July 24, 2001

Contact: Lance Wallace
at (478) 301-4037 or (800) 837-2911

Recruitment Fair Held for Mercer's Teach for Georgia Students

WHO: Mercer University's Teach for Georgia students

WHAT: Nearly 30 principals and administrators from nine different Atlanta-area school systems will be on Mercer's campus interviewing participants in the Mercer Teach for Georgia program to fill teaching vacancies this year.

WHEN: Open to the media from noon to 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 25.

WHERE: Swilley Building, Mercer University Atlanta campus, 3001 Mercer University Drive, off Chamblee-Tucker Road in northeast Atlanta. Take exit 94 off I-85 north.

WHY: Many school systems will be trying to fill teaching vacancies at their schools with individuals who have completed this summer's three-week intensive teacher training program that has been sponsored by the state of Georgia. The Mercer Teach for Georgia program has had 120 post-baccalaureate students participating in the program.

Media interested in covering the event should contact Judy Lunsford at (678) 547-6425 or Lance Wallace at (478) 301-4037.

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