Mercer University

Schools

The main campus in Macon consists of the College of Liberal Arts, School of Medicine, School of Engineering, Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, Tift College of Education and programs of the College of Continuing and Professional Studies. The Walter F. George School of Law is located one mile away.

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The Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus in Atlanta consists of the Southern School of Pharmacy, the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology, the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, the College of Continuing and Professional Studies and programs of the Tift College of Education and Stetson School of Business and Economics.

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Mercer operates educational centers in Henry County, Douglas County and Eastman.

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The School of Medicine accepts only Georgia residents into its program.

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The Tift College of Education is named for the former Tift College of Forsyth, Ga., which Mercer acquired and subsequently closed in the 1980s.

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Mercer's Atlanta campus was formerly known as Atlanta Baptist College. The university in 2004 acquired the headquarters building of the Georgia Baptist Convention, located adjacent to campus.

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The McAfee School of Theology is affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship; while the university receives funding from the Georgia Baptist Convention, McAfee's curriculum is not directed by the Georgia Baptist Convention or Southern Baptist Convention.

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The Southern School of Pharmacy is the only private pharmacy school in Georgia.

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Mercer runs the Grand Opera House in downtown Macon, through a lease agreement with the city of Macon and Bibb County.

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Mercer owns an engineering research center in Warner Robins. The center has research agreements with Robins Air Force Base.

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University President Kirby Godsey plans to retire in 2006.

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