A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas – Panel II: Rousseau on Government and Citizenship
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconPanel II: Rousseau on Government and Citizenship (10:45 am, 4/18) 10:45am-12:15pm in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center Flora Champy (French, Princeton University) "Rousseau, a Philosopher of Government" Daniel Cullen (Philosophy, Rhodes College) "Rousseau's Conservative Radicalism" Denise Schaeffer (Political Science, College of the Holy Cross) "Travel as Education: Toward Philosophy and Citizenship in Rousseau's Emile"
A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas – Panel I: Rousseau on Human Being
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconPanel I: Rousseau on Human Being (9:00am, April 18, 2023) 9:00-10:30am in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center Arthur Melzer (Political Science, Michigan State University) "The Natural Weakness of Man" Emma Planinc (Political Science, Notre Dame) "Pride Goes Before Destruction: On the Use of Orgueil in Rousseau's Second Discourse" Samuel Stoner (Philosophy, Assumption University) "Rousseau on the Origin…
A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas – Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Opening Lecture
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconOpening Lecture: (6:00pm, April 17, 2023) John T. Scott (Political Science, UC Davis) "Rousseau's Freedom: Phenomenological, not Metaphysical" 6:00pm in the Presidents Dining Room in the University Center
A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas – Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Student Panel
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconStudent Panel: (4:15 pm, April 17, 2023) 4:15-5:30pm in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center
Perinatal Mental Health
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconThis is a full day of training about perinatal mental health, with a module focusing on pharmacotherapy in perinatal women. This training includes topics that MUSM medical students and providers have requested. Given Georgia's high maternal mortality rate, this is a timely and very relevant offering to students, faculty, perinatal providers, and other health care…
Thomas Robinson Prize: Percival Everett
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconMercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2023 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to renowned novelist and storyteller Percival Everett. The prize will be presented at 1 p.m. March 25 in the Presidents Dining Room inside the University Center on the Macon campus. Everett will read from his…
Roberts Academy: Empowering Kids with Dyslexia
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon“Roberts Academy: Empowering Kids with Dyslexia” 6-7:30 p.m. March 23 Presidents Dining Room, University Center Mercer University, Macon The new Roberts Academy at Mercer University will prepare students with dyslexia to achieve academic success. Expected to open in fall 2024, Roberts Academy initially will serve as many as 90 students in second through fifth grades.…
Cotton Modernity Symposium
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconThe Spencer B. King, Jr., Center for Southern Studies is hosting a symposium on cotton modernity. This symposium brings together many of the nation’s most prominent scholars of the culture of cotton, who will explain how cotton continued to define the socioeconomic culture of the South for the century after the Civil War. Historians, literary…
A Season of Change: Human Trafficking Symposum
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconDistrict Attorney Anita Howard, Out of Darkness Middle Georgia, and Mercer's Traffick Jam are partnering to bring Central Georgia leaders and professionals together for a symposium and discussion on how to help end human trafficking in our community. Please join us for this informative event.
Networking with the CEL
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconNetworking with the CEL is an informal drop-in event dedicated to forming new academic relationships. Faculty presenters will showcase their interests and skills via posters that will spark conversations about high-impact practices, travel experiences, course ideas, and much more. Light refreshments will be provided. This event is open to all Mercer faculty, staff, and community…