MACON, GA (06/19/2013)(readMedia)-- Mercer University recently honored John Jeffrey Jenkins, Jr. at its 2013 Honors Convocation. Jenkins received the General Excellence in Music Award.

On May 11, Jenkins graduated from Mercer's Townsend School of Music with a major in music education.

He is the son of Jeff and Nan Jenkins.

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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Posted Wednesday June 19, 2013 at 02:31 pm by Mercer University
Last Updated Thursday June 20, 2013 at 10:09 am