Mercer to Host Second Annual Service Leadership Conference
MACON – Mercer University will host its second annual Service Leadership Conference Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. in the Medical School Auditorium on the Macon campus. The event will feature presentations by...
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Nancy Grace to Deliver 2017 Founders' Day Address
MACON – Mercer University alumna, television personality, author and former prosecutor Nancy Grace will deliver the University’s 2017 Founders’ Day address Feb. 8, 10 a.m., in Willingham Auditorium on...
View ArticleDebate Team Has Best-Ever Showing at Nation's Largest Tournament
MACON – Mercer University’s debate team had its best-ever showing at the Mile High Swing, the largest debate tournament in the nation, Jan. 5-8, at the University of Utah.A total of 144 debaters from...
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Mercer Delegation Participates in 20th Annual Southeast Model African Union
ATHENS – Mercer University was represented by a delegation of eight students at the 20th annual Southeast Model African Union held last fall at the University of Georgia.Mercer’s delegates included...
View ArticleMercer to Host Discussion Series on 'Identity in America'
MACON – Mercer University will host a series of moderated discussions this spring on the topic of “Identity in America” as a follow-up to last spring’s popular “Muslims in America” series.The...
View ArticleMaestro Adrian Gnam Announces Winners of 14th Annual International Conductors...
ATLANTA – Maestro Adrian Gnam, director of the International Conductors Workshop and Competition (ICWC), today announced the winners of the 14th annual ICWC, held Jan. 13-16 at Lanier High School in...
View ArticleMercer Innovation Center, SparkMacon to Launch Start-Up Land Business...
MACON – Mercer Innovation Center (MIC) and SparkMacon are partnering to offer Start-Up Land, a business development program that is free and open to the public, designed for aspiring entrepreneurs who...
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Robert McDuffie Center for Strings Fabian Concert Series Presents the Ehnes...
MACON – Hailed as “an important new force in the chamber music arena” with a “dream-team line-up” by Strings magazine, the Ehnes Quartet consists of James Ehnes, violin; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin;...
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Dr. Patrice N. Walker Appointed Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and...
MACON – Dr. Jean R. Sumner, dean of Mercer University School of Medicine, recently announced the appointment of Dr. Patrice N. Walker as assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion for the...
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Mercer to Welcome Best-Selling Author, Theologian and Commentator Jim Wallis...
MACON – Mercer University’s 13th annual Building the Beloved Community Symposium will welcome the Rev. Jim Wallis, New York Times bestselling author, public theologian, speaker and international...
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Center for Southern Studies to Award Sidney Lanier Prize to Ellen Gilchrist
MACON – Mercer University’s Center for Southern Studies will award the 2017 Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature to novelist, short story writer and poet Ellen Gilchrist on April 22. The prize...
View ArticleFaculty and Staff Notables
College of Health ProfessionsMallory Aycock, clinical assistant professor of physician assistant studies, and Catherine Sadowski, clinical assistant professor of physician assistant studies, received a...
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AtlantaSarah Bigorowski, director of alumni services, Dean’s Office, College of PharmacyMatthew Brantley, enrollment associate, AdmissionsAnitra Moorer, administrative secretary, Instruction, College...
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AtlantaJianhua Feng, interim associate dean and professor, Dean’s Office, College of EducationMaconWilliam Thomas, assistant director of admissions and athletic recruitment, Admissions
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Nancy Grace to Deliver 2017 Founders' Day Address
MACON – Mercer University alumna, television personality, author and former prosecutor Nancy Grace will deliver the University’s 2017 Founders’ Day address Feb. 8, 10 a.m., in Willingham Auditorium on...
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Arbor Day Foundation Honors Mercer with 2016 Tree Campus USA® Recognition
MACON/ATLANTA/SAVANNAH – Mercer is one of 296 institutions nationally to receive the Arbor Day Foundation’s 2016 Tree Campus USA® recognition for the University’s commitment to effective urban forest...
View Article'Identity in America' Series Continues with Discussion of Racial Inequality
MACON – Mercer University will continue its “Identity in America” series with a discussion of “The Color Barrier: Opening the Conversation on Inequality in America,” Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. in Willingham...
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Dr. Brad Braxton to Deliver 26th Annual Harry Vaughan Smith Lectures
MACON – Dr. Brad Braxton, founding senior pastor of The Open Church in Baltimore, Maryland, will deliver Mercer University’s 26th annual Harry Vaughan Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor of...
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Department of International and Global Studies Welcomes Former U.S....
MACON – Mercer University’s Department of International and Global Studies (IGS) began hosting former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Dr. Jonathan Addleton as a visiting professor this spring.Dr. Addleton...
View ArticleMercer Welcomes First Two Multicultural Greek Organizations
MACON – Mercer recently welcomed its first two chapters of multicultural Greek organizations to serve the University’s international student population.Delta Epsilon Psi fraternity and Sigma Sigma Rho...
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