Talk by Michael McFalls, Associate Professor of Art at Columbus State University and Director of Pasaquan.

A Women's History Month Program sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives. Leslie Irby: First Disable African American Woman with a Pilot's License

Come out to learn the rules of basketball and take the first step to joining our Intramural Sports Staff!

Real Talk is a monthly series featuring speakers you know, stories from their lives, and real talk about the ups and downs of navigating college. Get to know the people behind the podiums & the faces you see on campus, and learn that you are not alone in the challenges you face. Dr. Clara Mengolini takes the stage in February to share her story titled, "My Happiness Equation: Be Curious + Take Risks + Work Hard."

Come join Recreational Sports and Wellness for Soccer Officials Training! Come out to learn the rules of soccer, how to officiate, and how to join our Intramural Sports staff!

Come out to work for the most fun department on campus! Recreational Sports & Wellness is looking to hire new Intramural Sports Softball umpires! Training begins Tuesday, 4/6, at 8 PM in Willet Auditorium and continue Wednesday, 4/7, and Thursday, 4/8, nights on the field. No experience is necessary! We will give you all the training you will need to be successful. If you have any questions, email rsw@mercer.edu.

At the heart of every great change is a great human. If you have ideas, ingenuity, and a passion for making a difference, then come and be a part of the Accenture team. At Accenture, you'll work with exceptional people, the latest and greatest tech, and leading companies across industries to harness meaningful powerful change. Join the Mercer University Center for Career and Professional Development and the Accenture team for this IN-PERSON information session to learn about career journeys at…

The Ethics, Leadership, and Service minor and the Mercer Center for Leadership and Ethics presents a panel discussion, “Ethics in the Professional World” at 7 pm on Oct. 21 to recognize Global Ethics Day. Panelists include representatives from Business, Education, Engineering, Law, and Medicine. The event will be in-person, masks required, in Willet Auditorium and can be livestreamed via Zoom at https://mercer.zoom.us/j/96512229017?pwd=SkZVT0tGMzlQa3MyUjcwTjIvQ2JwUT09 (Links to an external site.) Meeting ID: 965 1222 9017 Passcode: 266512

In recognition of Reformation Week, Theta Alpha Kappa (the Religion Honor Society) and the Global Health Association are hosting a panel discussion on vaccine mandates. Panelists from Political Science, Global Health, Sociology, and Religion will present compelling arguments for and against mandates from their disciplinary perspectives. The event will be held in Willet Auditorium on Oct. 26 from 6-7 pm. Masks required.

Come out for Soccer Officials Training November 1st through 3rd! Learn the rules of soccer, more about Rec Sports, and make some new friends! You might even get a job out of it! Training will begin on 11/1 and continue throughout the week. Please attend all days of training. Email rsw@mercer.edu for more information and questions.

Real Talk is a monthly speaker series that reminds students that they are not alone. We invite faculty and staff speakers to share their stories. All students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend Real Talk. On Tuesday, November 16th Michael Junod, Director of the UC, will be presenting "Connection, Grit, and the Best Time of Your Life" in Willet Auditorium.

Real Talk is a on campus speaker series where members from the campus community share their stories. Real Talk is an opportunity to humanize the college experience and remind students that they belong, and that they are not alone. Join us as Professor Evey Wilson presents, "Telling Stories While Finding Your Own". All students, faculty, staff are invited to Real Talk!

Join ASA and OBS as we present our version of Steve Harvey's Family Feud! Happening Friday, February 25th in Willet Auditorium from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. We hope to see you there!

SGA will be hosting a Semester Town Hall on Tuesday, March 1st at 6 PM in Willet Auditorium. Come voice your concerns and opinions to our panelists and senators! Students may submit questions for our panelists ahead of time at https://forms.gle/9Dai2PJ8pMHeSMkw5. Those who attend in person are required to wear a mask and will receive a free piece of SGA merchandise. The link to join on Zoom is https://mercer.zoom.us/j/3187933238. We hope many of you are able to join us!

