Storytellers Macon, along with Mercer's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, is holding a free Storytelling workshop for college students approximately aged 18 - 23. The oral tradition of speaking our stories to each other is our most ancient form of communication, culture, and persuasion. This workshop will move us through a progression of storytelling basics, including structure, vulnerability, and details. Participants will practice deep listening and cultivate personal stories. We will discuss how personal stories build empathy and community identity.…

Dom Flemons is originally from Phoenix, Arizona, and currently lives in the Chicago area with his family. He has branded the moniker The American Songster® since his repertoire of music covers over 100 years of early American popular music. Flemons — a Grammy award winner and two-time Emmy nominee — is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, actor, slam poet, music scholar, historian and record collector. He is considered an expert player on the banjo, guitar, harmonica, jug, percussion, quills, fife and…

Jill Neimark, science journalist, will speak on "Activism Can Work: When a Big Polluter Came Courting Macon, Here's How We Fought Back." Dr. Jennifer Barkin, professor of community medicine and OBGYN at the Mercer University School of Medicine, will speak on "Effects of Extreme Weather Events on Perinatal Mental Health." Brooke Lappe, Ph.D. student in the environmental health sciences program at Emory University, will speak on "Climate Change Impacts on Pollen and Respiratory Health."

Local and student performers present their talent in celebration of Family Weekend.

A conversation concerning the solutions and strategies for gun violence locally and nationally.

Conflict occurs naturally in all kinds of settings–whether it’s in personal, professional, or workplace relationships. Conflict resolution skills are necessary to address the complexity of relationships constructively. Used effectively, these skills can promote individuals’ capacities and responsibilities for making better decisions, building a sense of community, fostering mutual respect and cooperation, and developing the use of fairness as a basis for resolving disputes. If you are eager to improve your personal and professional relationships, Mercer’s Conflict Resolution program will equip…

An educational event that will celebrate the students that are a part of the LGBTQ community on campus and educate those who may or may not know what that community entails or those who are curious about the community themselves.

Welcome to MerServe, Mercer's student-led service programming board! Join us on Oct. 11 at 4:30 pm for an evening of fall fun at the Brookdale Resource Center! We will be spending time with the residents, playing games, doing crafts and celebrating the fall season. Please register on Bear Pulse and follow @mercermerserve on Instagram for updates!

Mercer University’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate program provides effective training and holistic systems thinking. The program emphasizes how leadership, culture, change management, root cause analysis, theory of constraints, seven types of waste, business analytics, and other lean tools can positively affect your company on three primary foundations: organizational effectiveness through process improvement, increased firm profits through a value-added customer-oriented approach, and employee success and satisfaction through personal growth. Our action-oriented Green Belt Certificate program is distinguished from other…

Come stop by and buy a plant from the Green Coalition! We'll be selling a variety of houseplants as a fundraiser for the Mercer Greenhouse and future Green Coalition events. The Mercer Allergy Awareness Club will also have an informational table to spread awareness about environmental allergies.