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Engineering student Travis White Jr. selected as Tau Beta Pi scholar

MACON — Mercer University School of Engineering senior Travis White Jr. has been awarded a Tau Beta Pi scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year. The...
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Faculty and Staff Notables | September 2024

Mercer University announces faculty and staff notables for September 2024.
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School of Medicine names director of Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities 

MACON — Mercer University School of Medicine recently appointed Michael R. Kramer, Ph.D., as director of its Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities,...
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Mercer one of Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’ for 22nd consecutive year

MACON/ATLANTA – Mercer University is once again one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduates according to The Princeton Review®. For the 22nd year,...
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Mercer announces record fall enrollment

MACON – Mercer University has set a new opening day fall enrollment record of 9,082, up 1.5% from last fall’s comparable number. Final fall enrollment...
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School of Medicine names new director of Master of Family Therapy program

SAVANNAH/MACON/ATLANTA — Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) Dean Jean R. Sumner, M.D., FACP, has appointed Adam Albrite, Ph.D., as the director of the...

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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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