A Global health class taught by Dr. Monika Sawhney is taking the initiative and pursuing a better future for others by raising funds to fuel their projects. The class was divided into two groups and Dr. Sawhney gave them options on what the students could do the task on. One group chose to work on a ...
Regional recruiters from the government-sponsored programs Teach for America and the Peace Corps visited Mercer’s campus last week to encourage students to apply. Both programs offer adventurous opportunities to students just out of college, but those interested are encouraged to begin the application ...
Dr. Ha Van Vo of the Mercer School of Engineering and the team of Mercer on Mission Vietnam held their first fundraising dinner of the year from 5-7 p.m. on March 20 at the Religious Life Center. The event has been held twice a year since 2009 with the purpose being to raise funds in order to buy medication, ...
While most students enjoyed a relaxing spring break at home or at the beach, a group of eight students opted to stay on campus during break in order to perform service projects around Macon. This “Alternative Spring Break” was Garret McDowell’s senior service project, and for four days his group ...
Mercer University hosted its annual leadership conference titled Leadership MU throughout March 19–21. Leadership MU is a leadership conference that was organized by Campus Life and the Division of Student Affairs in order to provide students with an opportunity to learn about various topics surrounding ...
Last month a video went viral that forced the world into action; Kony 2012 completely grasped the world’s view of an event taking place in Uganda as well as East and Central Africa. This video began with a cry to stop Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRS) once and for all. The film ...
On Saturday March 17, Mercer’s Panhellenic woman volunteered to work at the Kids CherryDazzle held in downtown Macon from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Kids CherryDazzle is an annual event that is held on the first weekend of the Cherry Blossom Festival. All children are welcome to attend the festival and ...
Republican Party presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich visited Macon on Thursday, March 1 as a part of his Georgia campaign. The former Speaker of the House appeared at the Hephzibah Ministries gym, delivering a 40-minute speech touching on the importance of American energy independence, foreign policy, ...
The incoming freshmen class at Mercer University will be expected to live on campus for three years of their college career. Currently, students are required to live on campus for their first two years and can choose whether they will continue to live on campus for their last two years at Mercer. Jeff ...
Tim Regan-Porter, president and CEO of Decatur, Ga.-based Paste Media Group, was named the first director of Mercer University’s Center for Collaborative Journalism on Feb. 14. His appointment started Mar. 1. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in December awarded $4.6 million in grants to ...
The Mercer Singers are hosting the first ever “Biggest Loser” on Mercer’s Campus. The idea for a way to help music students become healthy has been a long time concern of Dr. Stanley Robert, The Arthur Lowndes Rich Professor of Choral Conducting and Associate Dean of the Townsend School of Music. “I’ve ...
The percentage of students joining Greek organizations at Mercer University has declined in recent years. Compared to other universities similar to Mercer’s size and structure, Mercer is trailing behind with only 24 percent of their total 2,240 undergraduate students belonging to a fraternity or sorority, ...
If you’ve been to a baseball game at Mercer University, odds are that at some point you encountered Mercer University’s Marketing Research class. The Marketing Research class is a yearlong class designed to expose students to a variety of marketing techniques, as well as giving them the opportunity ...
Four Mercer students recently traveled to the U.N. headquarters in New York and the Bulgarian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 21 through 24 as part of a cultural diplomacy conference through the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy. The Academy for Cultural Diplomacy is part of the Institute for Cultural ...
Recently becoming a new Mercer tradition, Stompfest has provided a stage for step teams to compete. Mercer held the competition, sponsored and hosted by Quadworks and the National Pan Hellenic Council (NPHC), on Feb. 11 at the Grand Opera House. Stompfest is a competition between step teams and Greek ...
On Feb. 16, Mercer University Theatre opened its play titled, The Colored Museum, by George C. Wolf in honor of Black History Month. The Colored Museum was written in 1985 during the post-Vietnam War era. The beginning takes place on a slave ship which is traveling through time. The ship visits different ...
On Feb. 10, the Mercer University Student Government Association sponsored a series of charter buses for Mercer students to attend the Mercer vs. Kennesaw State men’s basketball game at Kennesaw State. They also purchased enough tickets for over a hundred students to attend. The goal was to provide ...
Fox News Contributor Juan Williams was the guest speaker at this year’s Executive Forum, held Tuesday night in the President’s Dining Room. Williams has spanned the field of journalism, working as a columnist for The Washington Post, a senior national correspondent for National Public Radio and ...
SGA passed legislation Monday night to increase the campaign time for presidential elections to three weeks and the voting period to one week. The amount presidential candidates can spend on their campaigns was also raised to $750, and the amount senatorial candidates can spend was raised to $500. The ...
A Career fair, sponsored by Mercer Career Services, was held on Feb. 15 in the University Center. The fair was open to all students and offered a variety of job and internship opportunities. At the fair there were over 40 potential employers that covered a wide range of career opportunities for all ...
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