Come join the Africana Studies Program for a movie night watching, Skin! The event will be held Feb. 24 at 6:15 p.m. in STN 251. Face masks are required, and the event will be socially distanced. The purpose of this film series is to expose the Mercer Community to facts and features about Africa. This engagement will foster greater awareness and understanding of the continent in general. Students will build geographic awareness and critical consciousness relating to Africa as well…

What? Avoiding Plagiarism workshop - a review of citation basics that will help you avoid a meeting with the Honor Council! Where? Academic Resource Center classroom, room 123, located in the Connell Student Center, 1st floor* When? Thursday, February 25, 1:00-1:50 p.m. *Please note that we have room for only 8 attendees in the ARC classroom, so plan to arrive early to get a seat.🙂

Rachel Elizabeth Cargle will deliver the keynote address, "For Your Consideration." The event will be held on Zoom. To register for the event, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mercer-university-womens-history-month-celebration-tickets-138149564065 Rachel Cargle is a public academic, writer, and lecturer. Her activist and academic work are rooted in providing intellectual discourse, tools, and resources that explore the intersection of race and womanhood. Her upcoming book "I Don’t Want Your Love and Light," due out later this year, is an examination of feminism through the lens…

May '21 Macon Commencement Graduates: Consider applying to be this year's Commencement speaker! Self-enroll in the Canvas course at https://merceru.instructure.com/enroll/6CG77T for details and the application! DUE: Sunday, March 7 at 11:59 PM

Join Pi Sigma Alpha and The Pre-Law Society for our Law School informational!! If you are interested in going to law school, We will host a panel of Mercer Law School faculty, staff, and a student to help give their insight and tips. Come with questions! MASKS ARE REQUIRED. Willingham at 6 pm on March 8th.

The Global Health in Action Editorial Board is hosting a discussion panel on Thursday, March 18 at 6 pm to kick off the publishing of our latest issue, Mental Health Matters! Mercer faculty members Dr. Laura Simon, Dr. Jacob Kendall, and Dr. Emily Piassick will be joining us for a discussion about the impact of mental health in our daily lives and the importance of destigmatizing conversations surrounding mental health. The panel will be held over Zoom and all students…

93 Days is based on the true story of men and women who risked their lives and made sacrifices to save masses from the consequences of the Ebola Disease.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Zeta Chapter of Georgia at Mercer University will host the fourth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life this spring. Dr. William D. Adams, former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), will present three lectures on the theme “Getting Ready: The Liberal Arts and Sciences in the Post-Pandemic World” March 25-26. The lectures will be livestreamed at http://pbk.mercer.edu/. Dr. Adams’ opening lecture is titled “Work Readiness”…

Thursday March 25 1:00 President's Address: Rosalind Simson (Mercer University), "Reconceptualizing Abortion Rights" 2:00 Session 1: "Algorithms in Society" 3:20 Session 2: "Assorted Societal Challenges" Friday March 26 1:00 Session 3: "Philosophy and Technology" 2:20 Session 4: "Pandemic Philosophy" 3:40 Session 5: "Philosophical Approaches to Climate and Environment"

Drop in to this free workshop that includes brain games and instructions for creating brief, intensive study sessions. In Dr. McGuire's own words (from her book, Teach Students How to Learn, 2015, p. xv), "Often, teaching students how to learn can be accomplished in one session, in as little as 50 minutes....They can be transformed, in one session, from memorizers and regurgitators to students who begin to think critically and take responsibility for their own learning."