MACON – Campus Compact, a national nonprofit organization working to advance civic engagement and service-learning in higher education, recently selected Mercer University junior Johna Wright among the organization’s 2019 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows.
The Newman Civic Fellowship, named for...
Mercer University School of Medicine student volunteers will hold a donation drive for personal protective equipment and other items in an effort to support area hospitals.
The drive will take place 1-5 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of Mercer...
Though campus classrooms and buildings may seem quiet during virtual instruction in recent days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a familiar hum and whir emanates from the Mercer University Theatre costume shop.
The sound of sewing machines clicking their needles...
MACON – Mercer University’s 16th annual Building the Beloved Community Symposium will welcome as keynote speaker the Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, associate professor and program director of reconciliation studies at Seattle Pacific University, Feb. 10 on the Macon campus.
The...
MACON – Mercer University will host the second public event in the series “Economic (in)Justice in America,” on March 10 at 6 p.m. at the McEachern Art Center (MAC) at 332 Second St. in downtown Macon.
The University’s Center for...
Early voting is underway in Georgia, and Mercer University students have several opportunities to cast their ballots for the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Mobilize Mercer, a nonpartisan voting initiative focused on raising voter awareness and participation on the Macon campus, is encouraging students to plan to vote early and in...
The graves at Macedonia African Methodist Church Cemetery span centuries, but little is known about the people buried there.
Located near one of the busiest intersections in Johns Creek, the small African American cemetery is home to over 100 graves,...
MACON – Mercer’s Spanish program is making lasting efforts to form connections both inside and outside the University through its inaugural Hispanic Education Fair and by assisting the Georgia Student Finance Commission with translating resources for Spanish-speaking families across the...
Hundreds of Cambodian amputees with ill-fitting and heavy prosthetics — or none at all — are now able to move easier thanks to a Mercer On Mission team that traveled to the country this summer.
Mercer University students, faculty and...
The quest for equal rights and justice sought by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continues as the country observes the holiday named in his honor.
Judge W. Louis Sands, the keynote speaker at Mercer University’s third annual Living the Dream event on Jan. 14, reminded students,...
