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Mercer Patienthood Internship Program offers medical students a unique experience from the patient’s viewpoint

By Matthew Causey | November 2

While the idea for the program arose in fall of 2015, the Patienthood Internship Program was not founded until last year, and the program currently has 15 undergraduate pre-medical, pre-physician assistant and pre-nursing students enrolled.The program is meant to give undergraduate pre-medical students ...

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SGA Senator-At-Large organizes Anti-Human Trafficking Walk

By Jaclyn Ramkissoon | November 1

On Oct. 14, around 60 people gathered for a silent walk in Tattnall Square Park. On the same day thousands of people gathered for 700 silent walks around the world. Walk for Freedom is a worldwide event hosted by A21--an anti-human trafficking organization founded in 2008. Walks took place all over ...

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Junior Cole Porter receives Knight grant to host Garage PARKlet

By Jayla Moody | November 1

Junior political science major Cole Porter said he’s been passionately involved with community development since high school. “Specifically public space and how it can impact our lives as community members,” he said. On Nov. 3 and 4, he has the opportunity to watch a dream of his come true ...

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SGA announces Small Business Day and Spiff Up The T events

By Rose Thorne | October 30

There were few reports in the Senate meeting on Oct. 30 due to time constraints posed by the first Homecoming event of the week. National Director of Small Business Day JR McNair, an entrepreneur who works at the Mercer Innovation Center as an advisor, presented to SGA about an event that will occur ...

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Wesleyan College hosts Women With Purpose Festival to empower women in the community, Mercer student gets involved

By Rose Thorne | October 27

The Macon community was recently invited to participate in a community service project designed and executed by Wesleyan College students through Wesleyan’s Lane Center for Service and Leadership. The Women With Purpose Festival was held Oct. 21. It highlighted women in the Macon-Bibb area who are ...

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Wifi upgrades and more seating coming soon to Tarver Library

By Rose Thorne | October 26

Tarver Library is set to make some renovations to the main floor in the near future. During the Student Government Association meeting on Oct. 16, Dean of the Library Beth Hammond spoke to the senators about the upcoming renovations in Jack Tarver Library. She said that all of the furniture on the ...

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Mercer holds first Development Summit

By Laurel Huster | October 26

Mercer will soon host an event that they have never done before. The Summit will take place on Oct. 26 with a theme of “Transforming Good Intentions into Good Practices.” Professor Lisa Vu said the idea to host the summit came up because of the many new development-oriented programs at Mercer. ...

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Growing pains: The state of Mercer’s on-campus parking

By Jenna Eason | October 25

The student population of Mercer University has increased in total enrollment by about 300 students in the past five years. An increase that brings more people - and their cars to campus. One of the biggest complaints about these increases has concerned parking. Mercer Police said they have issued ...

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SGA approves four Conference & Lodging Requests, responds to student input about race relations, Pilgrimage, and more

By Rose Thorne | October 25

Pres. Olivia Buckner opened the meeting by addressing Homecoming. SGA members will maintain a presence at all of the events. All members will also attend a formal presentation by Mercer One in Four alongside Pres. Underwood on Wednesday at seven p.m. Vice President Oge Onuh gave her report next. "Last ...

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SGA celebrates library renovations, recognizes Vegan Club and addresses student concerns regarding dining and race relations

By Rose Thorne | October 23

The Oct. 16 senate meeting opened with President Olivia Buckner expressing concerns about sustainability on campus. She said there are plans in the works for establishing a committee within SGA “focused on researching sustainable development efforts for campus.” Next came a Gallery Report from ...

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Mercer tradition to clean up Macon

By Julianna Tollett | October 23

One of Mercer’s longstanding traditions, Be a Good Neighbear, was held on Oct. 21. Led by MerServe, a student-run organization, this event continues to be one that many students participate in. The event gives a way for students to help out in the Macon community, as well as a way to build bridges ...

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Bears in this club lend paws to animals in Middle Georgia

By Julianna Tollett | October 14

A relatively older club on campus has recently become very active. The Mercer Animal Rescue organization was founded several years ago, but was recently revived by fifth year senior Grace Witcher and sophomore Greer Weed. “[We decided to revive the club because of all] the stray animals around campus ...

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Local cultural center offers authentic African products

By Kianna Lanier | October 14

Kirklyn Hodges, born and raised in Macon, worked most of his life in the construction business. After building knowledge on African culture while living in Atlanta, Hodges said he acquired the desire to educate the Macon community, specifically the youth, on his findings. “That’s something that ...

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Former Mercer police officer called for murder on Facebook

By Avery Braxton | October 12

Mercer University has closed a matter involving one of its former police officers. Mark Teems, formerly of Mercer University Atlanta’s police force at the Cecil B. Day campus, no longer works with the university after comments found on his Facebook page called for murder. Screenshots sent to 11Alive ...

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Campus leaders recognized by United Nations for their work with female empowerment club

By Rose Thorne | October 11

Two Mercer students were recognized by the United Nations for their successes within a campus organization. Seniors Shelsea Chilumuna and Unnati Patel traveled to Washington, D.C. in September to participate in the United Nations’ 2017 Leadership Symposium. The U.N. invited them to attend upon reviewing ...

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SGA approves Bear Grant for American Chemical Society, emphasizes further campus outreach including Pilgrimage to Penfield

By Rose Thorne | October 10

During this week’s Senate meeting, SGA members discussed initiatives to engage with the student body and to hear their concerns as they plan for future improvements. Plans range from improving the Mercer mobile app to administering more intuitive surveys about dining services. Vice President Oge ...

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Service Scholars plan week-long event to foster informed conversations about sex

By Rose Thorne | October 10

Pre-health students designed a week-long event titled “When We Talk About Sex, Let’s Be Honest” to combat uninformed or negative dialogue about sex on campus for their senior Service Scholars project. “We think that there really is no harm in talking about [sex],” said Natalie Wharton, a ...

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Mercer pre-medical organization incorporates professional skills to prepare pre-health undergrads

By Elizabeth Tammi | October 9

Mercer University has a variety of campus organizations that cater to students on pre-health tracks. One of those organizations, Mercer Pre-Medical, more commonly known as MerPMed, uses relationships with other disciplines to prepare their members for multiple aspects of their future medical school ...

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Students spend summer interning in South Africa

By Laurel Huster | October 9

This past summer, fourteen students had the opportunity to spend the summer in Cape Town, South Africa interning at different organizations. “It was a once in a lifetime opportunity that has shown me how important it is to treat people like people and not [like they are] inferior because of their ...

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Mercer to welcome a new Sociology and Criminal Justice club with a social justice focus

By Jayla Moody | October 9

Having conversations on campus about social justice may become a little easier for students who are interested. The Sociology and Criminal Justice departments are in the process of starting a new student club, according to Assistant Professor of Sociology Laura Simon. “We really wanted to have ...