President Penny Elkins outlined Mercer’s next steps and gathered comments from a large contingent of faculty, staff and students during a Future Forward Forum on Thursday afternoon in the Presidents Dining Room.
Mercer President Penny Elkins will host five public meetings this month to discuss her administration’s vision for the University and gather feedback from students, faculty and staff, according to an email sent Jan. 7. As one of Elkins' first moves as president, she said the discussions are just the first step in crafting her administrative strategy.
Lisa M. Lundquist was named provost and University executive vice president on Monday, Jan. 5 by President Penny Elkins after serving as the senior vice provost since February 2025.
The lights were out in Stetson Hall and a roomful of students paid attention to the screen. Nobody was taking notes, nor was a professor lecturing. Instead, the 2019 whodunit film “Knives Out” played to a rapt audience in mid-November.
When the stands fall silent during a timeout or the game clock winds down at halftime, one group refuses to let the energy dip: the Mercer dance team. With new routines every week and crowds of students, parents and alumni watching closely, the dancers are the spirit-keepers of the sidelines.
Through the front door of the McCorkle Music Building, down the hallway and into the first door on the left, Brittan Braddock stood firm on her podium. Braddock, Mercer's director of bands and coordinator of music education, calmly lifted her baton in front of the Mercer University Wind Ensemble, then brought it down. At her signal, the entire ensemble erupted.
Mercer's recently formed Wii Club is supplying nostalgia in spades to students with mainstream games like Mario Kart, Wii Sports and Just Dance. Even games like Crash Bandicoot may ring a bell for participants playing the on a Wii console for the first time in years.President and founder of the ...
At 5:30 a.m., when most of Mercer’s campus is still dark and silent, cadets from the University's Reserve Officers' Training Corps battalion lace up their boots for morning PT, or physical training. As Mercer student continue to sleep across campus, the cadets gather around Kicklighter Hall, which houses the campus’s ROTC program.
As the stage lights dim and the Baptist Collegiate Ministries worship team takes their place on stage, Newton Chapel fills with students preparing to worship the Lord at Baptist Collegiate Ministries at their weekly Thursday evening meeting.
The Student Government Association's annual Christmas Tree Lighting set Toney Auditorium aglow with candlelight and holiday cheer on Thursday evening.
Every December, the Mercer community gathers for a beloved tradition of flickering candles, dazzling decorations and cherished carols in Toney Auditorium. The annual Christmas Tree Lighting, organized by the Student Government Association, brings festive spirit and cheer that kicks off the holiday season on campus and signals an end to the semester.
Rain pattered on the tarp roofs of the chicken coops as goats bleated and more than 150 hens rolled around in their freshly cleaned homes at Brave Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center on Nov. 22. MerServe volunteers drove 30 minutes to Brave Meadows for a workday at the farm where they cleaned and beautified the riding center and the animals’ living spaces.
MerServe's Hunger and Homelessness Committee hosted its first “Giving Thanks and Giving Back” from Nov. 21-23, a Thanksgiving-themed event with six separate community service opportunities.
Throughout the years at Mercer University, Newton Chapel has been more than just a campus landmark; it has also been a symbol of cherished memories, whether that be wedding ceremonies, worship nights or, once a year, Freshman Sunday Introduction to Mercer.
Through a research campaign focused on teaching students about electronic waste and how to prevent additional mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a trio of Mercer students presented information on the humanitarian costs of producing many technological devices with elements found in cobalt in the CSC Breezeway on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025.
MU Runway, Mercer’s fashion-forward student organization on campus, held casting calls this week 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.
Mercer Young Democrats held a moment of silence, student speeches and prompted a call to action at a memorial for gun violence victims on Tuesday, Nov. 18. About a dozen students attended the service that organizers said was meant to honor victims of gun violence across the United States while also confronting the logistics behind gun control.
Birds Georgia and Georgia Native Plant Society co-organized a program that taught 15 people from Mercer University and Wesleyan College how to remove invasive plant species from Wesleyan’s arboretum in the Fearsome Five Invasive Species Outreach Program on Nov. 15.
Chinekwu Obidoa hosted a screening for the film “Fire in the Blood,” directed by Dylan Mohan, as part of the African Film Series on Nov. 11. The documentary explores the impact of Western pharmaceutical companies blocking access to affordable antiretroviral drugs that treat HIV and AIDS in developing countries.
Between checking to see if a professor ever replied, scanning Bear Blurbs or killing a few minutes between classes, Mercer students opening their Outlook inbox over the past decade have seen a slew of newsletters with the following signature: David A. Davis, Ph.D, Director of Fellowships and Scholarships.
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