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Etienne Musonera, a professor of marketing at the Stetson-Hatcher School of Business at the Atlanta campus, addressed students and faculty alike at Kwibuka 32, the ceremony marking the 32nd anniversary of the 1994 Genocide of the Tutsi, on April 1.
Ten finalists are waiting for the results of the Mercer Innovation Center's annual Next Big Idea competition. The announcement will take place Wednesday, April 1 in the Mercer Innovation Center from 5-8 p.m.
Colin Whitworth presented research they did on the intersection of queer and Southern identities through performance and narrative on March 18 in Godsey Science Center. Whitworth specifically discussed their own regional identity as a member of the LBGTQ community born, raised and currently living in the South.
According to PlaceEconomics’ 2022 report for the Historic Macon Foundation, Macon was categorized as one of the United States’ most redlined cities during the 1930s, according to a 2022 report from Place Economics. Nationwide, the practice of discriminatory “redlining” was put into place to deny mortgage loans or municipal services to some citizens based on race or income.
Eight senior art students will present their work at the McEachern Art Center in downtown Macon for the Art and Design Department’s 2026 Senior Art Exhibition April 10-21.
Chloe Paulk ‘26 started her first business, “Chloe’s Sweets,” selling baked goods when she was a 10-year-old saving up for a car once she turned 16. But what started as a side gig became a passion project that Paulk has carried throughout grade school and college.
Mercer’s Counseling and Psychological Services has initiated new programs and strategies to fit the needs of students on campus in recent years. The organization partners with many offices and organizations across campus to support students, including campus health, Housing and Residence Life and TRIO programs. Student Government Association’s wellness committee and CAPS collaborated on Mercer’s fall semester Wellness Fair.
Prominent victims' rights advocate, legal commentator and Mercer University alumna Nancy Grace will speak at Founders’ Day on Feb. 4 in Toney Auditorium. Grace graduated with a bachelor's degree in English in 1981 and received her juris doctor from Mercer’s Walter F. George School of Law in 1984. She has been an active alumna and Mercer trustee throughout her professional career.
Mercer University’s Center for Leadership, Ethics and Service and the Office of the President are taking applications for the Presidential Fellowship Program. The program aims will work with President Penny Elkins and those who are awarded a spot in it to develop leadership skills through service and engagement-based experiences. It is open to all undergraduate upperclassmen and graduate students, and applications are due Tuesday, Jan. 20.
The Student Government Association's annual Christmas Tree Lighting set Toney Auditorium aglow with candlelight and holiday cheer on Thursday evening. The governing body and its Heritage and Life Committee organized the event, which featured several choral performances and Christmas carols, a reading of “The Night Before Christmas,” addresses from guest speakers, and of course, the lighting of the Christmas tree.
MU Runway, Mercer’s fashion-forward student organization on campus, held casting calls on Tuesday, Nov. 18 for the club's most popular event, the spring fashion show. The club searched for models, makeup artists, hair dressers and crew members. Aspiring models showed off their runway walks and stuck poses in front of MU Runway’s executive committee in Toney Auditorium.
Macon’s artist scene will be on full display at the multitude of holiday artist markets being held across the city over the next few weeks. Running from Nov. 14-22, the Macon Arts Alliance is putting on their seventh annual Fire & Ice Festival in Carolyn Crayton Park.
All around Mercer’s campus, the leaves are changing, the breeze is starting to catch a chill and fall is coming in full swing. In spite of this beautiful change of scenery, students tend to spend more time indoors preparing for finals and completing course projects as the semester comes to a close. If you're looking for inexpensive, refreshing and fun ways to spend your free time or just to take a mental break this Autumn, look no further than the numerous walking trails and national parks in the Macon area. As a frequent trail-goer and nature enthusiast, these are five spots I recommend visiting to enjoy the cool weather this season.
Toney Auditorium will be brought to life this Friday, Oct. 3 with music from rising artists on Mercer’s campus at Cubstock 2025, starting at 7 p.m. The annual, free live concert hosted by QuadWorks showcases the talents of Mercer musicians and performers. Bands performing at Cubstock will compete for the opportunity to open for the Bearstock music festival this coming Spring while solo acts will be in the contest to be determined the winner of Cubstock.
MU Runway executives Jassmyn Nesmith '26 and Taylor Goodly ‘26 took out their cameras and roamed campus to begin their weekly tradition of capturing Mercer’s best dressed for “What You Wearing Wednesday” on Sept. 17. WYWW has been “capturing the creativity and highlighting the individuality of Mercer students on a day-to-day basis,” for the past three years, Goodly said, posting their favorite candid outfit photos on MU Runway's social media accounts.
Mercer University's McEachern Art Center (MAC) welcomed a crowd of over 100 people on the opening night of the third-annual "From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee" art exhibit on Friday, Sept. 12. Attendees included Mercer students and faculty, members of the Ocmulgee Mounds Association, family and friends of the exhibited artists and Macon locals.
Dozens of schools across the southeast have gone into lockdown in the past two weeks in response to reports of active threats.
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