As Mercer gears up to put on the Hope Walks Here Suicide Awareness Campus Walk (April 9th), with the help of Diversity & Inclusion, TRIO, Student Support, Minority Mentors and Residence Life, CAPS will be hosting a Suicide Prevention and Solidarity Town Hall (April 6th) for students. We will have a special guest speaker, our very own Dr. Samantha Murfree, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, who will be sharing her personal experience with mental health. This event is to…

Real Talk is a monthly series featuring speakers you know, stories from their lives, and real talk about the ups and downs of navigating college. Get to know the people behind the podiums and the faces you see on campus, and learn that you are not alone in the challenges you face. Real Talk is about shining light on the challenges we face and sharing our hard-won lessons with each other so that we can grow together, knowing that none…

Come on down ... and see if you have what it takes! QuadWorks presents a night of fun, friends, and prizes based on the hit game show, The Price is Right.

Stephen Kearse will give a talk titled "Reporting Southern Violence: Notes on Process" on Friday, November 11, at 4:30 pm in Willett Auditorium. Kearse is a graduate of CLAS, and his talk is based on his recent article on a civil rights cold case in Oxford American.

Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 16th, 2022 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM to discuss reproductive healthcare and justice with CHAPS & URGE. We will be giving you the tools you need to keep yourself and your loved ones prepared and feeling safe during these uncertain times. We will also be discussing what you can do to be an advocate for reproductive justice. We will also be distributing FREE SexBGreat kits that include condoms, lubricant, plan B, tampons, pads, and other…

Phi Mu invites you to celebrate Black History Month with Us! To celebrate Black voices in Filmmaking, we will be hosting a movie night in Willet Auditorium. Join us at 7 pm on February 17th to watch Black Panther!

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 a local or regional level. Following a public pitch showcase, participating students can apply for mini-grant funding from the Center for Engaged…

A reading and talk about Johnston's book of seven interconnected river stories, which draw on European American, Native, and African American traditions and relationships with the upper Ocmulgee from near Jackson to below Macon. Set from the 1810s to the present, the stories follow characters as their inherited or adopted perspectives on the river — and their ignorance of it — are altered by their personal experience of the watershed's danger, power, and life. Each story engages a specific place,…

Chiamaka Onyedibe, LL.M., will address issues of gender, violence against women, and criminal justice systems in her lecture, "Challenges to Attaining Justice for Underage Victims of Rape: A Comparative Analysis of the Nigerian and U.S. Justice Systems."

Mercer Votes hosts "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales," a documentary film that focuses on Disney workers and explores the corruption and inequalities of America's economy. The film starts on September 21, 2023, at 7 PM in the Willet Science Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:30 PM, and snacks will be provided for guests. To request alternative formats or other accommodations for a disability, please contact Mercer Votes at vote@mercer.edu at least 7 days prior to this event.

From the game show, “Tug-of Words,” contestants will guess keywords based on definitions of common words. Come compete with your classmates to see who knows their stuff!

This year’s symposium, split over two evenings — Oct. 12 and Oct. 26 — features the release of our new video series on Macon’s racial past. Each of the five short films digs into a different moment in Macon’s history and asks us to rethink where our community has been and where we are going. In panels and small group discussions, we’ll ask: What in our faith traditions compel us to speak honestly about our past? How does knowing our…

As part of Global Ethics Day, the philosophy department presents a talk on AI Ethics by Dr. Tyler Cook, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at The Ohio State University. He recently obtained his PhD from Ohio State, where he wrote a dissertation on machine ethics, the area of AI ethics research that is concerned with questions regarding the design of ethical artificial intelligence. His current research builds on ideas from his dissertation, and he is also interested in…

You're invited to a thought-provoking panel discussion on October 25th at 5:30 PM in the Willet Science Center Auditorium at Mercer University, Macon, GA. We'll delve into the world of cybersecurity under the theme "Digital Self-Defense: Applied Cybersecurity Education from the Classroom to Careers." Our expert panel will explore information security awareness, emerging opportunities in cybersecurity, and share compelling real-world experiences from the field. The event will last approximately one hour, with an optional fifteen-minute Q&A session. We look forward…

This year’s symposium, split over two evenings — Oct. 12 and Oct. 26 — features the release of our new video series on Macon’s racial past. Each of the five short films digs into a different moment in Macon’s history and asks us to rethink where our community has been and where we are going. In panels and small group discussions, we’ll ask: What in our faith traditions compel us to speak honestly about our past? How does knowing our…

Join us in Willet Science Center's auditorium for a screening and discussion of "Young Lakota" to commemorate Native American Heritage Month.

