What to know ahead of Bearstock 2026
By Nathaniel Jordan | March 13Bearstock returns to Cruz Plaza Saturday at 1 p.m., and QuadWorks advisor Adrienne Latham says this year’s six-and-a-half-hour event—headlined by B.o.B— will feel “different.”
Nathaniel Jordan '29 intends to major in Journalism at Mercer and hopes to work as an investigative journalist. His hobbies include poetry, photography and home cooking, and you can probably find him around Macon shopping or walking through local parks with his wife and son.
Bearstock returns to Cruz Plaza Saturday at 1 p.m., and QuadWorks advisor Adrienne Latham says this year’s six-and-a-half-hour event—headlined by B.o.B— will feel “different.”
Mercer’s chapter of the National Society for Black Women in Medicine hosted its first annual Miss NSBWM Pageant, crowning Kimora Williams ‘27 Sunday evening.
The Mercer Robotics Club is planning a retrieval mission for a weather balloon they launched from lawn of the Godsey Science Center into the atmosphere in partnership with NASA on Saturday, Feb. 7.
Mercer softball will start their 40th season Friday after a historic 2025 season that featured the program's first ever Southern Conference championship and an NCAA tournament berth.
Much of the East Coast and Midwest are preparing for a large winter storm that is predicted to begin this weekend and end by Monday, and some projections show that its impact may stretch down to Macon.
Photography enthusiasts at the McEachern Art Center snapped pictures of flamenco dancer Elena Moro during a workshop organized by associate professor of Spanish Alana Alvarez on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026.
Bragg Jamuary, an annual battle of bands, comes back to JBA, a bar and music venue on Cherry Street in downtown Macon at 9 p.m. Thursday for the third of four concerts. Fans vote each week for their favorite of three bands, and the four winners move on to a final vote for a $1,500 cash prize.
Mercer President Penny Elkins will host five public meetings this month to discuss her administration’s vision for the University and gather feedback from students, faculty and staff, according to an email sent Jan. 7. As one of Elkins' first moves as president, she said the discussions are just the first step in crafting her administrative strategy.
Macon residents caught their first glimpse of the newly renovated Rosa Parks Square during the annual Christmas Light Extravaganza after the green space officially reopened Nov. 28, 2025. While final touches are still being applied to the park, the city debuted the square early with a 40-foot-tall snowman for the extravaganza.
Rain pattered on the tarp roofs of the chicken coops as goats bleated and more than 150 hens rolled around in their freshly cleaned homes at Brave Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center on Nov. 22. MerServe volunteers drove 30 minutes to Brave Meadows for a workday at the farm where they cleaned and beautified the riding center and the animals’ living spaces.