Due to the attached Mercer School of Medicine and the outstanding reputation of the engineering department, it is unsurprising that a large percentage of the undergraduate student body at Mercer University studies in STEM fields.
What may come as more of a surprise is that there is another powerful major gaining traction on Mercer’s campus creative writing.
Out of the over 4,000 colleges and universities that populate the U.S.’s education landscape, only approximately 125 offer creative writing as a degree option.
Not only is Mercer one of the few institutions to teach creative writing, but it also does quite well for itself: though a small department, it has been home to such acclaimed instructors as Chelsea Rathburn, Poet Laureate of Georgia; James May, recent National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant recipient and Anya Silver, 2018 Guggenheim Fellow.
Baby boomers often share with me memories of teachers who were important influences in their lives.
I often think of such a teacher, though I was never in her classroom. In 1967, as a recent college graduate, I was hired to teach at Pittsfieldâs North Junior High School. It was then that I met a fellow teacher named Margaret Hart. It was the start of a nice friendship with a memorable mentor and remarkable human being.
During the 1960s, while in college, I had been very active as a volunteer in numerous civil rights projects. I wanted to continue such involvement in Pittsfield. As a new teacher in the Pittsfield Public Schools, where almost all teachers like myself were white, I welcomed my friendship with a colleague who would introduce me to local efforts in social responsibility.
The announcement took place on Tuesday in Atlanta at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The order comes after President Joe Biden ensured all Americans will be eligible for vaccination by May 1 at the latest. Georgia is the sixth state in the U.S. to allow all residents to be vaccinated, according to the New York Times.
Currently, people over 18 are authorized to receive any vaccine. People between the ages of 16 and 18 can only receive the Pfizer vaccine.
Where does Georgia stand?
According to Amber Schmidtke, a former Mercer School of Medicine professor who releases a daily digest of COVID-19 updates and health information, about 75% of Georgians will need to be fully vaccinated in order to approach herd immunity. That’s almost the entire population of Georgia over 16 years old.
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