The College of Professional Advancement Department of Leadership Studies is hosting its annual interactive speaker event. We are bringing together actual leaders in the respective fields to discuss their personal leadership journey. This year's event in the online webinar format features two dynamic speakers. First, Dr. Stephanie Thomas is the Training Director for the Atlanta Police Leadership Institute; and second, Kirk Barnes is a highly renowned author and speaker. Attendees are invited from the Greater Mercer University Community for the…

Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, president of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, will deliver the sixth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 21-22 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus on the theme “Discovering Where Love Leads.” “Leading from the Margins”: Thursday, March 21, at 11:00 a.m. President Hinton will share her journey of becoming a college president, a journey marked by marginalization, and how and why being from the margins…

Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, president of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, will deliver the sixth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 21-22 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus on the theme “Discovering Where Love Leads.” “Leading from the Margins”: Thursday, March 21, at 11:00 a.m. President Hinton will share her journey of becoming a college president, a journey marked by marginalization, and how and why being from the margins…

Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, president of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, will deliver the sixth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 21-22 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus on the theme “Discovering Where Love Leads.” “Leading from the Margins”: Thursday, March 21, at 11:00 a.m. President Hinton will share her journey of becoming a college president, a journey marked by marginalization, and how and why being from the margins…

First Pitch Friday University will be held at Mercer Atlanta in the ACC on March 22nd from 12-2pm. Student founders from underrepresented groups will get the opportunity to pitch live and get feedback from Atlanta investors.

Commissioning our senior ROTC cadets into 2nd Lieutenants.

Rochelle Gordon, Chief Assistant Public Defender of the Flint Judicial Circuit, will discuss her work as a public defender.

Join us on Tuesday, October 1st at 4:00PM in Knight Hall 108 to learn all about the new Mercer on Mission program in Moldova! We will discuss the project, host organization, and share a bit of practical information about applying for Mercer on Mission. Pizza and drinks will be provided. Students from all majors are welcome and encouraged to attend.

In this talk, Dr. Samantha Pinson Wrisley, of the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University, will discuss the gendered and sexual implications of relational AI. Through the examples of AI girlfriends and AI dating assistants, they will explore what constitutes genuine interaction and what the use of AI indicates about the future of relationality.

This talk by Dr. Rosalind Simson of the Philosophy Department is in celebration of Global Ethics Day. Is it unfair to cisgender female athletes to include trans females on female school sports teams? Does their inclusion undermine Title IX’s goal of achieving male/female parity in school athletic opportunities? Lawmakers, policymakers, and the general public in the U.S. increasingly answer “yes” to these questions. Are they right?