Freshman Makes History as Top Speaker at National Parliamentary Debate...
MACON – Jaz Buckley, a Mercer University freshman from Columbus, made history at the National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) tournament March 14-17 in Kansas City, Kansas. Buckley became the...
View ArticleMercer University Opera to Present 'Pirates of Penzance' for Young Audiences...
MACON – The Mercer University Opera will present "Pirates of Penzance" for young audiences April 17-18 in Fickling Hall on Mercer's Macon campus. The one-hour performances are being held at 6 p.m. in...
View ArticleMercer to Implement Stewards of Children Child Sexual Abuse Prevention...
ATLANTA – In conjunction with National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Mercer has received a grant from the Pittulloch Foundation, a charitable organization focused on improving education in the state of...
View ArticleMercer Mourns the Passing of Former College of Pharmacy Dean Dr. Oliver...
ATLANTA – Oliver Marsilius Littlejohn, Ph.D., the longest-serving dean in the history of Mercer's College of Pharmacy and former vice president of the University, died on April 8 at the age of 90.A...
View ArticleGeorgia Baptist College of Nursing Student Elected President of National...
ATLANTA – Ryan Bannan, a junior in Mercer University's Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, was elected president of the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) during the organization's 63rd annual...
View ArticleMercer Business Students Win Three of Top Four Places in Clayton State...
ATLANTA – Two MBA students and an undergraduate in Mercer University's Stetson School of Business and Economics won three of the top four places in Clayton State University's second annual Elevator...
View ArticleMercer and GreenPath Debt Solutions to Hold Second Annual Family Financial...
MACON – Mercer University's student chapter of the Financial Management Association (FMA) and GreenPath Debt Solutions will hold the second annual Family Financial Wellness Fair April 18, 10 a.m.-2...
View ArticleFormer Bolivian President to Speak at Mercer as a Guest of the BB&T Center...
MACON – Mercer University's BB&T Center for Undergraduate Research in Public Policy and Capitalism will host former president of Bolivia Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada on April 22.Sánchez de Lozada will...
View ArticleMcAfee School of Theology to Host Pre-Society of Biblical Literature...
ATLANTA – Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology will host a three-day conference on "John and Judaism" prior to the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meetings 2015, which will take...
View ArticleCenter for Southern Studies to Award Sidney Lanier Prize to Komunyakaa on...
MACON – Mercer University's Center for Southern Studies will award the 2015 Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature to poet Yusef Komunyakaa. The prize honors significant career contributions to...
View ArticleMercer Trustees Approve Record Operating Budget, New Academic Programs in...
ATLANTA – Mercer University's Board of Trustees, meeting today on the Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus in Atlanta, approved a record $237.1 million operating budget for 2015-16 and...
View ArticleBoard of Trustees Approves Promotions, Tenure, Emeriti Status and Sabbaticals...
ATLANTA – Mercer University's Board of Trustees approved promotions, tenure, emeriti status and sabbaticals for faculty from the University's 12 schools and colleges, as well as the University...
View ArticleJuniors Recognized for Top Undergraduate Paper at Society of Business,...
MACON – Mercer University juniors Tyler Allee and Jonathan Beall won the Cengage Undergraduate Paper Award at the 17th annual academic conference of the Society of Business, Industry, and Economics...
View ArticleNashville Children's Choir, Mercer University Children's Choir to Perform in May
Nashville Children's Choir in Concert May 8MACON – The Townsend School of Music at Mercer University will present the Nashville Children's Choir in concert on May 8. The performance will take place at...
View ArticleUndergraduates Log Over 11,000 Hours of Service Through Center for Leadership...
MACON – Mercer University undergraduates served a total of 11,698 volunteer hours through the Center for Leadership and Volunteerism (CLV) during the 2014-2015 academic year. That service equates to a...
View ArticleSophomore Earns Summer Internship to Perform Engineering Research in Germany
MACON – Mercer University sophomore Stephen Williams has been accepted into the German Academic Exchange Service's (DAAD) Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) summer internship...
View ArticleWomen's and Gender Studies Majors Present at National Conference on...
MACON – Four senior women's and gender studies majors in Mercer University's College of Liberal Arts presented research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), April 16-18, at...
View ArticleSeniors Selected for Peace Corps Service in Burkina Faso, Mali
MACON – Two Mercer University students who are graduating this spring have been accepted into the Peace Corps.Janique Hosier, from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a psychology major who is set to...
View ArticleSenior to Join Teach For America Corps in Mississippi
MACON – Mercer University senior Lindsey Hancock has been accepted into Teach For America and will spend the next two years teaching secondary English in Mississippi."Mercer is proud that Lindsey will...
View ArticlePromotions and Transfers
AtlantaAndre Torrance, sergeant, Mercer PoliceDouglas CountyVenetta Coffee, enrollment associate, Admissions, Regional Academic CenterMaconApril Cantrell, registrar specialist, Registrar's OfficeSharon...
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