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College of Continuing and Professional Studies
Dr. Margaret H. Eskew
Dr. Kyra J. Osmus
Dr. Marna Burns
Dr. David Lane
Dr. Tim Craker

College of Liberal Arts

Dr. David A. Davis
Dr. John Marson Dunaway
Dr. Janell Johnson
Dr. Eric Spears
Dr. Bridget Trogden
Corinne Gilmer
Dr. Bryan J. Whitfield

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Dr. Michael W. Jann
Dr. Alan C. Wright
Dr. Chad M. VanDenBerg
Dr. John D. Bauer
Dr. Ajay K. Banga
Vishal Sachdeva
Haripriya Kalluri
Dr. Kathryn M. Momary
Dr. Christine M. Klein
Shannon Proctor
Dr. Susan W. Miller

Georgia Baptist College of Nursing

Fran Kamp
John Summerville
Linda A. Streit
Susan Blakey
Susan Gunby
Sara Mitchell
Janet Timms

McAfee School of Theology

Dr. Loyd Allen

School of Engineering

Dr. Donald Ekong
Dr. Richard Mines

School of Medicine

Dr. William F. Bina
Gayle Bina
Dr. Donald Gallup
Dr. Harold Katner
Dr. Edward C. Klatt
Dr. Edward C. Lauterbach
Dr. Florence Baralatei
Dr. Kerry L. Coburn
Dr. Samuel D. Shillcutt

Staff and Administration

Chris Fuller

Tift College of Education

Dr. H. Anne Hathaway
Dr. William Lacefield
Dr. Peter Ross

Townsend School of Music

Dr. Douglas Hill
Amy Schwartz Moretti
Christopher Rex
Elizabeth Pridgen

Walter F. George School of Law

Tim Floyd
David Hricik
Steve Johnson
David Oedel
Jack Sammons
Scott C. Titshaw

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May 2010

Trustees Approve Record Operating Budget, Global Health Program

On April 16, the Board of Trustees approved a $185.4 million operating budget for next year, a $4 million, or 2.3 percent, increase over the current budget. Tuition for Mercer’s undergraduate programs will increase by 3.48 percent. Last year’s increase for Macon undergraduate programs was 2.9 percent, compared with increases of 6.5 percent in 2008, 6.8 percent in 2007 and 7 percent in 2006. Tuition increases for graduate and professional programs range from 1 percent to 4.4 percent. [more]

Dr. Lake Lambert Appointed Dean of College of Liberal Arts

On April 9, President William D. Underwood announced the appointment of Lake Lambert, Ph.D., currently professor and administrator at Wartburg College in Iowa, as dean of Mercer’s College of Liberal Arts, effective July 1. Dr. Lambert will succeed Dr. Richard Fallis, who announced that he will retire as dean this summer following nearly 10 years at the helm of Mercer’s oldest academic unit. [more]

Dr. Linda Streit Appointed Dean of Georgia Baptist College of Nursing

On April 27, President William D. Underwood announced the appointment of Linda A. Streit, R.N., D.S.N., as dean of Mercer’s Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, effective July 1. Since July 2009, Dr. Streit has served as the College’s interim dean, succeeding Dr. Susan S. Gunby, who returned to a professorship within the college upon her retirement as dean last summer. Dr. Streit is a tenured professor and associate dean of graduate programs, and she has served as a professor and administrator at the College since 1990. [more]

Trustees Approve Tenure, Promotions, Emeriti and Sabbaticals

The Board of Trustees approved promotions, tenure, sabbaticals and emeriti status for faculty from the University’s 11 colleges and schools and University libraries during the April 16 board meeting in Atlanta. [more]

Faculty Members Honored at Awards Ceremony in Macon

Several of the University’s colleges and schools honored their outstanding faculty at the 2010 Faculty Awards Ceremony held April 9 on the Macon campus. [more]

Retirement and Recognition Ceremonies Held to Honor Faculty and Staff

The University honored faculty and staff at Retirement and Recognition Ceremonies in Atlanta on April 7 and in Macon on April 8. [more]

Two Mercer Students Earn Fulbright Grants for Study After Graduation

Two Mercer students have earned Fulbright grants to address problems in Asia through research and activism. Hannah Vann, a women’s and gender studies major from Rome, and Kathryn Doornbos, a biology major from Brasstown, N.C., both earned grants from the highly competitive program to extend their interests beyond graduation. The two are both graduating May 15. Doornbos plans to study tick-borne illness in northern Thailand and Vann will conduct research on the women’s movement in Indonesia. [more]

Mercer to Launch New Center for Theology and Public Life

Mercer will launch a new center this fall that will provide a venue for theologically based discussions on current issues and controversies. The Center for Theology and Public Life, led by Dr. David Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, will hold events on the Macon and Atlanta campuses each year focused on discussing current controversies from a sound theological and ethical perspective. [more]

Athletics, International Programs Launch Revamped Web Sites

Mercer’s Athletics Department and International Programs Offices launched redesigned, upgraded and expanded Web sites in April. [more]

Mercer Students to Travel to Thailand as Part of Service First

Six Mercer graduates will travel to Thailand later this month as part of a yearlong service experience through a new Mercer program called Service First. The program helps to match recent Mercer graduates with international service opportunities that give them a chance to experience life outside the United States while also helping them to further understand their gifts and calling. [more]

CBF Gives Grant to CCPS to Explore Post-Traumatic Stress Counseling in Haiti

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has awarded a $30,000 grant to the Department of Counseling and Human Sciences of the College of Continuing and Professional Studies to investigate the possibility of training Haitians to provide post-traumatic stress counseling to the victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake. [more]

Georgia Cancer Coalition Awards Mercer Professor Grant To Study Skin Cancer

The Georgia Cancer Coalition has awarded one of its six research grants for 2010 to a member of the Mercer University School of Medicine faculty. The organization will provide $50,000 to Dr. Robert J. McKallip, an assistant professor of immunology in the Division of Basic Medical Sciences at the School of Medicine in Macon, to study therapies for treating malignant melanoma. [more]

Students Showcase Research, Engineering Prowess at End-of-Year Events

Mercer students wound down the spring semester on the Macon campus April 16 and 19 with a series of events that showcased their work – most of it done outside of the classroom –exploring everything from poetry to lung morphology, along with an engineering showcase and competition. [more]

McAfee to Offer Master’s Courses at Henry Center this Fall

Beginning this fall, the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology will offer three of the core courses for its master’s programs at the Henry County Regional Academic Center. In addition, students can also take two courses online as well, allowing them to take a large portion of their master’s core courses without having to travel to the Atlanta campus. [more]

Mercer Student Receives Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship

Sophomore Joshua Coleman has been awarded a 2010-2011 Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship, a yearlong, $26,000 award, which he will use to study in Angers, France, at the L’universitie catholique de l’ouest. Coleman, of Guyton, is an English and French double major. [more]

Lofts at Mercer Village Breaks Ground, Announces Retailers

Mercer Village will welcome new business neighbors in early 2011. The Lofts at Mercer Village mixed-used development announced its first-floor retailers during its April 22 ground-breaking ceremony. Joining the Barnes & Noble at Mercer University will be restaurants Fountain of Juice and Margarita’s Mexican Grill and Designer Tan, a tanning salon. [more]

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