WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Peace Corps announced today that Mercer University ranked No. 5 among more than 140 Peace Corps Prep schools on the agency’s list of top certificate-issuing institutions in 2020.
Mercer issued 28 certificates to seniors and juniors...
For seven years, Mercer University students have raised awareness about sex trafficking and educated Macon-area ninth graders on its warning signs and dangers.
When the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the college students from going into high schools this spring, the Traffick...
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...
A Mercer On Mission team is helping a nonprofit working to combat homelessness in South Africa make its services more sustainable.
This summer, Mercer University students and faculty traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, to work with Streetscapes.
Streetscapes takes a...
MACON/SAVANNAH/COLUMBUS – Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) recently announced 12 new Nathan Deal Scholars for the 2022-23 academic year.
Scholars are selected based on their strong ties to rural Georgia, character, leadership qualities, community involvement and their likelihood of serving in...
Twenty-three rising fifth-graders are learning about science, technology, engineering and math as part of a new nine-month basketball camp led by a Mercer University engineering professor.
The G.A.M.E. Time program kicked off with a one-week intensive STEM camp on the...
In November 2017, journalist Justin Baxley was facing the unthinkable. His father, Michael Baxley, had been shot and killed at age 53 during a robbery at his home.
Amid his grief and heartbreak, Baxley had actions to take and decisions...
First-year student-athletes at Mercer University are learning how a little bit of community involvement can make a big impact.
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...
MACON – Mercer University seniors Fabian Kopp and Nishi Patel were recently selected to serve the Peace Corps in Kosovo and Benin, respectively.
Kopp, from Macon, is an international affairs major with a minor in ethics, leadership and service. Following...
