MACON/ATLANTA — The following students from Effingham County were named to the President’s or Dean’s List of their college or school at Mercer University for the spring 2009 semester. Inclusion on these lists requires students to meet rigorous grade-point-average standards specific to their school within the University.

The students, with class, city of residence and college, are listed below:

Dean’s list

Bailey Brianne Elliott, senior, Guyton, College of Liberal Arts

James Joshua Coleman, sophomore, Guyton, College of Liberal Arts

President’s list

Kristin Lynn Reid, junior, Rincon, Stetson School of Business and Economics

Heather Marie Rowe, junior, Rincon, Tift College of Education

About Mercer University:

Founded in 1833, Mercer University is a comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The university has approximately 7,600 students; 11 schools and colleges — liberal arts, law, pharmacy, medicine, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing and continuing and professional studies; major campuses in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah; three regional academic centers across the state; a university press; two teaching hospitals — Memorial University Medical Center and the Medical Center of Central Georgia; educational partnerships with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Warner Robins and Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta; an engineering research center in Warner Robins; a performing arts center in Macon; and a NCAA Division I athletic program. For more information, visit www.mercer.edu.