Penny L. Elkins was announced as Mercer University’s 19th president on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in the University Center’s Heritage Hall.
QuadWorks hosted more than 200 students at the Hotter Than 2000 Fashion Show in Toney Auditorium Thursday at 6 p.m., which matched this year’s Homecoming Y2K theme and coincided with its festivities.
An active threat was reported on Mercer's Macon campus at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday, according to an email sent by Mercer Police. In the email, MerPo told students and faculty to shelter in place.
After four summers of Mercer on Mission trips to Mexico, Mercer University hosted three students and two professors from Universidad Tecnológica de Izúcar de Matamoros for a weeklong cultural exchange last week, Nov. 1-7.
A vacant patch of land off Riverside Drive and between Spring Second streets in Macon will be the new site of Mercer's School of Medicine.
Vertigo Vinyl traded jump scares for Florence Welsh’s haunting vocals this Halloween, kicking off the holiday with a listening party on the day that Florence + The Machine released its new album, “Everybody Scream,” on Oct. 31. The shop regularly hosts listening parties for a variety of artists, as it did last week for the popular indie rock band from London. The album blared through the store’s speakers while attendees discussed their favorite songs.
As Wood fell to the ground in a tragic death, clues spewed out of his pockets, leaving attendees to shout accusations and point fingers at one another while Wood circled the area as a ghost, unable to speak or interact.
Mercer University BearSign offered a space for students to connect to deaf culture and learn American Sign Language at their second meeting on Oct. 16. With a turnout of around 20 students in Stetson Hall, BearSign Vice President Eliza Penfield '26 guided students through signing the alphabet. Soon after, the executive team explained how to express emotions, majors and minors using ASL.
Mercer's chapter of Phi Mu hosted its annual charity concert, Bonnamu, to raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at the Society Garden. The Miracle Network provides funding for around 170 children’s hospitals to assist life-saving treatments, research and financial assistance for patients’ families.
A sea of superheroes, villains and everything in between flowed into Heritage Hall on Wednesday evening for the annual Harvest Fest, where costumed kids decorated paper plates, fished for candy and played a supersized version of “Operation,” among other activities.
Resident Assistant Kaylee Mixon is encouraging students to bring their friends to “International Lense: A Movie Night” to watch international films, promote diversity and create a relaxing environment for students in Connell Student Center 1 on Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Mercer University’s Filipino Student Association is hosting their fourth annual Halo-Haloween on Friday, Oct. 31 from 5:30-8 p.m. in room 251 of Stetson Hall. The event’s name is a reference to a Filipino dessert, Halo-Halo, which translates to “mix-mix,” according to FSA President Sophia Petallar ‘26.
Mercer Archives revealed a new, ancient lamp exhibit through their “Let There Be Light” event on Thursday, Oct. 23. Hosted in Tarver Library, the exhibit featured 48 out of the 317 ancient oil lamps in the Holmes Holy Land Ancient Artifact Collection.
Cruz Plaza buzzed with activity as students visited booths run by campus organizations sharing resources on mental, physical and emotional health at the Wellness Fair on Cruz Plaza on Oct. 22.
An instagram account with the handle umatch.mu began following students this month with the bio: “If you were followed, it means someone at @merceryou has a crush on you! Join Umatch and find out who’s interested in you.” The account description included a link that leads to a page with a code, ...
Sitting on a gravel driveway, squished between Betts Field, Mercer's soccer complex, and Auxiliary Services headquarters, a black Nissan Sentra with gold-coated rims was undergoing an inspection. Mercer graduate student Matthew Coburn exited the vehicle, waiting for his team to arrive in their souped-up Hondas and $60,000 Corvettes.
QuadWorks transformed the lawn of the Connell Student Center into a welcoming, autumn festival at Beartoberfest as the first chill of fall hit campus on Oct. 18.
QuadWorks hosted Cubstock, a talent show to discover the opener for Bearstock next semester. Kosher Pickle, a ska band formed months before, opened Cubstock with three pieces utilizing punk and reggae influences.
The event, beginning less than a month after this year’s Ducks for Decals competition, is another step in MerPo’s effort to connect with the Mercer community.
The Mercer Women of Minorities Empowering the Neighborhood organization hosted a domestic violence panel to raise awareness and support the Crisis Line and Safe House of Central Georgia on Oct. 15. The organization aims to build community between minority women on campus while serving the neighborhood.
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