News at Mercer
- University Unveils Law and Public Service Program
- International Law Expert to Address Law School
- Political Science Lecture Series Kicks Off This Week
Extraordinary Mercerian Profile
- Pharmacy Student Heads National Organization
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. Read full story.>>
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International Law Expert to Give Sixth Annual John James Distinguished Lecture
International law expert, Jean-Yves de Cara, Professor Agre’ge’ member of the Faculty of Law, Universite’ Rene’ 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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Single Tickets Go On Sale Today for Grand Opera House Shows
Single tickets went on sale Sept. 5 for the following shows coming this season to The Grand Opera House, a performing arts center of Mercer University:
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 14, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
- Jesus Christ Superstar
Nov. 1-2, 7:30 p.m.
- Discover Theater!
Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.
- The Nutcracker (presented by The Nutcracker of Middle Georgia)
Dec. 6-9, 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 9-10, 2:30 p.m.
- John Berry - The Christmas Concert
Dec. 17, 4 and 8 p.m.
Season subscriptions are still available for all six shows in the Broadway Series. Single tickets for the remaining shows in the season will go on sale in mid-October. For tickets or more information about the 2006-2007 season, call Mercer Ticket Sales at (478) 301-5470 or visit thegrand.mercer.edu.
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Mercer Professor to Read from Poetry Reading at Voices Carry 3 in Atlanta
Stephen Bluestone, professor of English at Mercer University, will be reading from his work at "Voices Carry 3: An Afternoon of Poetry and Spoken Word," on Sunday, Sept. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. at The Carter Center in Atlanta, 453 Freedom Parkway. Poetry Atlanta and Poets & Writers are co-sponsoring this third annual reading, which will focus on the five-year anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11th.
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Douglasville Resident Preparing to Launch Second Career at Mercer University
LITHIA SPRINGS — Deborah Moreland decided four years ago she wanted something different. The successful real estate agent and broker of more than 30 years was looking for a new challenge and a way to give back. The Douglasville resident decided to change careers and her new path led her to Mercer University's Douglas County Regional Academic Center.
Today, Moreland is only one eight-week session away from graduating from Mercer with a bachelor of business administration. |
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She plans to continue her education at a nearby university to earn her master's degree in business education, which she hopes to use in a new career in the field of education.
"I hope that one day soon I can use my education to encourage young people to believe in themselves and complete their education," Moreland said.
In the 1960s, Moreland spent one semester at college before growing restless and deciding to quit her studies to marry and begin a family.
"I just never seemed to find the time to return to school after I left college," Moreland said. "Instead, I began a career in real estate, and that career and my family took up pretty much all of my time. But I never lost my desire to complete my degree."
Moreland is completing her academic studies at Mercer in perfect form. She is on track to graduate with a perfect 4.0 grade point average, despite a decades-long hiatus from the classroom.
"When I first got into class, I just wanted to pass, but then I got an 'A.' So I tried to get another 'A' in my next class, and I did. It just kind of took off from there, it became my goal to get all 'A's,'" Moreland said.
In her time at Mercer, Moreland has made academics her number one priority. After 30 years of a real estate career she changed her focus to an academic career and put her energy into the new pursuit. Her success outside the classroom allowed her to become an academic explorer, and she took advantage of a number of opportunities at Mercer.
She participated in the Economic Policy Semester at American University in Washington, D.C., and interned at the U.S. Department of Education. In May 2004, she spent two weeks on a Mercer Study Abroad trip with her husband and a group of Mercer business students, traveling Europe and visiting companies and cultural sites in the Netherlands, France and Switzerland.
"My Mercer experience has been a dream come true," Moreland said. "When I began, I was scared to death, but, with each class I met a new professor, and each one of them were a different and a wonderful experience."
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