Sixteen Mercer students traded their vacation time for volunteer time this week. The fourth annual Spring Break for Service from MerServe, the student-led service leadership board for the Macon campus, kicked off Sunday afternoon and wrapped up at 2...
MACON – Mercer University seniors Alex Grandinetti, Hoor Qureshi and Michael Tan were recently selected to serve the Peace Corps in Panama, Botswana and the Philippines, respectively.
Grandinetti, from Kalamazoo, Michigan, is triple-majoring in international business, international affairs and global development...
Some of the sixth-graders hadn’t put much thought into their future. But by the end of the semester, they had dreams for their careers and goals to help get them there.
Twenty-four Mercer students worked with 48 students at Ballard Hudson Middle School during the...
MACON – A team of researchers involved in Mercer University’s Mercer On Mission program focused on reducing mercury pollution and human exposure to mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has been named a finalist for the Artisanal Mining...
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Through local partnerships and events, a group of Mercer University students and faculty is helping to educate the community about the...
For nearly seven years, Mercer University has been a key partner in the United Way of Central Georgia’s Read United initiative. Each year, 200 Bears serve as Read2Succeed tutors to Bibb County elementary school students, helping them to improve...
A Mercer University professor raising money for Ukrainian refugees now is offering a way to directly help three families driven out of their homes during the Russia-Ukraine war.
The mothers and their daughters are staying in Poland with a friend...
BRUNSWICK – Mercer University’s College of Professional Advancement recently received a $2,500 grant from Georgia Humanities for its latest work in a nearly decade-long research-based, service-learning project to document African American history in Coastal Georgia.
For the past nine years,...
Preparing for the practice of law goes beyond what happens in the classroom. It includes becoming an engaged leader in the community. Mercer Law School has a long tradition of producing lawyers who are ready to practice and committed...
When Ethiel Garlington first visited the Beall’s Hill neighborhood in 2014, he knew he had found an unusual place: a diverse Macon neighborhood marked by thoughtfully renovated historic homes, small, family-run businesses, and an adjoining university campus. Young Mercer...
