Arguably Mercer's most well-known Mercer on Mission program, Dr. Ha Vo began engineering prosthetics with his biomedical engineering students to take to this country in 2007.
What is Vietnam?
100
This type's thinking attributes include: logical, skilled in data analysis, and likes math and science.
What is analytical?
100
Dr. Elkins loves Chick-Fil-A's signature customer service, so this response is our go-to when a someone says "thank you."
What is "my pleasure"?
100
In 1996, Tom Cruise starred in the first of this series of spy movies (its theme music may be the only thing you remember).
What is Mission Impossible?
100
The year Mercer was founded.
What is 1833?
200
In the Regional Academic Centers, we're lucky enough to have these 2 veterans working on our EM team, who served our country in the air force and the army, respectively.
Who are Gary Hollums and Scott Mahone?
200
This hemisphere in your brain is responsible for intuition, emotions, non-verbal communication, and conceptual thinking.
What is right hemisphere?
200
To recognize service above and beyond the call of duty, Dr. Elkins created this award to celebrate our colleagues. We usually give these out at our annual retreat.
What is excellence expectation/e-squared?
200
This movie's tagline reads: "The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war."
What is MASH?
200
Mercer's primary function when it first opened its doors as The Mercer Institute was to train these (oh how we've grown).
What are preachers/ministers?
300
In 2012, he joined Mercer's Board of Trustees, saying: "I felt I would serve not only Mercer, but myself and the people whom I care for in my state, nation, and world if I helped as a trustee."
Who is Jimmy Carter?
300
These form in your brain as you learn new skills and behaviors. You'll develop more and more as you get older.
What are neuronal pathways?
300
Dr. Elkins and Megan visited the Disney Institute to learn about this in 2012. It's the reason we point with 2 fingers or an open palm.
What is quality service?
300
This movie, based on the play Pygmalion, stars Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.
What is My Fair Lady?
300
The Douglas County RAC has received generous donations from this family, including the building itself!
Who is the Borrish family?
400
This past November, Penfield counseling students traveled to this country to explore the state of mental health counseling and present on counseling practices and counselor education.
What is India?
400
These are the 4 parts of the brain: Abstract, this, Symmetrical, and this.
What are concrete and asymmetrical?
400
Our fearless leader is herself a double Mercer Bear, completing these 2 of her 3 degrees at our hallowed institution. Nobody's perfect.
What are bachelor's and masters?
400
This movie almost died in production: author P.L. Travers and Walk Disney couldn't see eye to eye on animation, music, or almost anything else.
What is Mary Poppins?
400
This student was the first African-American to attend Mercer once the Board of Trustees voted to voluntarily desegregate 1963.
Who is Sam Oni?
500
"Research that Reaches Out" is the topic for the 2015 this, focusing on the integration of research and service at Mercer. SACSCOC, when they visited at the end of March, whole-heartedly approved.
What is QEP/quality enhancement plan?
500
These fibers connect the left and right hemispheres of your brain, facilitating inter hemispheric conversation.
What is the corpus callosum?
500
This is the Regional Academic Center site where Dr. Elkins herself began her career at Mercer (though it no longer exists).
What is Covington?
500
At age 74, Clint Eastwood became the oldest Best Director Oscar winner for this movie in 2004?
What is Million Dollar Baby?
500
Billington Sanders was the first to serve Mercer in this role. John Dagg, Nathaniel Crawford, Archibald Battle, Joseph Willet, and Spright Dowell all served in this role as well. Oddly enough, Jesse Mercer never did.