After claiming the program’s first-ever Atlantic Sun regular season title last weekend, the Mercer women’s soccer team is now beginning to capture some well-earned national recognition. The Bears were the focus of a feature article by ESPN staff writer Graham Hays, which was posted on Oct. 28 on the front page of ESPNU.com.
To view the article, visit www.espnu.com, or click here.
Mercer also received votes for a regional ranking in the latest Soccer Buzz Southeast Regional poll. The first time Mercer has appeared in the regional poll in team history, the Bears received votes along with Alabama, Samford, Western Carolina, and Kennesaw State.
To view complete rankings, click here.
President Jimmy Carter spoke at Mercer’s second annual President’s Lecture Series on Oct. 23 to a packed Willingham Auditorium. Nearly 1,000 people heard President Carter urge the next United States Administration to put the U.S. back at the forefront of the worldwide struggle for human rights. Numerous media outlets were on hand for the event, including Baptists Today, The Telegraph, The 11th Hour, WMAZ, WMGT and Fox 24.
To see their coverage, follow these links.
Baptist Today blog
The Telegraph
Fox 24
Mercer’s story on the event, and a link to the video, are available here.
Law Professor David G. Oedel wrote an op-ed piece critical of the credit policies that led up to the current financial crisis for the Sunday, Oct. 19, edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer, one of the nation’s largest newspapers.
To read the piece, click here.
Mercer economics professor Scott Beaulier spoke to BNN TV, Canada’s 24-hour financial news network, on Oct. 20 in opposition to the financial bailout underway in the United States.
To view clip of Beaulier’s interview, click here.
Mercer’s Bear Bikes program, a free bike-loan program for students and faculty on the Macon campus, was featured in a story in The New York Times on Sunday, Oct. 19, about efforts at colleges across the country to develop a bike culture, moving away from cars to get around campus. Bear Bikes, which was founded last year on campus, has more than 60 bikes in its program.
To read the story, click here.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran an op-ed piece by law Professor David Oedel on Oct. 12, calling for the abolition of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac following the recent bailout of those two institutions.
To read the piece, click here.
Renowned violinist Robert McDuffie, Distinguished University Professor of Music and founder of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer’s Townsend School of Music, has returned to Georgia for several concerts with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. McDuffie was profiled in the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the Athens Banner-Herald prior to the performances, Oct. 9-11.
To read the story in the AJC’s Access Atlanta, click here.
To read the story in the Banner-Herald, click here.
David G. Oedel a professor of law at Mercer’s Walter F. George School of Law, penned an op-ed piece in the national newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor, on Oct. 8 about the financial crisis. In it, Oedel called for the abolition of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the wake of the federal government’s bailout of those institutions. The piece was selected among the best in the nation on the subject by RealClearPolitics.com, an independent political news site, on Oct. 9.
To read the piece, click here.
Former U.S. representative to the United Nations John Bolton spoke about the perils posed to the United States by threats overseas on Oct. 7 at Mercer’s Executive Forum presented by BB&T. The events in Macon and Atlanta were well attended and drew media coverage in Macon from The Macon Telegraph, WMAZ and WMGT.
To read the story from the Macon Telegraph, click here.
Tom Abbott, a 2004 graduate of Mercer’s business school and former varsity golfer, is now a reporter and anchor with the Golf Channel. He was profiled on Sept. 28 in the Montgomery Advertiser during a recent stop there while covering the LPGA.
To read the story, click here. (Editor’s note: the story incorrectly refers to Mercer as a college).
