View ArticleGeorge Bodenheimer Shares the Story of ESPN with Mercer University's...
MACON – From delivering mail to overseeing the day-to-day operations of a global media giant, ESPN Executive Chairman George Bodenheimer shared the story of the Entertainment and Sports Programming...
View ArticleDr. Cynthia Rubenstein New Associate Dean in Georgia Baptist College of Nursing
ATLANTA – Dr. Cynthia Rubenstein, R.N., Ph.D., CPNP-PC, will join Mercer University's Georgia Baptist College of Nursing as associate dean of the undergraduate program, effective July 21. Dr....
View ArticleMercer University Professor to be Featured in PBS Documentary Freedom Summer
ATLANTA – Dr. Anthony Harris, professor of education and coordinator of the M.Ed. program in higher education leadership in Mercer University's Tift College of Education, will be featured in the...
View ArticleRobert McDuffie Center for Strings Faculty Artists, Student Musicians to...
MACON – Distinguished faculty artists and student musicians from Mercer University's Robert McDuffie Center for Strings will travel to Rome, Italy, to headline the 2014 Rome Chamber Music Festival,...
View ArticleMercer University Medical, Law Schools to Host Symposium on 'Mental Health,...
MACON – Mercer University School of Medicine and the Walter F. George School of Law will host a symposium on "Mental Health, Civil Rights, and Involuntary Treatment and Commitment" June 11, 8 a.m.-12...
View ArticleDr. Bridget Trogden Named Director of Mercer University's Quality Enhancement...
MACON – Dr. Bridget Trogden, associate professor of chemistry and director of the First-Year Integrative Foundational Program (INT 101), has been named director of Mercer University's Quality...
View ArticleDr. David Gushee Wins Georgia Author of the Year Award for The Sacredness of...
ATLANTA – Dr. David Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University, was recognized at the 50th annual...
View ArticleMercer Law School Receives Prestigious ABA Gambrell Professionalism Award
MACON – The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism has named Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law as a recipient of this year's E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism...
View ArticleMacon Bureau Chief for Georgia Public Broadcasting Receives National Edward...
MACON – Adam Ragusea, Macon bureau chief for GPB Radio – one of Mercer University's partners in the Center for Collaborative Journalism (CCJ) – and soon-to-be full-time faculty member at the Center,...
View ArticleMercer Pharmacy Faculty Selected to Attend Elite National Leadership Programs
ATLANTA – Four members of the Mercer University College of Pharmacy faculty have been selected to participate in prestigious national programs that will significantly enhance their leadership and...
View ArticleMercer University, Upward Bound Program Collect Books for United Way Day of...
MACON – High school students in Macon-Bibb County are doing their part to inspire summer reading through Mercer University's Upward Bound Program.Local 10th-graders participating in the program...
View ArticleDawn of a New Era: Mercer Joins Southern Conference
MACON – July 1 marks an important milestone for Mercer University and its athletics programs, as the Bears officially begin a new era as members of the historic Southern Conference. Mercer's move,...
View ArticleMercer University Graduate Receives Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship
LANSDOWNE, Va. – Recent Mercer University graduate Steven Hussung has been named one of 41 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's 2014 Graduate Scholarships.Hussung, from New Market, Tennessee,...
View ArticleMercer University Graduate Named Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellow
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Recent Mercer University graduate Elizabeth Knapper has been named one of 79 Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellows. The state's fourth class of Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows was...
View ArticleDr. Linda I. Walden New President of Georgia State Medical Association
HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Mercer University School of Medicine faculty member and alumna Dr. Linda I. Walden (MED '92) was installed as the new president of the Georgia State Medical Association (GSMA) at...
View ArticleMercer University to Host SoConFest Celebration, Concert on Sept. 5
MACON – Mercer University will celebrate its first weekend of competition in the historic Southern Conference with an evening of fun and music on Black Field, adjacent to the Moye Football and Lacrosse...
View ArticleLofts at College Hill Breaks Ground in the College Hill Corridor
MACON – The College Hill Alliance hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on July 18 to welcome construction of the latest mixed-used development, the Lofts at College Hill, in the historic College Hill...
View ArticleMercer University Becomes an All-Steinway School with the Delivery of 37 New...
MACON – Mercer University became one of only 164 All-Steinway Schools nationwide with the delivery of 37 Steinway & Sons pianos to the new Joan Stockstill Godsey Center for Keyboard Studies in the...
View ArticleMercer University Center for Collaborative Journalism to Host National...
MACON – Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism (CCJ) and the Sunlight Foundation will host an unconference focused on the issue of urban blight, Aug. 14-15, on the Macon campus. The...
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