Mercer University Honors Sharpsburg Resident Roberts

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Dr. Richard Binkney, associate professor and interim chair, presents Kathleen Roberts of Sharpsburg with the Most Outstanding Early Care and Education Graduate Award.

MACON, GA (05/31/2013)(readMedia)-- Mercer University recently honored Kathleen Roberts of Sharpsburg at its 2013 Honors Convocation. Roberts received the Most Outstanding Early Care and Education Graduate Award.

On May 11, Roberts graduated from Mercer's Tift College of Education with a major in early care and education.

Roberts is the spouse of James Roberts.

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 Complex 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

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