The Office of Nontraditional and Evening Services (ONES) is a Student Support Services Program for new, returning and transfer students seeking a bachelor’s degree at the Regional Academic Centers in Macon, Henry, and Douglas. We provide services to retain and graduate undergraduate students and work as liaisons between students, faculty, staff, and our community partners. The ONES program provides opportunities and resources for academic, career, financial, and social development.

The Spencer B. King, Jr., Center for Southern Studies is hosting guest lecturer Dr. John Lowe. John Wharton Lowe (BA Vanderbilt, MA Georgia State, M. Phil, Ph.D. Columbia), is the recipient of the MELUS Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Ethnic American Literatures, was Robert Penn Warren Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Founding Director of the Program in Louisiana and Caribbean Studies at Louisiana State University. He has authored and edited numerous books…

Mercer will host the third annual Jordan Massee Lecture in Southern History and Culture featuring a conversation with journalist and media executive Tom Johnson. Johnson, a Macon native, graduated from Lanier High School while working for the Macon Telegraph. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and master’s degree from Harvard Business School before serving as a White House Fellow during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson continued to work for the former…

Mercer will formally re-open the historic Capricorn Sounds Studios in Macon as Mercer Music at Capricorn on Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. The dedication ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will take place on an outdoor stage behind the studios and will feature music by Mercer’s Robert McDuffie Center for Strings and the Otis Redding Foundation’s DREAM Team, as well as remarks from Mercer President William D. Underwood and other special guests. At the conclusion of the…

Learn about Mercer Libraries' new Primo Discovery Search tool and LibGuides research guides in this short online presentation! Tuesday, January 7 @ 12:00pm https://mercer.zoom.us/j/934646892

2nd Annual Living the Dream MLK Day Celebration Event featuring keynote speaker Dr. Kirk Nooks, president of Gordon State College. Event presented by Minority Mentor Program and Office of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives. First 100 students receive free t-shirts.

The Byington Lecture will be presented by Dr. Kevin Kruse, Professor of History at Princeton University. The title of his lecture is “White Flight: Race and Public Space in Atlanta”. Dr. Kruse specializes in the political, social, and urban/suburban history of twentieth-century America, with a particular interest in conflicts over race, rights and religion and the making of modern conservatism.

Every year, Mercer Asia host a campus-wide Lunar New Year dinner with free food, prizes and fun performances. During Lunar New Year, Asian families come together to share their meals, wish each other good fortune and celebrate the coming year. We want to create that experience for Lunar New Year attendees and our members and help them learn more about Asian cultures.

MerServe’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is bringing Maconites and Mercerians together to raise awareness about housing and food insecurity through education, advocacy, and service. Events will be held Feb 3-7 with a special preview event on Saturday, Feb. 1. Follow MerServe for more details.

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