News at Mercer
- Carolyn and Tom McAfee Provide $10 Million Gift for School of Music
- Trustees Name Godsey as Chancellor, Effective July 1
- Trustees Vote to Name Administration Building in Honor of Godsey
- Noteable Pharmacist to Speak at G. Van Greene Lecture
Mercer Students to Participate in Engineering Competition
More than 100 first-year engineering students will pit their vehicles against each other from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, April 21, in the University Center in Macon. Students have been designing and constructing vehicles using K'Nex building toys and other materials to compete in the following categories: boat tug-o-war, amphibious, dragster, cable car, rampster and tug-o-war. The first-year engineering students have been grouped in teams to compete against each other in the various categories. This is a fun and challenging way for students to put their designs to the test and learn the skills necessary to succeed in the engineering field.
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Douglas County Center To Hold Open House April 18
Mercer will hold a drop-in informational session for prospective students on Tuesday, April 18, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in its Douglas County Regional Academic Center, located off Thornton Road, just south of Interstate 20, in Lithia Springs, Ga. The Douglas 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. Click here for more information.
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Mercer to Host Computer Programming Contest
Mercer's computer science department will host 25 teams from universities across the region at its Spring Programming Competition on Saturday, April 22, in the Computer Science Building on the University's Macon campus. Mercer's own Binary Bears programming team will have four teams in the contest, while 10-12 universities, including Georgia Tech, Wofford College and Augusta State University, will also field teams. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will pit teams in two divisions against one another to see who can program their way through six to 10 problems the fastest and with the fewest errors.
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Noteable Pharmacist to Speak at G. Van Greene Lecture
Daniel A. Hussar, Remington Professor of Pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, will deliver the G. Van Greene Lectureship on Wednesday, April 26, at 11 a.m. on the Atlanta campus of Mercer University. Dr. Hussar will give a lecture titled “Big Rocks First! What Are Our Priorities?” Hussar teaches the Nonprescription Drug Therapy Course and is a participant in the Pharmacotherapeutics and Law and Ethics courses at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. He has participated in numerous continuing education programs for practicing pharmacists and other health professionals, and has written and spoken extensively on the topics of new drugs, drug interactions, patient compliance and issues facing the profession of pharmacy.
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April 23, 2006
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