Raymond Partolan grew up in Macon, Ga. But until recently, he didn’t feel welcome in Macon or the United States. Not all undocumented immigrants cross the border illegally of their own volition. Some come with their parents, who may or may not come into the country legally. Partolan’s family ...
When imagining a street food festival, what ideas come to mind? A large event that features many varieties of food? Street food festivals are held in many cities across the United States such as Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Cincinnati and many others. The general purpose of these festivals ...
MU Miracle hosted The Great Pumpkin Bash on Friday, Oct. 25. Mercer University students formed teams to smash pumpkins in an effort to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in partnership with The Children’s Miracle Network. Two teams participated in ...
Prospective students for Mercer University’s School of Medicine gathered on Friday to attend the Discover MUSM event, where they were able to see just what the School of Medicine has to offer. Specifically for students looking at the Medicinal Doctor program, the event split attendees into four groups, ...
Mercer University Quadworks’ Leadership, Education, And Diversity (L.E.A.D.) committee hosted the first annual Step Up or Step Off Friday, Oct. 11, on Cruz Plaza. Step Up or Step Off featured three performances. Chi Omega and Lambda Chi Alpha paired for performance, followed by Omega Psi Phi. The ...
For the past couple of years, SHAPE (Sexual Assault, Hazing, and Alcohol Prevention Education) has put on their annual SHAPE Carnival. This year was SHAPE’s fifth annual carnival, and it was held on Oct. 15 on Cruz Plaza from 5-7p.m. The groups is composed of faculty, staff and students who ...
Mercer’s study abroad program is an important opportunity to enhance your college experience. The program can meet the academic and social needs for any type of student including liberal arts, education and music students. On Oct. 10 students had the opportunity to attend a study abroad fair that ...
Students traveled to the original site of Mercer University in Penfield, Ga., during this year’s Pilgrimage to Penfield. The Student Government Association‘s Heritage Life Committee sponsored this event, which has been a tradition for Mercer students since the early 1900’s. Freshmen are encouraged ...
Mercer Debate Society recently competed in its first competition of the year, with two of its members, Lindsey Hancock and Hunter Pilkinton, winning the first parliamentary debate of the season. Pilkinton and Hancock scored an almost perfect score over the two days that the tournament took place, ...
As part of their Job Ready Fall 2013 Boot Camp series, the Mercer University Office of Career Services held a Resumes and Cover Letters workshop last Tuesday. The workshop covered the essential do’s and don’ts of marketing to an applicant’s intended audience, so applicants can get the job that ...
Last Thursday, approximately 85 graduate schools gathered in Heritage Hall for the Graduate School Fair 2013, hosted by Mercer University’s Career Services. Some of the schools that were represented included the University of Georgia, Florida A&M University, and even Mercer’s own Stetson School ...
Folksy-acoustic band FTM was crowned last band standing for the 2013 Battle of the Bands. Caleb Thornley, front-man, and four other band members frequently lead campus worship at RUF. They were awarded $1000 as first place prize and serenaded the crowd with an acoustic performance of "Radioactive" in ...
The Music Ambassadors: Macon program began on Monday, Oct. 14 with a show in Mercer Village from the band Bombadil. The program invites musicians to Macon to perform a lunchtime show in Mercer Village as well as a house performance in a historic home within the College Hill Corridor. This is the first ...
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) affects all parts of the country both as a disease and as a stigma. AIDS became more noticeable around the time of the sexual revolution and became a full blown epidemic around the ‘80s. According to Medical News Today, AIDS is a disease caused by HIV (Human ...
Mercer’s Engineering Research Center (MERC) was awarded a $12.4 million grant last month by the U.S. Air Force. For those of you who don’t know, the MERC is the non-profit research and applied engineering branch of Mercer University. The research center is located in Warner Robins, Ga., about ten ...
Doctor of education and director of career services, Steve Brown, hosted an event for searching for and applying to graduate schools. Career Services is there to help with the next steps in this process. First, though, students must decide whether graduate school is the right path for them. Then, one ...
Troy, the once-thought fictional city featured in Homer’s the “Iliad”, was the focus of the Great Books lecture given by Dr. Charlotte Thomas and Dr. Achim Kopp on Sept. 26. The lecture, entitled “The Archaeology of Troy and the ‘Iliad’,” was attended by many Great Books students and ...
Students in select sections of Integrative Program 101 classes engaged in the Alternative Weekend Program. The weekend lasted from a Friday night to the next Sunday morning. The Alternative Weekend Program allowed for students to engage in team building exercises with their class members, experience ...
As of this past week, Mercer University has signed on with another college for the study abroad program. The agreement with Regent’s Park, a college in the Oxford system, was signed Tuesday, Sept. 24, with Dr. Lynn Robson as a representative. In a meeting on Thursday, Sept. 26, for those interested ...
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