Mercer University alumna, television personality, author and former prosecutor Nancy Grace will deliver the University’s 2026 Founders’ Day address Feb. 4, at 10:20 a.m., in Willingham Hall’s Toney Auditorium on the Macon campus.

Recitals are held in the Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, at 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.

Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2026 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to poet and author Kevin Young. The prize will be presented Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the University’s Presidents Dining Room.

A midweek reading and prayer. Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Rev. Dr. Greg DeLoach, Dean, School of Theology

Join the Center for Engaged Learning for lunch and an open conversation on enacting reciprocity in community-engaged partnerships, programs, and courses. You’ll hear insights from faculty and community partners and reflect on what reciprocity looks like in practice. Participation is open to Mercer faculty, staff, students, and community partners. Space is limited, and registration is required: bit.ly/reciprocitylunch.

Celebrate Valentine's Day by giving back to your loved ones at IMWE's pop-up event! We'll be selling our handmade IMWE bags and beautiful handcrafted jewelry created by women in Rwanda, along with the adorable plush keychains that make the perfect Valentine's gift. Shop with purpose and share the love this Valentine's season!

A midweek reading and prayer. Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Rev. Dr. Greg DeLoach, Dean, School of Theology

Ash Wednesday Ashes to Go February 18, 2026 12:30-1 p.m. At the Jesse Mercer statue and Bear statue on the Atlanta campus

You are warmly invited to attend the TRIO Student Success Conference on Friday, February 20, 2026 at the Connell Student Center. The TRIO Student Success Conference is an empowering event designed to help students grow academically, professionally, and personally. The conference will feature student breakout sessions, an inspiring keynote address from Dr. Nannette C. Turner, Interim Dean of the College of Health Professions, scholarship awards, and dinner.

This talk by Bruce Beasley, the 2026 Ferrol Sams Jr. Distinguished Chair in English, will be an exploration of how to read poems through emotion, sensation, and association and how not to let even a “hard” poem intimidate you. Bruce Beasley is the author of nine poetry collections and the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Artist Trust of Washington. Originally from Macon, he is Emeritus Professor of English at Western Washington University, where…