Children in the South Korea alternative school faced a language barrier as well as an emotional one. But after 2½ weeks with Mercer students and faculty, their comfort and confidence in interacting with others grew. During the sixth Mercer On...
Spanish lecturer Libertad Aranza returned to her roots with a Mercer team this summer to address a need expressed by the community. During the first Mercer On Mission trip to Mexico, students and faculty provided English language lessons to...
Children in Cape Town, South Africa, were introduced to the world of coding and new possibilities for their futures during a Mercer On Mission (MOM) trip this summer.  Dr. Bob Allen, computer science professor and chair, and Dr. Susie Morrissey,...
This fall, every first-grader in Macon-Bibb County will receive a free book and a lesson in teamwork from Mercer women’s basketball Coach Susie Gardner.  Gardner’s children’s book, “1, 2, 3 Team!” – illustrated by her longtime friend Tina Mullen and...
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...
A stigmatized and impoverished population in Greece received basic health care and nutrition guidance from a Mercer On Mission team this summer. Sixteen Mercer University students participated in the ongoing service-learning project to assist the Roma people in partnership with...
Honduran children suffering from trauma and community members in need of support received vital mental health services from a Mercer On Mission team this summer. Students and faculty from Mercer University’s School of Medicine spent two weeks in Honduras providing...
Mercer continued its work bringing clean water to underserved communities in the Dominican Republic earlier this summer during a three-week Mercer On Mission trip. 
Mercerians helped local entrepreneurs take their businesses to the next level during a three-week trip to Rwanda earlier this summer.   Since 2015, faculty and students from Mercer’s School of Business have visited capital city Kigali for this Mercer On Mission...
A Mercer University team exploring ways to reduce the release of toxic chemicals in artisanal and small-scale gold mining continued its work in Guyana this summer.

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