Hear from Mercer's own computer programming team, "The Binary Bears", which is made up of twenty students from Computer Science & Computer Engineering. The team traveled to two fall competitions, the CCSC competition at Auburn University on Oct. 25th and the ACM competition at Kennesaw State University on Nov. 9th. This talk will recap their season and highlight some of the interesting problems they have solved.

A panel discussion organized by ABLE Mercer and the International Bears Association to talk about how you can study abroad with a chronic illness or disability.

Join us as we volunteer at the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank. Volunteers should arrive in the CSC Lobby for check-in at 3 p.m.

Friday night basketball action in Hawkins Arena as two former foes from the A-Sun get together.

Volunteers should meet in the Connell Student Center Lobby 30 minutes prior to the start of their shift. Volunteers should dress comfortably and wear closed-toe shoes. Mercer gear is encouraged. The sites for this Service Saturday include Macon-Bibb Animal Welfare, All About Animals, Backpack Buddies, Brave Meadows, Higher Life Center, Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, MerServe Community Garden, U Create Macon Volunteer, Kitty City Volunteer, and Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia Volunteer

Dr. Stanley L. Roberts, conductor The human experiences of love, joy, yearning, hope and peace are woven into a choral tapestry for transcendent reflection. First Baptist Church of Christ, 511 High Place, Macon, Georgia. Tickets are $15.

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…