University Library Dean Elizabeth Hammond Announces Retirement; Provost...
MACON – Elizabeth Dankert Hammond, dean of the University Library at Mercer since 1999, has announced her retirement from the University, effective June 30, 2018, and Provost Dr. D. Scott Davis has...
View ArticleSenior Angela Lent Selected for Peace Corps Service in Guinea
MACON – Mercer University senior Angela Lent was recently selected to serve in the Peace Corps teaching secondary math in Guinea beginning in July.Lent, from Seabrook, New Hampshire, is majoring in...
View ArticleAlumna Dr. Thommi Lawson Receives Award from National Board for Certified...
ATLANTA – Mercer University alumna Dr. Thommi Lawson, LPC, NCC, was recently awarded the 2017 Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) Training Award by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)...
View ArticleSchool of Medicine Faculty Member Dr. Bryant Smalley Elected Chair of...
MACON – Bryant Smalley, Ph.D., Psy.D., associate dean for research and accreditation and professor of community medicine and psychiatry at Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM), was recently...
View ArticleMercer, Acadia Centre, American Baptist Historical Society to Co-Host...
ATLANTA – Mercer University’s Center for Theology and Public Life and McAfee School of Theology, in partnership with the Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies, the American Baptist...
View ArticleBeloved Community Symposium to Host Free Community Concert in Observance of...
MACON – Mercer University’s Building the Beloved Community Symposium will host a free community concert, including music, dance and a dramatic reading, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The...
View ArticleMercer Among Kiplinger's 300 Best Value Colleges for 2018
MACON/ATLANTA/SAVANNAH — Mercer University appears in the top half of Kiplinger’s 300 Best College Values for 2018, coming in at No. 129.This ranking places the University among the top 40 private...
View ArticleOnline MBA Among U.S. News and World Report's Best Online Programs
ATLANTA/MACON – Mercer University’s Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics is featured in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online Programs Rankings, released today.The School’s Online...
View ArticleStatement from Mercer President William D. Underwood Regarding Wednesday...
MACON – Last night at approximately 10 p.m. a frightening and dangerous incident took place adjacent to campus in Mercer Village near the intersection of Linden and Coleman Avenues. As four students...
View ArticleFaculty and Staff Notables
College of Liberal ArtsDr. David A. Davis, associate professor of English, published the essay “Coals to Newcastle; or, Teaching the South in the South” in Appalachia in Regional Context: Place...
View ArticleMercer Students Explore Criminal Justice System from the 'Inside Out'
By Drew DawsMACON – Mercer University encourages students to participate in “Research that Reaches Out,” and one recent example of this mantra involves a collaboration between the Integrative Core...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy Faculty Present at American Physical Therapy Association...
ATLANTA – Multiple faculty members representing Mercer University’s Department of Physical Therapy in the College of Health Professions presented at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American...
View ArticleMercer Alumnus, International Climate and Science Policy Expert to Lecture on...
MACON – Mercer University alumnus Dr. Andrew Light (CLA ’89), who currently serves as University Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Atmospheric Sciences at George Mason University, will...
View ArticleConstruction Begins on Second Phase of Lofts at Mercer Landing
MACON – Construction is underway on the second phase of the Lofts at Mercer Landing, which will add 306 beds of housing and another 316-car parking deck for Mercer University students. The $25 million...
View ArticleEnglish Department to Host Reading by Retired Professor Dr. Stephen Bluestone...
MACON – The Department of English in Mercer University’s College of Liberal Arts will host a reading by professor emeritus Dr. Stephen Bluestone on March 13 to celebrate the release of his new book,...
View ArticleJunior Creed Dunn Accepted to Engalitcheff Institute on Comparative Political...
MACON – Mercer University junior Creed Dunn has been accepted for admission to the 2018 Engalitcheff Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems (ICPES) as a participant in the Leadership...
View ArticleMercer to Host Baptist Joint Committee’s Shurden Lectures on Religious...
ATLANTA/MACON – Mercer will host the 2018 Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State March 20-21 on the University’s Atlanta and Macon campuses. All...
View ArticleMercer Innovation Center Accepting Applications for Latest Round of...
MACON – Mercer Innovation Center (MIC) is seeking its third class of Mercer Innovation Fellows, entrepreneurs who will have the opportunity to launch their businesses with full support from MIC....
View ArticleMercer’s 2017-2018 Executive Forum Continues with Delta Air Lines...
MACON/ATLANTA – Mercer University’s 2017-2018 Executive Forum, presented by BB&T, continues March 20-21 with presentations in Macon and Atlanta by Delta Air Lines executives Gil West and Joanne...
View ArticleMercer to Host 11th Annual Bearstock Music Festival
MACON – Mercer University’s 11th annual Bearstock music festival, presented by student programming board QuadWorks, will take place April 7 and include a free concert from 1-6 p.m. in Tattnall Square...
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