QuadWorks held its annual Cubstock event on Friday with a spot at this year's Bearstock opening act on the line. In addition to student bands competing to be selected as the opener, solo acts were a part of Friday's show.
The Student Government Association's Campus Safety & Improvements Committee (CSI) invited students to join them on a safety walk to explore the university's safety measures and hear concerns about campus conditions on Sept. 29.
QuadWorks transformed Penfield Hall into a plushy paradise as students lined up to stuff and customize their own bears on Sept. 27. With a line stretched all the way from the waterfall by the Cornell Student Center to the front of Penfield, the annual event attracts participants from across classes ...
Students raced through the first floor of Knight Hall on Sept. 26 during QuadWorks' cleverly named “Bear Hunt,” an annual scavenger hunt. Students had one mission: find the hidden rainbow Care Bear plushy accompanied with a brand-new Nintendo Switch Play and Mario Kart bundle.Over the course ...
Mercer University released data from the 2024 calendar year in its annual campus safety report on Wednesday, which includes statistics on crime and instances of fire on all four Mercer campuses in Georgia.Mercer collects the information from MerPo, the Title IX office, Student Affairs, Human Resources, ...
Toney Auditorium will be brought to life this Friday, Sept. 3 with music from rising artists on Mercer’s campus at Cubstock 2025, starting at 7 p.m.
Aliyah Waldon, a former Mercer volleyball player from Odessa, Fl., died Sunday after a months-long fight with cancer. She was 20.
Jeff Denny, who served for nearly 15 years as an associate dean for faculty matters of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, died over the weekend after a fight with brain cancer. He was 53."Dr. Denny was more than an administrator. He was a beloved professor, mentor and advocate for students," ...
The National Society for Black Women in Medicine invited Chinekwu Obidoa, associate professor of Global Health Studies and Africana Studies, to speak about sexual education on Sept. 24.“Knowing what we know about college culture and how little is said about sex ed, we wanted to be able to host a session, ...
Earlier this semester, students and staff received a message that an active threat had been reported on campus and that everyone should shelter in place. The report turned out to be false, but many students didn’t understand what to do in this situation.Chief of Mercer Police Haley Beckham told The ...
Students and professors took up the challenge of answering questions while eating hot wings at a QuadWorks event on Sept. 19. The event was based on the popular interview show “Hot Ones,” in which celebrities are asked questions about themselves and their careers while downing hot wings and, subsequently, ...
The Spencer B. King, Jr. Center for Southern Studies held a public screening for the documentary “Acts of Reparations” at the Douglass Theatre in downtown Macon on Friday, Sept. 19. The film follows Macky Alston and Selina Lewis Davidson, who co-directed and co-produced the work, in their search to trace back their lineage and personal connections to slavery.
On Monday, Alisha Mitchell '26 gaveled in the first session of the year as Student Government Association President. The meeting saw six new members get sworn in, but more than that, it was the first led by Mitchell, whose tenure with SGA started this month three years ago when she was elected ...
One of the tenets of Mercer University's School of Medicine (MUSM) is work in rural areas of Georgia. Rural health is a vital issue across the country because rural areas have fewer physicians and transportation available, as well as a higher rate of uninsured people and a higher risk of issues ...
Chinekwu Obidoa, a Global Health and Africana Studies professor and creator of Mercer's Africa Film Series, hosted a screening of Justin Chadwick’s “The First Grader” in collaboration with QuadWorks Thursday, Sept. 18. The film tells the true story of Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, an ...
The game development club hosted a hands-on workshop for attendees to learn how to make the classic game ‘Snake,’ where users control a snake head and eat apples that spawn onto the screen in different places on Sept. 18.
The Center for Career and Professional Development is holding a career expo with 88 employers, free headshots and professional advice this Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m to 2 p.m in the University Center. The event is for all students and has something to offer for everyone, including internship and ...
Student Government Association (SGA) announced the final additions to the governing body on Friday afternoon, wrapping up a weeks-long process during which five freshman senators and one senior senator were elected.
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 ...
“This film from Wes Anderson features big names such as Greta Gerwig, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Murray,” Sydney Gray ‘26 posited at the Film Society’s first meeting of the year, which featured a game of Jeopardy on Sept. 11.The event provided a space for students to learn about documentary and ...
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