Faculty and Staff Notables
College of Liberal Arts Dr. Jonathan Addleton, adjunct professor of international and global studies, spoke about his book, The Dust of Kandahar: A Diplomat Among Warriors in Afghanistan (Naval...
View ArticleBrenda Dowd to Retire After Nearly 44 Years of Service to Medical Libraries
MACON – Brenda F. Dowd, administrative coordinator and acquisitions and serials manager for Mercer University School of Medicine’s Dr. W. Douglas and Jane G. Skelton Medical Libraries, has announced...
View ArticlePenfield College Receives AAC&U Mini-Grant to Advance Civic Learning and...
ATLANTA – The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently announced that Mercer University is one of 24 institutions from around the country – and the only in Georgia – to...
View ArticleAlumna Kyla Semmendinger Named Phi Kappa Phi Fellow
MACON – Recent Mercer University graduate Kyla Semmendinger has been named one of 51 Phi Kappa Phi Fellows nationwide and will receive $5,000 for her first year of graduate study at Cornell University....
View ArticleCenter for Theology and Public Life Admitted to Prestigious Global Network...
ATLANTA/MACON – Mercer University’s Center for Theology and Public Life has been admitted to the Global Network for Public Theology (GNPT), pending a formal vote at the network’s September 2019...
View ArticleNursing Professor Dr. Lanell Bellury Presents at National Oncology Nursing...
ATLANTA – Dr. Lanell Bellury, associate professor in Mercer University’s Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, recently presented at the national Oncology Nursing Society’s (ONS) 43rd Annual Congress in...
View ArticleMercer Medicine to Open Practice in Downtown Plains
PLAINS – Mercer Medicine Plains, a primary care practice and division of the faculty practice of Mercer University School of Medicine, will open in early July at 107 Main St. in Plains. Since the...
View ArticlePenfield College Master’s-Level Counseling Graduates Perfect on National...
ATLANTA – Graduates of Penfield College’s master’s degree programs in clinical mental health counseling, clinical rehabilitation counseling and school counseling had a 100-percent first-time pass rate...
View ArticlePenfield College Concludes Leadership Development Certificate Program at...
WARNER ROBINS – Mercer University on June 22 recognized 12 members of Robins Air Force Base’s 78th Comptroller Squadron and 78th Operations Support Squadron who recently completed Penfield College’s...
View ArticleSchool of Medicine Faculty Members Receive NIH Center of Excellence...
MACON – Two Mercer University School of Medicine faculty members recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health that will officially designate MUSM’s Center for Rural Health and...
View ArticleMercer On Mission Fits 10,000th Vietnamese Amputee with Patented Leg Prosthetic
MACON – Mercer University’s signature Mercer On Mission program on June 26 fitted its 10,000th Vietnamese amputee with Dr. Ha Van Vo’s patented leg prosthetic. Mercer On Mission’s prosthetics program...
View ArticleStudents Receive Research Awards from Joshua’s Wish to Study Diffuse...
MACON – Rising Mercer University senior Matthew Halbert and rising junior Caroline Kittrell each received $5,000 Undergraduate Summer Student Research Awards in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Giloma (DIPG)...
View ArticleMercer’s Third Class of Woodrow Wilson Georgia Teaching Fellows Announced at...
ATLANTA – Gov. Nathan Deal at the State Capitol today announced Georgia’s newest class of Woodrow Wilson Georgia Teaching Fellows, including 12 who will study at Mercer University. With the addition of...
View ArticleSchool of Medicine Faculty Member Dr. Robert Visalli to Lead American Society...
SAVANNAH – Dr. Robert Visalli, associate professor of microbiology and chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences in Mercer University School of Medicine, was recently selected to lead the American...
View ArticleTift College of Education Faculty Member Dr. Jianhua Feng Completes...
ATLANTA – Dr. Jianhua Feng, professor of education in Mercer University’s Tift College of Education, was chosen as a Governor’s Teaching Fellow, a highly selective fellowship program designed to...
View ArticleTracy Artis Named Executive Director of Federal TRIO Programs and Minority...
MACON – Tracy B. Artis was named executive director of Mercer University’s Federal TRIO Programs and Minority Affairs, effective July 1. Artis had served as interim executive director since January....
View ArticleTift College of Education Partners with Bibb County Schools on Literacy for...
MACON – Mercer University will work with the Bibb County School District, Head Start, United Way of Central Georgia and Middle Georgia Regional Education Service Agency on a three-year, $1.6 million...
View ArticlePenfield College Ph.D. Candidate Melissa Waller Recognized Among Atlanta’s...
ATLANTA – Mercer University student Melissa Waller, a Ph.D. candidate in Penfield College’s counselor education and supervision program, was recently recognized by Young Government Leaders – Atlanta in...
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Mercer Students and Faculty Spread Love, Service During Trip to South Korea
It was time for everyone to go home, but no one moved a muscle. It took 30 hug- and tear-filled minutes before the building finally started to clear out. The students at the South Korean alternative...
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Peru Trip Provides Students With ‘Out-Of-This-World’ Experience
They set out for Peru with plans to earn a few course credits while immersed in a new culture. They returned 18 days later as changed young adults with broadened views of life far beyond Mercer...
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