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University Unveils Law and Public Service Program
Mercer University has instituted a Law and Public Service Program this fall designed to promote volunteerism and draw attention to public interest law. While housed at Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law, the program is a University-wide initiative. Students throughout the University will have opportunities to engage in the community service while learning valuable lessons in cooperation.
The centerpiece of the program is experiential learning by students. Through new clinics and expanded public interest practicum opportunities, students will work on real cases and receive academic credit. In addition, the program coordinates and encourages volunteer community service and legal service opportunities by students, and assists students with summer placements in public service offices and in full-time public service careers after graduation. A central feature of the program will be finding opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and cooperation in service between law students and students in the other schools and colleges of Mercer.
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International Law Expert to Give Sixth Annual John James Distinguished Lecture
International law expert, Jean-Yves de Cara, Professor Agrégé member of the Faculty of Law, Université René Descartes Sorbonne Paris V, will present "The Role of Law in International Trade and Investment" at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The presentation will take place in the Moot Court Room of Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law in Macon. De Cara's lecture the Sixth Annual John E. James Distinguished Lecture. Macon attorney and Mercer Law School alumnus John E. James created this Distinguished Lecture Series as an opportunity for Law School students and other citizens in the community to hear from some of the world's renowned legal orators. The program is free and open to the public.
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Department of Political Science Kicks Off Lecture Series This Week
The Department of Political Science begins its Eighth Annual College of Liberal Arts Lecture Series at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, in room 251 of Stetson Hall on Mercer's Macon campus. This year's theme is "Women, Power and Politics" and will feature faculty members from across the University delivering timely lectures related to the theme. Dr. Laurie Lankin, assistant dean of the College of Continuing and Professional Studies and associate professor of Counseling and Human Services, will deliver the first lecture, "Women's Leadership Styles."
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Pharmacy Student Lays Out Vision as President of National Student Group
ATLANTA - Mercer fourth-year pharmacy student Kendra Roundtree was inducted as president of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) at its national convention this summer in Philadelphia. Roundtree, a resident of Warner Robins, Ga., and the daughter of John Roundtree and Ethel Lane, is pursuing a doctor of pharmacy degree at the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and an master of business administration degree from the Stetson School of Business and Economics at Mercer.
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Kendra Roundtree
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"To be elected by my peers on a national level is a tremendous honor," Roundtree said. "SNPhA is an organization that strives to serve underserved populations and communities, and for this reason, it has always been near to my heart.
She has selected as a theme for her year as president, "Our Time Is Now, Our Reach Is Far." She is calling on members of the organization and of the pharmacy profession as a whole "to stand up and take notice to the various health care issues that continue to plague communities throughout the world, including HIV/AIDS, diabetes, hypertension and lack of access to proper health care because of low income and no health insurance, and from there recognize that he or she has an important role in helping to ameliorate these problems."
In addition to her role with SNPhA, Roundtree is a member of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists, the Georgia Society of Health Systems Pharmacists and the National Community Pharmacists Association. A member of Rho Chi Honor Society for pharmacy, she is a pharmacy intern at E-Z Med Pharmacy in Sandy Springs, Ga.
A previous winner of Pharmaceutical Care essay competition sponsored by the Georgia Pharmacy Association and a member of Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society, Roundtree has received a number of scholarships, including the Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.-Jacqueline Hall Scholarship, the James Hall Scholarship, the Dean's Scholarship, the CVS/pharmacy Scholarship and the Jacques Foundation Scholarship.
Following her graduation from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in spring 2007, Roundtree plans to complete a residency or fellowship and from there enter into either the hospital setting or into pharmaceutical industry.
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