Sigma Gamma Rho announced that they have been officially reinstated as an on-campus sorority after 25 years at a neophyte presentation in Toney Auditorium at 6:22 p.m. on Sunday, March 15. Nine students were inducted at the ceremony as official members of the Xi Psi chapter of the sorority.
Buddhist monk Bhante Dam Phommasan took his first steps in four months on Mercer’s campus after receiving a prosthetic leg through Mercer on Mission on Wednesday, March 18. He told the story of how he received the prosthesis, created in part by Professor of Biomedical Engineering Ha Van Vo, in the Presidents Dining Hall.
Associate physics professor Chamaree de Silva completed the 2026 Run Jekyll marathon in January, finishing her first marathon after months of personal and physical challenges.
Mercer University celebrated BearFest, an annual event that showcases global culture, in Penfield Hall and Cruz Plaza on Friday, March 13. The event had food trucks, student organization booths and live performances, among other activities.
Ceazia Wright ‘27 and Micah Scott ‘27 won the runoff election for the 2026-27 Student Government Association presidential and vice presidential seats on Tuesday evening. The announcement, made in the Connell Student Center at 5:00 p.m., elicited cheers as SGA President Alisha Mitchell '26 unveiled the banner.
Students filled Cruz Plaza with blankets and chairs as Bearstock started around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 and came to an end at 7:30 p.m. The annual concert, put on by QuadWorks, featured three separate student acts and professional band Hot Chelle Rae and Decatur-born and Grammy-nominated artist B.o.B.
Macon-Bibb county and Mercer's Macon campus were placed under a tornado warning at 7:53 a.m. Monday morning, the second such weather alert in less than five days. Shelter-in-place orders were given via text to the Mercer Law School at 8:02 a.m.
Bearstock 2026 featured a variety of artists and genres on Mercer's biggest stage on Cruz Plaza Saturday, March 14, bringing with it energy and crowd interactions.
Bearstock returns to Cruz Plaza Saturday at 1 p.m., and QuadWorks advisor Adrienne Latham says this year’s six-and-a-half-hour event—headlined by B.o.B— will feel “different.”
The Student Government Association presidential election will head to a runoff election after none of the four tickets were able to secure more than 50% of the vote when polls closed at 5 p.m. on Thursday afternoon.Presidential candidate Thomas Lubben ‘27 and his vice president pick Weston Summers ...
Mercer's campus was placed under a tornado warning on Thursday morning at 6:46 a.m. Sirens could be heard on campus – and across Middle Georgia – as they warned residents to seek shelter immediately.
Mercer’s Student Government Association held its 2026 presidential debate Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Willet Auditorium, where about 60 students attended to hear from candidates running for SGA president and vice president.
Carly Lenhardt ‘26, a journalism student and Mercer beach volleyball player, has been building her photography business for seven years. The freelance photographer specializes in graduation photos every spring semester while balancing her craft with the responsibilities of being a student athlete.
BearSigns, Mercer’s sign language club, held a meeting to spotlight the history of Black American Sign Language during a painting activity on Wednesday. The presentation screened a report from ABC News, “Celebrating and preserving Black American Sign Language," which showcased and explained the history and preservation of BASL.
Eight senior art students will be showing off their work at the McEachern Art Center in downtown Macon for the department’s 2026 Senior Art Exhibition April 10-21.
Mercer’s chapter of the National Society for Black Women in Medicine hosted its first annual Miss NSBWM Pageant, crowning Kimora Williams ‘27 Sunday evening.
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.
MerServe, Mercer University’s student service organization, hosted its annual Hunger and Homelessness Week last week as the organization celebrates it tenth year of service on campus. MerServe was created by Margaret Rooyakkers '19, who is now the assistant director of service and civic engagement at Mercer, in 2015.
Macon’s historic Capitol Theatre — built as a bank in 1897, converted into a cinema house two years after the start of World War I and most recently operated as a performance venue — has changed hands once again. Mercer University has purchased the building on Second Street from the Moonhanger Group, a local restaurant and catering company owned by Wes Griffith.
While Mercer has a strict policy on the use of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom, professors at the University have differing opinions on AI overall.
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