Mercer Expands Offerings in Graduate Programs
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MERCERIANTHE A Publication for Alumni and Friends of Mercer University Winter 2005 • Volume 15, Number 1 Mercer Expands Offerings in Graduate Programs wide variety of new graduate programs — including into the worship service and congrega- Applications are now being accepted tional life of a church. The curriculum for a new master’s program, which business, education, music and health care — are will be structured so students, who so will begin Fall 2005, that will train desire, can pursue a dual master’s nurse anesthetists in a 28-month, being introduced over the next year at Mercer’s degree in music after completing their seven-semester program that will offer master of divinity degree. courses in anatomy, pharmacology, A The Townsend Institute has been anesthesia, physiology, research and campuses in Macon and Atlanta and at the Regional made possible through a gift from leadership, among others. Academic Center in Henry County. James and Carolyn McAfee. The Students will be able to obtain all of Institute is named in honor and mem- their clinical requirements at the The Eugene W. Stetson School of by requiring all leadership candidates ity degree with a concentration in ory of Mrs. McAfee’s parents, Sophia Medical Center, one of the busiest sur- Business and Economics will intro- to participate in internships each church music. Malin Townsend and Raymond Clay gery centers in the state. Successful duce two new programs in January. An semester, which will give them hands- The master of music in church Townsend. graduates will receive a master of sci- innovative MBA program designed on experience in dealing with current music degree is designed to prepare ence degree in anesthesia and will be specifically for physicians begins class- issues faced by educational leaders. students for the practice of church New Healthcare Program eligible to take the nurse anesthetist cer- es in Macon. The Mercer MBA for For educators who already have music ministry and is primarily for The School of Medicine recently tification exam. The program is awaiting Physicians is for doctors who want the M.Ed. degree, the College will offer musicians who focus on choral con- announced post-master’s certificate a final decision on accreditation, which more expertise in areas of business on “add-on” certification in educational ducting. The master of music in per- programs in Medical Family Therapy the Council on Accreditation of Nurse both the professional and personal leadership. formance degree with an emphasis in and Pediatric Family Therapy, which Anesthesia Educational Programs will level. The 19-month academic pro- church music is for vocalists and organ- are designed to prepare clinicians to make in January 2005. gram is presented in an executive-edu- Graduate Programs ists who wish to be in a church music practice in specialty areas of family These graduate degree programs cation format that concentrates classes in Church Music educational environment without losing therapy. Whereas the Medical Family build on Mercer’s solid undergraduate into Friday-Saturday sessions held Mercer will offer three new gradu- the intensity of a performance degree. Therapy program is focused on learn- academic programs. The new students every other week. ate degree pro- ing to help indi- who arrived on Mercer’s Macon cam- Stetson has expanded its successful grams in church viduals and their pus in August brought some impres- Executive MBA (EMBA) program to music through families adjust to sive academic qualifications. The the Regional Academic Center in The Townsend issues of death freshman class has an estimated 1200 Henry County, with the University offer- Institute, which and dying and SAT average and an academic grade ing the first graduate business pro- represents a col- manage life with point average of 3.6. These students gram in the metro Atlanta’s southern laboration of the chronic illness, joined an undergraduate body of close crescent. The program, which will College of Liberal the Pediatric to 2,500 students pursuing degrees in continue to be taught on Mercer’s Arts’s Department Family Therapy engineering, business, education and Atlanta campus, is designed for busi- of Music in certificate pro- liberal arts. ness professionals with at least seven Macon and vides specialized For more information on these years of business experience. McAfee School of training in the programs, contact the following: MBA EMBA students attend class every Theology in treatment of child for Physicians, Bonnie Knight, (800) other weekend on Friday evenings and Atlanta. Accepting and adolescent 840-8577; EMBA in Henry County, all-day Saturdays for 21 months, students for Fall mental and phys- Karen Goss, (678) 547-6400; including a 10-day trip abroad to 2005, the ical illnesses. Educational Leadership, Jamicia study how business is