USA Today, one of the countries largest newspapers, featured Mercer in its latest coverage of NSSE, the National Survey of Student Engagement. The story highlighted Mercer students engagement in new learning communities.
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The Associated Baptist Press covered Mercer’s recent conference, “Caring for Creation: A Scientific and Theological Response.” The story focused on the presentations by Dr. David Gushee, Mercer’s Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Jonathan Merritt, author of the forthcoming book Green Like God, and their talks on swaying the evangelical Christian community to act in the care of God’s creation.
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Mercer’s groundbreaking conference on faith, science and the environment, “Caring for Creation: A Scientific and Theological Response,” begins Oct. 29, and concludes Oct. 31 with a green day of service. The conference, and its topic, caring for God’s Creation, are drawing a lot of buzz ahead of the event. In addition to stories in the 11th Hour Newspaper and The Cluster, a number of media outlets have picked up on it this week.
Event organizer and Mercer student Kathryn Doornbos wrote an op-ed for The Macon Telegraph on Sunday, Oct. 25, to read it go>.
Conference plenary speaker and Mercer Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics Dr. David Gushee wrote an op-ed on Creation care for the Associated Baptist Press, to read it go>.
The Oct. 29 edition of The Macon Telegraph also featured a story about the event, to read it go>.
Doornbos was also interviewed by the WMGT 41 TV in Macon Oct. 29, to view the the interview, go>.
Mercer On Mission’s trip to Vietnam to deliver and fit Mercer-designed prosthetics to amputees there, as well as to treat hundreds of ailing patients drew media attention based on a presentation the trip’s students and professor made Oct. 21. Dr. Ha Van Vo and eight of the 14 students who went on the trip in June presented about their experiences, plans for further trips and ongoing fund-raising efforts for future trips. WMAZ TV, Fox 24 TV and The Macon Telegraph were all on hand for the event.
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Dick Vitale’s visit to Mercer on Oct. 12 continues to draw media attention. Sporting News magazine’s The Sporting Blog featured the YouTube video of Dick Vitale’s press conference, which he made ahead of his presentation to Mercer’s Executive Forum. In addition, Vitale conducted an interview with CBS Atlanta sports anchor Gil Tyree, which will be featured in the Atlanta market on Sunday, Oct. 25 on the program “Sportsline Sunday” at 11:30 p.m.
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Video is now available of Dick Vitale’s news conference in Macon.
Mercer’s Four-Year Graduation Pledge garnered national attention once again, with CBSMoneywatch.com featuring the University’s new program in a story Oct. 13 about colleges around the nation working to save students money in the current economic crisis.
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Dick Vitale, hall-of-fame commentator and “the voice of college basketball,” spoke at Mercer’s Executive Forum presented by BB&T on Oct. 12 ahead of basketball season. Vitale spoke in Atlanta and Macon at events co-sponsored by the Mercer Athletic Foundation. The events drew media attention in both Macon and Atlanta. The Forum also served to preview the Mercer basketball seasons, which officially begins on Oct. 16. Head Men’s Coach Bob Hoffman and Head Women’s Coach Janelle Jones got the crowds fired up at each event ahead of what should be an exciting season for each team.
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To read coverage of the event on 41nbc.com, go>.
Mercer’s Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics Dr. David Gushee, penned a column for USA Today, the nation’s largest newspaper, in the Sept. 28 edition. The op-ed “What Roe Started” focuses on finding the theology of common ground and moving away from the current state of demonization in political and religious discourse stemming from Roe v. Wade.
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