Mercer University Honors Rutledge Resident Katharine Wibell

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Rutledge’s Katharine E. Wibell (right) is presented with Mercer University’s William P. Simmons Art Scholarship by Dr. Beth E. Stewart, professor of art.

MACON, GA (06/13/2011)(readMedia)-- Mercer University recently honored graduating senior Katharine E. Wibell, of Rutledge, at the 2011 Honors Convocation. Wibell received the William P. Simmons Art Scholarship. Wibell graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mercer's College of Liberal Arts on May 14.

Wibell was a double major in psychology and fine art and is the daughter of Peter and Karen Wibell of Rutledge.

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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 8,200 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 two teaching hospitals - Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah and the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, 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. For more information, visit www.mercer.edu.