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Mercer to host Baptist Joint Committee’s Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures in Atlanta, Macon

ATLANTA/MACON – Mercer will host the 20th annual Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State...
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Piedmont and Mercer announce naming partnership for The Piedmont Grand Opera House

The Grand Opera House, the iconic and storied Macon theater and live performance hall in the heart of the city’s downtown, has a new...
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Mercer receives $116,000 NSF grant for material science research

MACON — Mercer University has been awarded $116,349 in federal funds through the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research equipment that will help advance...
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McEachern Art Center presents ‘FOODFACE’

MACON – McEachern Art Center (the MAC) will present a series of diptych photographs by Stephanie Sutton that aims to tell a story about...
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Mercer’s 19th Building the Beloved Community Symposium features talks on faith and racial justice

MACON — Mercer University’s Beloved Community Initiative is holding its 19th annual Building the Beloved Community Symposium on faith and racial justice on Oct....
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Faculty and Staff Notables | October 2024

Mercer University announces the achievements of its faculty and staff for October 2024.

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Mercer Rises Five Spots Among U.S. News Best Value National Universities

MACON – Mercer University remains in the top tier of national universities and is among the top 35 best values in U.S. News &...

Glenda Grant appointed executive director of GRHIC

MACON – Glenda Grant, who has served as interim executive director of the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC) at Mercer University School of Medicine since April 6, 2021, has...

Gospel music artist Lauren Talley to serve as guest commentator for Mercer basketball game

“The Voice of the Bears” and one of the most well-known voices in gospel music will team up Monday. Lauren Talley, lead vocalist for award-winning Christian music trio The...
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Mercer named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review

MACON – Mercer University is one of the nation’s Best Value Colleges for 2022, combining exceptional education and career preparation at a relatively affordable price,...

Mercer School of Medicine Holds Commencements

Mercer University’s School of Medicine will hold its commencements this week, with a Macon ceremony on Friday and the Savannah commencement on Saturday. The commencements are the first of the University’s five over the next two weeks. In all, the University will confer more than 1,800 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in May during five commencements in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah.

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