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Mercer-Atlanta: Center of Baptist Scholarship
Mercer University has announced major steps toward its aspiration to become a worldwide center for Baptist scholarship. Last week the Baptist History and Heritage Society announced that it will relocate from Brentwood, Tenn., to the Atlanta campus in July. The move comes on the heels of the American Baptist Historical Society's September decision to consolidate its vast archives at Mercer-Atlanta from Valley Forge, Penn., and Rochester, N.Y. Mercer's Atlanta campus is home to the university's McAfee School of Theology. 
Former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Mercer University President William D. Underwood recently announced that "A Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant" will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta in January 2008.
Clark Atlanta Confronts Prostate Cancer
 Top researchers from around the world will convene at Clark Atlanta University on March 19 for its third symposium on prostate cancer. Clark Atlanta is building a world-class biomedical research center to tackle this leading cause of death in African-American men. Under Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Shafiq Khan, CAU's Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development is attracting top talent and forging partnerships to answer complex questions about the causes of – and cures for – prostate cancer.
Investing in Georgia Cancer Research
Scientists engaged in promising cancer research at Emory University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University and the University of Georgia were named Georgia Cancer Coaltion Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists on Feb. 27. More >
The Community Is the Classroom
When college students connect what they learn in the classroom to the real world, the students benefit – and the Atlanta region gains. Here are a few recent examples from countless collaborations across all ARCHE member institutions:
- Mercer-Atlanta business students presented marketing research and solutions Monday to the Georgia Brain Train Group.
- University of Georgia students taught merit badge classes to local Boy Scouts last weekend.
- Clayton State's accounting club is helping low-income residents with tax returns.
- SCAD-Atlanta students designed the Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade image and the ING Georgia Marathon poster.
- Oglethorpe University students are learning about metro Atlanta's newest cities by volunteering with civic and government agencies.
“The opportunity to work outside the classroom with Atlanta’s many business, government and nonprofit organizations is one of the best reasons to go to college here,” says ARCHE President Michael A. Gerber. "Ties between campus and community offer advantages for the region as a whole."
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Photo credits: Georgia Department of Economic Development, Georgia Research Alliance / Gary Meek, Mercer University / Billy Howard, University of Georgia, University of West Georgia.
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