Registered teams will be creating their own doors in CSC 1 as other students watch Monsters University in Willet's auditorium which will be used in a later date's competition.

Teams have the length of the movie to build and decorate a working dorm door! Doors will be judged at the end of the movie. There is an opportunity for 50 additional points for teams participating in the Lip Sync Battle.

Mercer University will commemorate the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with its annual Living the Dream march and program on Friday in Macon. The march will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the bear statue in front of the University Center and proceed to Willet Science Center. A program featuring Warner Robins Mayor LaRhonda W. Patrick as the keynote speaker will follow at 4 p.m. in Willet Auditorium. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 100 registered…

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.

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.…

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.

Women's Empowerment Conference hosted by NCNW and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives on March 24, 2024, from 3-5 p.m. The event will be held in Willet Auditorium featuring Keynote Speaker Judge Che Young and a host of community-wide panelists for an afternoon of networking and mentorship.

A film series documenting the refugee and immigrant experience from a global to local perspective funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. All events will be held in Willet Auditorium. 6-8 p.m. Sept. 12: The Facility (Seth Freed Wessler, 2021), post-screening discussion with director Seth Freed Wessler 5:30-8 p.m. Sept. 18: Esperanca (Cecile Rousset, Jeanne Paturle and Benjamin Serero, 2019) and Home Is Somewhere Else (Jorge Villalobos and Carlos Hagerman, 2022), post-screening discussion 5-8 p.m. Sept. 26, Chèche Lavi (Sam Ellison), 2019,…

A film series documenting the refugee and immigrant experience from a global to local perspective funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. All events will be held in Willet Auditorium. 6-8 p.m. Sept. 12: The Facility (Seth Freed Wessler, 2021), post-screening discussion with director Seth Freed Wessler 5:30-8 p.m. Sept. 18: Esperanca (Cecile Rousset, Jeanne Paturle and Benjamin Serero, 2019) and Home Is Somewhere Else (Jorge Villalobos and Carlos Hagerman, 2022), post-screening discussion 5-8 p.m. Sept. 26, Chèche Lavi (Sam Ellison), 2019,…

A film series documenting the refugee and immigrant experience from a global to local perspective funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. All events will be held in Willet Auditorium. 6-8 p.m. Sept. 12: The Facility (Seth Freed Wessler, 2021), post-screening discussion with director Seth Freed Wessler 5:30-8 p.m. Sept. 18: Esperanca (Cecile Rousset, Jeanne Paturle and Benjamin Serero, 2019) and Home Is Somewhere Else (Jorge Villalobos and Carlos Hagerman, 2022), post-screening discussion 5-8 p.m. Sept. 26, Chèche Lavi (Sam Ellison), 2019,…

Want to learn how to make effective changes in politics and community life? Join us for Dignity in Activism with Senator Kim Jackson on Thursday, October 17th at 6pm in Willet Auditorium. Senator Jackson is the first LGBTQ member of Georgia's General Assembly and is an Episcopal priest serving the unhoused community in downtown Atlanta. UKirk and Episcopal Lutheran Fellowship invite all who are interested to join us for an engaging conversation with Senator Jackson. Free pizza provided.

Confused about student research? Unsure about graduate school? Join Mercer Neuroscience Organization and the Psychology Club for a Q&A panel with Mercer's neuroscience and psychology faculty in Willet Auditorium on October 21st at 5pm! Refreshments will be provided.

Please join us to hear from Mercer's faculty and staff who identify as first generation college students. We highly encourage first generation college students to attend this event. Registration is required for this event.