All three Mercer nominees to the Governor's Teaching Fellows Program have been selected for the elite program. Two professors will study this summer, and one will enter the yearlong program this fall.
This summer selectees are: Philip McCreanor, Ph.D. an associate professor of biomedical and environmental engineering, and Brenda Rowe, R.N., J.D., an associate professor at the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, who will be Fellows in the two-week Summer Symposium Program, May 12-23. The fall selectee is Hani Khoury, Ph.D., an associate professor of mathematics and chair of the Mathematics, Science and Information Systems Department in the College of Continuing and Professional Studies. He will be a Fellow in the Academic Year Symposium, meeting in six three-day symposia during the academic year.
“These are some of Mercer's finest teachers, with very interesting projects proposed for their Fellowships,” said Senior Vice Provost Peter Brown. “Our congratulations to them, and we can all take pride in Mercer's strong representation in this elite.”
The program was established in 1995 by then Gov. Zell Miller to provide Georgia’s higher education faculty with expanded opportunities for developing important teaching skills, particularly those addressing how to use emerging technologies in the classroom.
Faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the state apply to become one of the Fellows chosen for the highly competitive program. It is unusual for more than one professor from a university to be selected for the program.
Some of the criteria for selection in the program include: excellence in teaching, interest in continuing to improve instruction, ability to have an impact on the home campus and the strong commitment of the home institution to the faculty member’s participation.
