Archive for January, 2009

SI.com Columnist Tries to Match Wits with Economics Professor’s Recruiting Model

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 27, 2009
in Allen K. Lynch and Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics
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In his Jan. 23 column, SI.com’s “Inside Recruiting” columnist Andy Staples takes on the econometric model developed by Mercer’s Dr. Allen K. Lynch, associate professor of economics and quatitive methods, and two colleagues. The model can provide predictions about the college choices of top high school football recruits. Dr. Lynch’s 2009 model has so far been more than 75 percent accurate in predicting the college’s chosen by players from the Rivals.com top 250.

To read the column, go>.

To view the model’s results, go>.

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle’s Visit to the Medical School Draws a Crowd, and Media Attention

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 27, 2009
in Macon Campus and School of Medicine
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Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle visited the Mercer School of Medicine in Macon on Jan. 26 and drew a crowd of more than 100 medical students, faculty and staff. His visit also prompted coverage from the Macon media.

To read the story by 13 WMAZ, go>.

To read the story by Fox 24, go>.

Mercer’s Georgia Baptist College of Nursing Ph.D. Program Profiled in Pulse Magazine

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 27, 2009
in Georgia Baptist College of Nursing
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In its February edition, Pulse Magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s health care magazine, profiled the new Ph.D. in Nursing Education that will launch at Mercer’s Georgia Baptist College of Nursing this fall. The new program help to educate professors, who can in turn, educate new nurses, helping to fill a critical and growing need in the state.

To read the story, go>.

Pulse Magazine Examines Future of Pharmacy Education in Georgia

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 27, 2009
in College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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Pulse Magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s health care magazine, examined the future of pharmacy education in Georgia in its February edition, including the role Mercer’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will play in that future.

To read the story, go>.

Mercer Economists Pen Op-Ed for Atlanta Paper

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 25, 2009
in Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, Scott Beaulier and William Mounts
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Mercer economists Dr. Scott Beaulier, chair of the Department of Economics, and Dr. William Mounts, interim dean of the Stetson School of Business and Economics, co-authored an op-ed piece for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Jan. 23. The piece argues for the increased use of Georgia’s rainy day fund to keep the state from increasing taxes on beleagured tax payers in tough economic times.

To read, “Rainy day funds really shield excessive taxation by government,” go>.

Mercer Ethics Professor Weighs in for Reuters Story on Growing Ethics Crisis in United States

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 25, 2009
in David Gushee and James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology
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Reuters News Service examined the many failings of ethics of recent years in the United States from the perspective of religious leaders in an article on Jan. 21. Reuters turned to Dr. David P. Gushee, Mercer’s Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, to help analyze the problem for the story, titled “Ethics crisis in America? Church leaders say yes.” The piece ran in a number of newspapers around the country.

To read the Reuters article, go>.

Economics Professors Pins Op-Ed for Macon Paper Arguing for Short Selling

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 23, 2009
in Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics and Scott Beaulier
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The clamp down on the short-selling of stocks by the Securities and Exchange Commission is hurting the market, argues Dr. Scott Beaulier, chair of the Economics Department. Dr. Beaulier and two co-authors pinned the piece for the Jan. 17 edition of The Macon Telegraph.

To read the full piece, titled “Government Shouldn’t Sell Short-Selling Short,” go>.

Editorial about Economy in Macon Features Analysis from Mercer Professor

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 14, 2009
in Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics and Scott Beaulier
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The Macon Telegraph recently wrote an editorial about the ills of the economy and featured the analysis of Dr. Scott Beaulier, chair of the Economics Department. Dr. Beaulier contends that the true cost of the bailouts - proposed or underway - could eventually near $8 billion.

To read the editorial, go>.

Funeral and Memorial Services for Mercer Alumnus Bell Draw Hundreds of Mourners

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 9, 2009
in Alumni
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Mercer alumnus Griffin B. Bell, former United States Attorney General, was laid to rest on Jan. 7 in his hometown of Americus, Ga. He was remembered in eulogies by his friends, including Mercer President William D. Underwood, at the funeral, and the memorial service held in Atlanta on Jan. 9.

To read an account of the memorial service from the Associated Press, go>.

To read an account of the funeral from the Associated Press, go>.

To read a rememberance by David Hudson, Mercer graduate and trustee, and friend of Judge Bell’s, go>.

Media Remembrances Continue Throughout the Country with Passing of Mercer Alumnus Bell

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Mark Vanderhoek
on January 6, 2009
in Alumni
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Media outlets shared the news with the entire country of the passing of Mercerian and former United States Attorney General Griffin B. Bell. A sampling of the hundreds of remembrances in the media follow:

For the obituary in the Jan. 6 edition of The Washington Post, go>.

For the obituary in the Jan. 6 edition of The Los Angeles Times, go>.

To read the Jan. 6 story in The Macon Telegraph, go>.

For the Jan. 5 wire service report from Bloomberg, go>.

For the Jan. 5 CNN.com story, go>.

For the Jan. 5 Associated Baptist Press story, go>.

To listen to the Jan. 5 National Public Radio story, go>.

To read the Jan. 5 story from The American Lawyer, go>.