New Faculty and Staff
Atlanta Susan Jones, fitness instructor, Recreational Sports and Wellness Rita Nahta, assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy Fort Gaines Meri White, medical receptionist,...
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College of Education Dr. Karyn A. Allee-Herndon, assistant professor of elementary education, co-authored “Let’s talk play! Exploring the possible benefits of play-based pedagogy on language and...
View ArticleMarketing Communications Office wins four awards in district contest
Mercer’s Marketing Communications Office won awards in four categories in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III Awards competition. CASE is a nonprofit association...
View ArticleNew Project Aims to Remedy Hypertension Among Black Men
Barbershops traditionally have been a gathering spot for Black men, places not only to get a haircut but also to socialize. Now there is an effort underway to make the barbershop a place of health and...
View ArticleCLAS Writer-in-Residence Dr. James Davis May Receives NEA Creative Writing...
MACON – The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced that Dr. James Davis May, writer-in-residence and lecturer in Mercer’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is one of 35 writers who...
View ArticleMercer Law Welcomes Visiting Professors
MACON – Mercer School of Law welcomed two new visiting faculty, Kathryn (Katie) Powers, ’09, and Judd Sneirson, for the 2020-21 academic year. Their combined expertise and practice reinforces Mercer...
View ArticleMercer Law Team Places First at NBLSA Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Regional...
MACON – Mercer Law School students Dontez Mars and Amari Wilson placed first in the National Black Law Student Association’s (NBLSA) Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Regional Competition on Jan. 30. This...
View ArticleMercer Innovation Center Seeking Student Business Ideas for Elevator Pitch...
ATLANTA/MACON – Mercer Innovation Center is seeking students with innovative business ideas to participate in its virtual Elevator Pitch Competition to be held Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. Currently...
View ArticleCLAS Professor Andrew Silver Receives NEA Grant for Documentary Play on the...
MACON – The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that Page Morton Hunter Professor of English at Mercer University Dr. Andrew Silver will receive one of the competitive Grants for Arts...
View ArticleMcDuffie Center for Strings Announces Special Guest Robert McDuffie in...
MACON – Mercer University’s Robert McDuffie Center for Strings within the Townsend School of Music will present a special guest in its Feb. 9 Fabian concert, part of the 2020-2021 series titled...
View ArticleCollege of Professional Advancement Announces Recipients of Charles Roberts...
MACON – Mercer University’s College of Professional Advancement recently recognized six students as recipients of the Charles Roberts Scholarship, named in honor of the Mercer alumnus and faculty...
View ArticleCollege of Education to Accept New GACE PAA Composite Scoring in July
ATLANTA/MACON – The Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) recently announced new scoring protocols for the Georgia Assessment for the Certification of Educators (GACE) Program Admission...
View ArticleFormer NEH Chair Dr. William D. Adams to Deliver Fourth Annual Malcolm Lester...
MACON – The Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Zeta Chapter of Georgia at Mercer University will host the fourth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life this spring. Dr....
View ArticleMercer Debaters Win Junior Varsity Division of National Warmup Tournament
MACON – Mercer University sophomore debaters Madeline Smith and Ashley Summer Pemberton won the junior varsity division of this past weekend’s National Warmup tournament held virtually and hosted by...
View ArticlePeyton Anderson Foundation Awards Grant to McDuffie Center for Strings to...
MACON – Macon will once again have a symphony orchestra, thanks to a five-year, $300,000 Peyton Anderson Foundation grant that will fund a collaboration between the world-renowned Robert McDuffie...
View ArticleCollege of Professional Advancement to Host Third Annual Informatics Day...
ATLANTA – Mercer University’s College of Professional Advancement will host its third annual Informatics Day Career Pathways event via Zoom on Feb. 24, 6-8 p.m., to engage students with professionals...
View ArticleCollege of Education Collaborates with Macon’s Real Impact Center to...
MACON – Mercer University’s Tift College of Education is collaborating with the Real Impact Center in Macon to enhance the organization’s mission to inspire young girls to pursue science, technology,...
View ArticleSpencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies to Award 2021 Thomas Robinson...
MACON – Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2021 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to novelist, essayist and poet Barbara Kingsolver. The...
View ArticleMercer Theatre Announces Open Call to Creative Students and Community Members...
MACON – Mercer Theatre, the public production season from Mercer University’s theatre program, seeks creative students, faculty/staff and community members to contribute to The Phoenix Project:...
View ArticleThe Cluster Wins Nine Awards in Georgia College Press Association Better...
MACON – Mercer University’s student newspaper, The Cluster, won nine awards, including one first-place prize, at this year’s virtual Georgia College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, held...
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