conducted in Department of In addition to Lackey, 678-547-6563; Master of other countries. In early December, Music will offer the master of music The master of divinity degree with the family therapy programs, the Music, Bonnie Knight, (800) 840- the 16 members of the inaugural class performance in church music degree a concentration in church music is for School of Medicine is teaming up with 8577; Master of Divinity, Ryan Clark, attended their preparatory “boot and the master of music in perform- individuals who will work with musi- the Medical Center of Central Georgia (888) 471-9922; Post-Master’s certifi- camp,” which is designed to refresh ance degree with an emphasis in cians and ministers of music in their to address the severe shortage of cation, Michael Orr, (478) 301-4098; their basic study and math skills, and church music. McAfee School of ministerial calling, with an emphasis Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and Nurse Anesthetists, Matthew received from Mercer President R. Theology will offer the master of divin- placed on how to incorporate music (CRNAs) throughout the country. Kervin, (478) 633-1609. Kirby Godsey their individual Hewitt Packard iPAQ that they will use throughout the program. Godsey Asks Trustees to Begin Search for Next President M.Ed. in Educational ercer University President my life and career, it is also my respon- On July 1, 1979, he was named the Brunswick attorney. “He has taken a Leadership and CEO R. Kirby Godsey sibility to work with the Board in University’s 17th president. He good university and made it one of the Also launching in January is the Mannounced Dec. 2 that achieving Mercer’s highest and best became the longest-serving president best in the nation. His vision and lead- Master of Education in Educational he has asked the Board of Trustees to future. The promise of the University in the University’s history last summer ership have reached well beyond the Leadership Program. Offered by Tift begin the search for the University’s has never been and reached a University, leaving an indelible imprint College of Education at Mercer’s next president. The request came dur- greater, and I will ‘History will surely record similar mile- on Georgia. History will surely record Macon and Atlanta campuses and the ing the Board’s regular fall meeting as always be eager to Kirby Godsey as one of stone among Kirby Godsey as one of Georgia’s finest Regional Academic Center in Henry Godsey revealed his plans to step support the pro- Georgia’s cur- citizens and educational leaders. The County, the new degree program is down as president on June 30, 2006. grams of the Georgia’s finest citizens and rent university search for his successor will be a diffi- designed for in-service teachers who “A part of the stewardship of the University. I will educational leaders.’ presidents a few cult task.” want to become school administrators. President’s Office is to assure a smooth continue to be an years ago. Longtime Mercer trustee and Based on the most current national and orderly transition for the next ambassador for Mercer and active in “Kirby Godsey is the most dynamic Augusta attorney David Hudson will standards in educational leadership administration,” said Godsey. “While civic and professional affairs.” president in Mercer University’s history head the search committee for the new — those of the Education Leadership serving as the president and chief exec- Godsey came to Mercer in 1977 to and perhaps in the entire state today,” president. The national search will Constituent Consortium — the Tift utive officer of Mercer has been the serve as dean of the College of Liberal said James A. Bishop, chairman of begin next spring. program blends theory with practice most important and defining work of Arts and the executive vice president. Mercer’s Board of Trustees and a — Continued on page 3 MERCERIANTHE CAMPUS TALK Winter 2005 • Vol. 15, No. 1 President and CEO R. Kirby Godsey Executive Vice President and Provost university Horace W. Fleming Senior Vice President for University Advancement, University Admissions and External Affairs Emily P. Myers Senior Vice President for Finance By Nancy R. Fullbright Lynwood G. Donald Mercer Alum in the Fast Lane Senior Vice President for Administration Richard N. Goddard Senior Vice President – Atlanta ost Saturday nights “Mercer’s all I know,” Cardwell as a Mercer trustee and later as a coun- In 1996, Cardwell opened her own Richard V. Swindle Dean, College of Liberal Arts between February and noted. “It’s made me who I am today selor and her mother worked as director law office, continuing her previous work Richard C. Fallis Dean, School of Engineering November, you can find and has shaped my ability, skills and of records in the Office of University and also acting as a court-appointed M. Dayne Aldridge M Mercer University Trustee Mary Jane fortitude. It’s a very important place, Advancement.