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Nursing Professor Available to Discuss Summer Camps
Parents of children with a chronic disease need not rule out the summer camp experience. Sandra Shuler, assistant professor of parent-child nursing at Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University, is available to talk with the media about special concerns for summer campers with diseases, including growth, development and psychosocial adaptation. In her course, Nursing in the Camping Setting, she helps nursing students learn to recognize the importance of meeting the child’s psychosocial needs, to distinguish between normal and abnormal growth and development, and to communicate effectively with campers and their health care teams. To successfully complete requirements for the course, Mercer students volunteer at one of three area camps for children with heart disease, diabetes and organ transplants. Shuler, whose area of specialty is child health, received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Baylor University and Texas Woman’s University.
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Professor Available to Discuss the Emotional Side of Summer Camps
Want to help your readers decide if their children are ready to go to camp, or cope with homesickness? Dr. Miranda Pratt, professor of psychology and chair of the Psychology Department at Mercer, is an expert in clinical psychology. Pratt holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Iowa and completed her internship in clinical psychology at the University of Southern California Medical Center.
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Mercer Offers Numerous Camp Options During Summer Months
Over the next few weeks, we will highlight Mercer's summer camp opportunities around the state. This week's focus is athletics. Several Mercer University athletic teams will offer camps for children in a variety of age groups in the city of Macon.
For more information on all camps visit: http://www2.mercer.edu/Athletics/camps.htm
Men’s Basketball
The team will offer resident camps for high school Varsity and Junior Varsity teams in two sessions, June 9-11 and June 16-18. Boys can also participate in individual camps in three sessions: May 30-June 2; June 19-23; and June 26-29. Ages 5-8 may participate in the Bearcubs Camp from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., while campers ages 7-17 may participate in full day camps from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All camps will be held at the University Center on Mercer’s main campus.
Women’s Basketball
The team will offer a position camp for girls on June 3 and 4 and offer two camps, one for 5- to 7-year-olds and one for 8- to 17-year-olds, both June 5-8.
Men’s and Women’s Soccer
The men’s soccer team will offer a residential Team Camp for boys July 26-29 and the men’s and women’s soccer teams will offer two coed individual camps, June 19-23 and July 17-21. All camps will be held at Mercer University’s Macon Campus.
Men’s Baseball
The men’s baseball team will offer individual camps for boys June 5-9, June 12-16, and June 19-23. The baseball camps will be held on Mercer’s Macon Campus.
Women’s Softball
The women’s softball team will offer individual day camps for girls May 23-25, and May 30-June 1. The camps will be held at West Macon Park.
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Therapist to Talk About Keeping Love, Intimacy Alive
David Schnarch, Ph.D., founder of the Marriage and Family Health Center in Evergreen, Col., will be the featured speaker at the Seventh Annual Armour Lecture Series to be held at the School of Medicine, March 2 and 3. He will speak on intimacy, sexuality and relationships. On Thursday, March 2, Schnarch will present a lecture entitled “Passionate Marriage®: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships.” The 7:30 p.m. lecture will be held in the School of Medicine Auditorium and is open to the public free of charge. Participants at the Friday, March 3, events will receive six continuing education credit hours for “Resolving Emotional Gridlock: Helping Clients Grow Through Conflict” from 9 a.m. to noon and “Resurrecting Sex: Helping Your Clients Turn Sexual Difficulties Into A Passionate Marriage” from 1 to 4 p.m. Media wishing to cover the event should contact Nancy Fullbright at 478-301-2716 or fullbright_n@mercer.edu.
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Henry County Center To Hold Open House Thursday
Mercer will hold an open house for prospective students on Thursday, March 2, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in its Henry County Regional Academic Center, located at 160 Henry Parkway in McDonough, Ga. The Henry County Center’s programs are designed with an evening and Saturday format for adult learners who want to begin or complete a bachelor’s degree at one of the nation’s top universities. Classes are held one evening per week or on Saturdays in eight-week sessions and financial aid is available for students who attend half time or more. The Henry County Center has bachelor’s degree and initial certification programs in early childhood/special education and middle grades education, as well as bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice, human services, information systems, liberal studies and a degree-completion program in organization leadership.
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