Valdosta's Wildes Awarded at Mercer University's Honors Convocation

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Joshua David Wildes is presented the Hammond Burke Nicholson Scholarship by Dr. John Scott.

MACON, GA (04/23/2014)(readMedia)-- Mercer University's College of Liberal Arts presented Joshua David Wildes of Valdosta with two awards during the University's annual Honors Convocation on Friday, April 11.

Wildes received the Hammond Burke Nicholson Scholarship and the Most Promising Rising Political Science Student Award.

Wildes, a sophomore political science and Spanish major, is the son of Andy and Terri Wildes.

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 12 schools and colleges – liberal arts, law, pharmacy, medicine, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing, health professions, 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, includes the University's medical, nursing, health sciences and pharmacy schools. 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 Center 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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