MACON, GA (05/21/2012)(readMedia)-- Mercer University recently honored Jan Jones of Climax at its 2012 Honors Convocation. Jones received the Sophia Oxley Clark Williams Outstanding Great Books Essay Award.

On May 12, Jones graduated from Mercer's College of Liberal Arts magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English and minors in art history and education.

Jones is the daughter of Jerry and Jill Jones of Climax.

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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 major campuses in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah and at four regional academic centers across the state. 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 - and has educational partnerships with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Warner Robins and Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta. The University 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

Posted Monday May 21, 2012 at 05:02 pm by Mercer University
Last Updated Wednesday May 30, 2012 at 01:24 pm