Mercer University criminal justice and public safety leadership graduate student Ben Olson was recently awarded the 2025 Atlanta Metropol Continuing Education Scholarship, to help cover tuition and expenses for high school, undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in criminal justice and public safety.
Mercer University began its 193rd academic year by enrolling 1,130 new residential undergraduate students, a record number for the University. The Class of 2029 includes 1,016 first-time freshmen, the most in Mercer’s history and surpassing last year’s total by 24%. Another 114 transfer students enrolled this fall.
Mercer University’s Assistant Director of Fellowships and Scholarships Johna A. Wright was recently selected to serve as one of 10 members of the U.S. International Council on Disabilities (USICD) Youth Advisory Committee.
Mercer University’s King Center for Southern Studies will launch a new documentary series on the American South on Friday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m., with a screening and filmmaker Q&A of “Acts of Reparation.” The screening will be followed by a free Family History Day on Saturday, Sept. 20.
Mercer University junior Harris Wallace has been named a 2025–26 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education.
Mercer University has appointed M. Shawn Arnold as executive director of corporate partnerships for the Stetson-Hatcher School of Business. Arnold assumed the newly created role on July 11.
ATLANTA — Mercer University School of Medicine will host Rick Weinberg, Ph.D., ABPP, as part of the 2025 Armour Lecture Series. Co-hosted with the...
Mercer University announces faculty and staff notables for September 2025.
Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) and its Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC), with continued support from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s), are expanding their statewide rural pediatric health initiative for the third consecutive year. The Kids Alliance for Better Care (KidsABC) now includes 22 rural hospitals across the state.
Enjoy a night at the theater in Tattnall Square Center for the Arts with Mercer University student actors, directors, designers, writers and stage managers...
