Book Launch for ‘Unusually Grand Ideas’
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconMercer English and Creative Writing Professor James Davis May will launch his new poetry collection Unusually Grand Ideas with a reading and book-signing in the Presidents Dining Room of the…
An Evening with Dom Flemons: Lecture
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconDom Flemons is originally from Phoenix, Arizona, and currently lives in the Chicago area with his family. He has branded the moniker The American Songster® since his repertoire of music covers over 100 years of early American popular music. Flemons — a Grammy award winner and two-time Emmy nominee — is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer,…
Accounting Meet the Firms Networking Night
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconThis unique networking event will allow students to practice interviewing skills and learn more about 20+ of the top accounting firms. Event format: 5:30-6:30 p.m. — Mock interviews in a speed dating format with firm representatives 6:30-7:30 p.m. — Networking and light appetizers Event details: Students will be required to give an approved elevator pitch/brand…
Beloved Community Symposium
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconMercer University's 17th Annual Building the Beloved Community Symposium welcomes Daniel Hill, pastor of Chicago's River City Community Church and author of White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White. The symposium gathers members of the community and faculty, staff, and students across racial and denominational lines to work toward racial…
AHN Maternal Health Month
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconJoin us for a FREE event on the maternal health and education to include discussions on racial disparities and inequities. Presidents Dinning Room-University Center! Topics include unconscious bias, the history of structural racism in healthcare and addressing community solutions. Join us for networking, presentations, Q&A panel of experts and a special viewing of Toxic: A…
The Sams Workshop: An Evening of Students’ Poems
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconSams Distinguished Writer in Residence Rose McLarney, the Enflish Department, and Creative Writing at Mercer present a free reading by student poets in the Sams Writing Workshop (April 26, 7 p.m.) in the President's Dining Room of the University Center. Rose McLarney's poetry collections are Forage and Its Day Being Gone, from Penguin Poets, and…
Nikky Finney: Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconMercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2022 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to renowned poet, professor and author Nikky Finney. The prize will be presented April 23 at 1 p.m. in the Presidents Dining Room inside the University Center on the Macon campus. “Words come and go.…
Malcolm Lester Lectures: Andrew Delbanco
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconThe Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Zeta Chapter of Georgia at Mercer University will host the fifth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 24-25 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus. Dr. Andrew Delbanco, Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University and president of…
International Tax Preparation Session
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconWhat international students need to know about filing taxes in the United States.
Minority Student Success Conference
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconThe Minority Student Success Conference (MSSC) is an annual event sponsored by the Minority Mentor Program in collaboration with the Minority Student Success Committee. Every February, first and second year Mercerians are invited to partake in a conference to enjoy a keynote speaker and panel discussion followed by a scholarship presentation. Topics addressed at this…