MACON – Mercer University will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day with service opportunities organized by MerServe on Jan. 20 and “Living the Dream,” a program co-sponsored by the Minority Mentor Program and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives,...
MACON – Mercer University swept the second SoCon Votes competition earning awards for the highest student voter participation and most improved student voter participation among Southern Conference institutions for the 2018 midterm election.
Additionally, Mercer was among the institutions, educators...
More than two dozen Mercer Bears participated in a history-making moment this summer in South Korea. The fifth annual Mercer On Mission (MOM) trip to the country included a new component, as participants assisted the Korean Army in its...
MACON – Mercer University senior Nidhi Shashidhara was recently selected to serve the Peace Corps in Malawi beginning in June 2020.
Shashidhara, from Jacksonville, Florida, is an environmental studies major with minors in global development studies, business and sociology.
As an...
MACON – Mercer University and Robins Air Force Base today announced a partnership that will bring an innovative software development center and 50 new high-tech jobs to downtown Macon.
The center will develop software for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in...
They could have lived on the Mercer campus with their peers, but two students chose to take up residence among an older and wiser crowd this year.
Junior Ava Nguyen and senior Elise Colquitt are the first two Bears to...
Students from Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) are using the knowledge they learn in the classroom to promote health and wellness in the community.
Third-year medical student Ashley McNeal spearheaded the Mercer W.E.S.T. initiative, which brings together Mercer and...
One year after graduating from Mercer University, Kayla Beasley is making an impact in Uganda as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Her work mainly focuses on HIV prevention among youth, adolescent girls and young women, but it’s wide-ranging — also touching...
It’s 9 a.m., and there’s a lot of excitement in the Parish House of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Macon. Children are standing up in front of pews stomping their feet and chanting. A college student beats a...
A Guinea orphanage made such a positive impression on Sarah Harris and Carrie Bezanson last summer that they jumped at the chance to return for an internship.
They were among the participants for the 2018 Mercer On Mission (MOM) three-week trip to southern Guinea. The Mercer team worked...
