The MAC opens eclectic show featuring graduating seniors
MACON – Mercer University’s McEachern Art Center (the MAC) opens the gallery for To Beginnings: Mercer University’s Fine Arts and Design Graduation Exhibition as the final show that Class of 2021...
View ArticleMercer Players find their wings for ‘Phoenix’ rehearsal
It was not an ordinary rehearsal. Instead of watching a director call the shots as performers move in an orderly fashion around the stage, Tattnall Square Center for the Arts was strewn with what...
View ArticlePhil J. and Alice S. Sheridan Foundation commits $10 million to establish The...
MACON – Directors of the Macon-based Phil J. and Alice S. Sheridan Foundation have committed $10 million to endow The Sheridan Center at Mercer University to support the work of Mercer On Mission...
View ArticleTrustees approve record operating budget, new doctoral program during spring...
ATLANTA – Mercer University’s Board of Trustees, meeting today on the Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus in Atlanta, adopted a record $284.1 million operating budget for 2021-22, exclusive...
View ArticleAndy Carter loves being part of the Mercer community | Worker Bears
It takes a lot of people to make Mercer University the institution that it is. The students have and always will be the lifeblood of our University, but Mercer wouldn’t be Mercer without expert faculty...
View ArticleGraduate Spotlight: Fuller Tice
Fuller Tice is graduating from Mercer University‘s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design. What are you plans after graduation? After graduation,...
View ArticleSchool of Medicine professor examines impact of climate change on mental health
A Mercer University School of Medicine professor is leading a team that is building an index to measure the impact of climate change on mental health. Dr. Jennifer Barkin, associate professor of...
View ArticleMercer’s QEP program integrates service and research
A Mercer University program has been taking faculty research to the next level and showing students how service work can combine with research. The University’s Quality Enhancement Plan/Research That...
View ArticleEnglish, creative writing students recognized in contest
Three Mercer University English and creative writing students were highlighted as finalists and winners in the highly competitive and prestigious Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival Contest, which annually...
View ArticleGraduate Spotlight: Rachel Lukavsky
Rachel Lukavsky is graduating from Mercer University‘s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. What are you plans after graduation? I will be returning to...
View ArticleStaff members honored with Mercer Spirit Award
Brenda Austrie-Cannaday and Carlene Russell-Sherman took home this year’s Mercer Spirit Awards, which recognize hardworking staff members nominated by their peers who exhibit excellence in service to...
View ArticleArt professor Craig Coleman curates ATHICA exhibition
MACON – Mercer University Associate Professor of Art Craig Coleman curated the new art show, Lost in the Weeds: Climate Change and Human Nature, at Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA), open...
View ArticleSchool of Medicine announces latest class of Primary Care Accelerated Track...
MACON/SAVANNAH/COLUMBUS – Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) recently announced its latest class of Primary Care Accelerated Track (ACT) Scholars. Mercer’s Primary Care ACT Program was one of...
View ArticleMercerian has been broadcasting gospel music for 35 years
Rodney Evans’ greatest drive in life is giving people hope. He spreads joy as a gospel music radio broadcaster and ordained minister, and continuing education at Mercer University opened doors for him...
View ArticleMercer chefs create flavorful meal from ingredients found in campus store
In the latest edition of “ Cooking in the Cave,” Jarvis Napier and Jimmy Brown prove you don’t have to spend hours in the kitchen or have a plethora of ingredients and cooking tools to make a...
View ArticleOrchestra to perform free concert and present McDuffie Award to Louise Barfield
MACON – Mercer University’s Townsend School of Music will present a string orchestra concert free and open to the public at The Grand Opera House on Tuesday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. Grammy Award-winning...
View ArticleNew recreational fields in Macon to serve intramural and club sports
Construction on Mercer University’s new $3.2 million recreational sports fields is nearly complete, with plans to open in August. The complex, which sits on more than 11 acres on Linden Avenue in...
View ArticleCounseling professor receives state board appointment from governor
ATLANTA – Mercer University faculty member Dr. David Lane, professor of counseling in the College of Professional Advancement, was recently appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to the Georgia Composite Board...
View ArticleSenior awarded Boren Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania
MACON – Mercer University senior Theori Alise Henry was recently awarded a Boren Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania through the scholarship program’s African Flagship Language Initiative. Boren...
View ArticleGraduate Spotlight: Katherine Heilbroun
Katherine Heilbroun is graduating from Mercer University‘s School of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering. What are your plans after graduation? I plan to work in the...
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