Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education

It was wonderful to gather some of the ARCHE Archives Council together again at the Auburn Avenue Research Library! Thank you Derek Mosley for hosting the group and serving as our Interim Chair! We have exciting plans for 2027!

A great location and event to kick off the Presidential Investiture Week at UWG!

Thank you President Cabrera for your leadership serving on the ARCHE Board of Trustees during your tenure at Georgia Tech! We are grateful and looking forward to following your next endeavor!

Two Mercer University professors have been named to Georgia Trend’s 2026 “40 Under 40” list for work that is making an impact in Georgia and around the world.

ATLANTA, Ga. - Joy Fernandez de Narayan, D.N.P., a clinical assistant professor in Mercer’s College of Nursing, is a champion for compassionate, patient-centered care for vulnerable populations. Before joining Mercer’s faculty in January, she spent more than a decade with Mercy Care Atlanta, including work with its street medicine program, which brings care directly to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. She continues to see patients at Mercy Care once a week while teaching the next generation of healthcare providers at Mercer.
MACON, Ga. — Adaline Buerck, Ph.D., assistant professor of environmental and civil engineering and director of Mercer’s Cecil Day Family Center for International Groundwater Innovation, focuses her research on improving water quality and reducing exposure to harmful chemicals. Her work has taken her to Belize, Kenya, India and the Dominican Republic for projects involving lead testing, water testing and clean water infrastructure.

Georgia Trend's 40 Under 40 list includes two Mercer professors In recognition of their inspiring work, two Mercer University faculty members were chosen for Georgia Trend's 2026 40 Under 40 list.

Clark Atlanta University is using homecoming week to celebrate its past while offering a glimpse of its future.

During his annual State of the University Address, President George T. French Jr. highlighted campus investments, including a new $16 million Student Success Center and renovations to historic Gaines Hall.

“Homecoming brings our generations together,” French said. “We’re making history where we stand.”

More on Clark Atlanta’s plans for the future and this year’s homecoming at the link in the comments.

🖋️: Brooke Leigh Howard / AJC
📸: Arvin Temkar / AJC

The Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University's Georgia Baptist Association of Nursing Students (GBANS) earned eight awards during a recent convention. Thirty-three Mercer students, two faculty members and the College's admissions team attended the Georgia Association of Nursing Students event.

The Mercer student chapter won West District Chapter of the Year, Newsletter of the Year, Community Health and Service Award, and Media and Online Presence of the Year. In addition, Insha Dodhia received the Centurion Humanitarian Award; Kristy Park, Ambassador Award; Mikaila Handberry, Novant Health Image of Nursing Award; and Nicholas Petroni, Karl Lipinski Male Leadership Scholarship.

Congratulations Scotties!

It’s official: Agnes Scott’s first physician assistant class is here! 🩺💜

Today, 30 students began the Mary Lou Cornwall Hawkes ’65 and James B. Hawkes Physician Assistant Program in the newly renovated Hopkins Hall. When we announced this program, it was a plan. Today it’s a classroom full of future PAs ready to help meet Georgia’s growing need for healthcare providers.

Help us welcome the inaugural class in the comments! 👏

Learn more: https://www.agnesscott.edu/graduate-studies/graduate-programs/physician-assistant-studies/index.html

Wonderful!

A surprise on stage at the 7th Annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference: the Delta Air Lines Foundation has committed $1 million to Global Journeys, the program that sends every Agnes Scott first-year student on a faculty-led trip at no additional cost.

That brings the Foundation’s investment in Summit to $2 million.

Thank you, Delta Air Lines and Gail Grimmett of Delta Flight Museum, for believing in Scotties. Read more: https://news.agnesscott.org/agnes-scott-in-the-news/the-delta-air-lines-foundation-commits-1-million-grant-to-agnes-scott-college/

Congratulations President Elkins!

Penny L. Elkins, Ph.D., to be inaugurated as Mercer University's 19th president, becoming its first woman president The Mercer University Board of Trustees will host the formal investiture ceremony of Penny L. Elkins, Ph.D., as the institution's 19th president on Oct. 29 on the University's historic Macon campus.