Area Residents Named to the President's List at Mercer University

The following students from your area were named to the President's and Dean's lists of their college or school at Mercer University for the fall 2012 semester. Inclusion on these lists requires students to meet rigorous grade-point-average standards specific to their school within the University.

Holly Hima of Loganville, Ga., a junior, was named to the President's List and Dean's List of the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing.

Jennifer Martin of Loganville, Ga., a junior, was named to the President's List and Dean's List of the Tift College of Education.

About Mercer University

Founded in 1833, Mercer University is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The University enrolls more than 8,300 students in 11 schools and colleges – liberal arts, law, pharmacy, medicine, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing and continuing and professional studies – on campuses in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah – and four regional academic centers across the state. The Mercer Health Sciences Center launched July 1, 2012, and includes the University's medical, nursing and pharmacy schools and will add a fourth college – the College of Health Professions – on July 1, 2013. Mercer is affiliated with four teaching hospitals - Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, and The Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital in Columbus. The University also has educational partnerships with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Warner Robins and Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta. It operates an academic press and a performing arts center in Macon and an engineering research center in Warner Robins. Mercer is the only private university in Georgia to field an NCAA Division I athletic program.www.mercer.edu

This was prepared for Loganville-Grayson Patch by Readmedia Newswires.