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Penfield College of Mercer University is one of the University’s 12 colleges and schools. Penfield, established as the College of Continuing and Professional Studies in January of 2003, is committed to serving post-traditional learners and currently enrolls more than 1200 of Mercer’s over approximately 8500 students. Penfield offers 8 undergraduate majors, an undergraduate pre-nursing curriculum, 9 graduate programs and certificate programs and customized workforce development training programs to adult learners seeking professional advancement, leadership positions in their communities and beyond, and more meaningful lives. Penfield offers the general education curriculum and elective courses for its students as well as for students enrolled in Mercer’s Stetson School of Business and Economics and Tift College of Education. The College offers courses for international studies to assist them in transitioning to the academic programs of the University.

Locations
Penfield College of Mercer University offers programs online, on the Macon and Atlanta campuses of Mercer University, and at Mercer’s regional academic centers in Douglasville, Henry County (McDonough), and Newnan, Georgia

Undergraduate Programs
Penfield College of Mercer University’s undergraduate majors include psychology (including an online degree completion option); communication; public safety leadership (including an online degree completion option) with tracks in homeland security, criminal justice, and emergency services; organizational leadership; informatics with tracks in web development and human computer interaction and in health informatics; human resources administration and development; human services with concentrations in social services administration services, mental health services, and substance abuse services; and liberal studies with concentrations in religious studies, literary studies, historical studies, and communication studies.

Graduate Programs
Graduate programs include clinical mental health counseling, school counseling, clinical rehabilitation counseling, an educational specialist degree in school counseling, and a Ph.D. degree in counselor education and supervision, human services with tracks in gerontology services and child and adolescent services, public safety leadership, a fully online M.S. degree in healthcare informatics, and organizational leadership with concentrations in healthcare leadership, non profit leadership, and organizational development.

Certificate Programs
Certificate programs are offered by Penfield in executive leadership, public safety leadership, substance abuse counseling/addiction counseling, leadership for the medical practice, and health coaching. Certificate programs have been offered to Piedmont Medical Care Corporation and Piedmont Heart Institute in Atlanta, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia Public Health District 4, GreyStone Power, and WYLE Corporation.

The Penfield Name
In July of 2015, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies was renamed Penfield College of Mercer University in recognition of Josiah Penfield, a Savannah merchant, jeweler, silversmith, and civic leader who in 1828 bequeathed funding for the purchase of land at Mercer’s original site near Greensboro, Georgia (now Penfield, Georgia). Penfield’s last investment was designated for people who wanted to make a difference in their community by leading and serving others.

Faculty
Penfield College of Mercer University includes 51 full-time faculty members and 1 part-time faculty member. Professionals in a variety of fields who serve as adjunct faculty add to the diversity and capacity of the academic programs. All Penfield faculty members are committed to engaging students actively in learning and to designing learning environments that foster student success.

Emeriti Faculty
Dr. Colin Harris and Dr. Duane Davis were named Faculty Emeriti by Mercer University.

Grants
In 2015, Penfield College of Mercer University received a 5 year grant from the U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration to fund the first 3 semesters of tuition for 5 full-time and 3 part-time students admitted to the Master’s degree program in clinical rehabilitation counseling. Penfield also has received funding from the Association of American Colleges and Universities in support of the STIRS project to integrate evidence-based thinking into the curriculum and support signature work, from InTeGrate to fund the incorporation of geoscience into the undergraduate curriculum, from the Pittulloch Foundation in support of child sexual abuse prevention and awareness, and from the Georgia Compassion Project in support of the Penfield College Center for the Study of Narrative.

Mercer on Mission and other Study Abroad Initiatives
In recent years, Penfield College faculty members have led study abroad programs to Guatemala, Jordan, India, Holland, France, and Malawi.

Mercer Atlanta Campus Initiatives
Graduate students in Penfield’s counseling programs, working closely with faculty members, have led campus-wide service initiatives. These efforts include a week long suicide prevention and awareness program, Reach Out Speak Out, and a Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention week in collaboration with other colleges and schools on the Atlanta campus. The Human Trafficking prevention program received a commendation from Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed.