Join MerServe and Mercer Votes for a Panel Discussion on the Intersection of Housing and Food Insecurity on Thursday, February 15th from 5:30 PM - 7 PM in the Willet Auditorium. This event will bring together experts, advocates, and community leaders to explore the relationship between housing and food security in Macon, Bibb. Don't miss this opportunity to contribute to the ongoing conversation.

Do films have the power to break barriers, open minds, and transform lives? Discover the answer at the Africa Film Series, hosted by Dr. Obidoa and Sponsored by the Africana Studies Program and Quad Works. On February 21, students, faculty, staff, and the public are welcome to join us in Stetson 251 at 6:30 P.M. as we watch and discuss "93 Days", a film based on the true story of men and women who risked their lives and made sacrifices…

Join Engage for Images of Positive Aging: A Guided Response Tour Photography Exhibition of images used in an interprofessional education activity with health professions students to promote positive aging. Participants will be introduced to the 4Ms framework of age-friendly healthcare and view the photographs using a Guided Response Tour approach. Engage faculty will facilitate a brief discussion at the conclusion on the event. This exhibition is the result of an activity supported by a Mercer Health Sciences Interprofessional Education Grant…

Join us for a screening of "Breaking the News" and a panel discussion on Thursday, Feb. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Willet Science Center Who decides which stories get told? A scrappy group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo, banding together to launch The 19th*, a digital news startup aiming to combat misinformation. A story of an America in flux, and the voices often left out of the narrative, the documentary "Breaking the News"…

If you could wave a magic wand and fix one problem in your community, what would it be? Since 2015, Mercer undergraduates on the Macon campus have been tackling this question via the Visionary Student Panel (VSP) program. Through VSP, students receive coaching to support their development of a 5-minute project pitch that addresses a real-world problem at the local or regional level. Following the VSP showcase, participating students can apply for mini-grant funding from the Center for Engaged Learning.…

The primary goal of the Discovering Dyslexia Community Education Series is to educate Middle Georgia families about dyslexia while also providing a supportive platform for caregivers to ask questions and get answers. Each session will feature an expert guest who will be available to address inquiries on topics such as: the diagnostic process, occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, the Orton-Gillingham Approach, mental health, and more. Allison Hawkins is an occupational therapist with 17 years of experience. She currently works…

Do films have the power to break barriers, open minds, and transform lives? Discover the answer at the Africa Film Series, hosted by Dr. Obidoa and Sponsored by the Africana Studies Program and Quad Works. On March 20th, students, faculty, staff, and the public are welcome to join us in Stetson 251 as we watch and discuss "Asmaa", a film about a woman's battle against the social prejudice that comes with having a positive HIV status. Delicious refreshments will be…

Dorothy Roberts, the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, with give a Women's History Month lecture on “Policing Black Women: The Urgency of Reproductive Justice.” The event will take place 6-8 p.m. March 21. Location TBD. The public is invited.

The primary goal of the Discovering Dyslexia Community Education Series is to educate Middle Georgia families about dyslexia while also providing a supportive platform for caregivers to ask questions and get answers. Each session will feature an expert guest who will be available to address inquiries on topics such as: the diagnostic process, occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, the Orton-Gillingham Approach, mental health, and more. Ellen Hill is an educator and Mercer alumna with more than 30 years of…

Deanna L. Kelly, Pharm.D., BCPP, professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, will deliver the 2024 G. Van Greene Distinguished Lecture at Mercer University College of Pharmacy in Atlanta. The lecture, titled “Advancing Personalized Care in People with Severe Mental Health Conditions,” promises to offer valuable insights into the evolving landscape of mental health treatment. The lecture, scheduled for 11 a.m. March 27 in Mercer’s Cecil B. Day Hall auditorium in Atlanta, is free and open to the public.