Dr. Priscilla R. Danheiser, Dean of Mercer University College of Professional Advancement and Col. Brian R. Moore, Commander, cordially invite you to attend the recognition ceremony for the Mercer Certificate in Leadership Development.

New Faculty Orientation

This is the President's 2019 Fall Faculty Dinner, which takes place with full-time faculty after the Fall Faculty Meeting.

Emeriti Luncheon

The Mercer University Center for Career and Professional Development is proud to present the Pre-Career Expo Networking Night. During this event, you will be able to meet with a select group of company recruiters to fine-tune your networking skills in a low-stress environment. This is a perfect warm-up event before the Fall 2019 Career Expo which will be held Wednesday, Sept. 25. Professional dress is suggested. Students and alumni should come prepared with several copies of their resume. Please contact…

The Spencer B. King, Jr., Center for Southern Studies presents Dr. Jon Sensbach as this year's Lamar Lecturer. The series will be called "Dream, Tremble, Fly: Slavery and Sacred Experience in the Revolutionary South" and has three lectures on held on the following dates: Monday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. - Dream: "Christ Which was represented Black" Monday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. - Tremble: Divine Sensation and the Middle Passage Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. - Fly: Transported…

The Spencer B. King, Jr., Center for Southern Studies presents Dr. Jon Sensbach as this year's Lamar Lecturer. The series will be called "Dream, Tremble, Fly: Slavery and Sacred Experience in the Revolutionary South" and has three lectures on held on the following dates: Monday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. - Dream: "Christ Which was represented Black" Monday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. - Tremble: Divine Sensation and the Middle Passage Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. - Fly: Transported…

The Spencer B. King, Jr., Center for Southern Studies presents Dr. Jon Sensbach as this year's Lamar Lecturer. The series will be called "Dream, Tremble, Fly: Slavery and Sacred Experience in the Revolutionary South" and has three lectures on held on the following dates: Monday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. - Dream: "Christ Which was represented Black" Monday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. - Tremble: Divine Sensation and the Middle Passage Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. - Fly: Transported…

The Executive Forum, presented by BB&T The Honorable John Kasich 6:30 pm Presidents Dining Room University Center Invitation Only

If you could wave a magic wand and fix one thing, what would it be? This is the question Mercer students will be answering in their 5-minute pitches about their ideas to address real-world problems.

Our daily campus tour begins with an information session led by our admissions staff that provides a brief overview of Mercer, including the admissions process, academics, student life, and financial aid.

The Service Leadership Conference is an event that showcases numerous organizations throughout Macon that have volunteer opportunities available for any and all students. If you are looking for a way to get involved in the community, this is the event for you!

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.

The 7th Annual Pre-Health Gala is an event SNMA-MAPS holds in the Spring to give Mercer University undergraduate students who are interested in joining healthcare the opportunity to network with health professionals, residents, medical, and graduate students in a formal dinner setting at the President’s Dining Room. Here, we encourage students in their formative years at college to join us for an evening of recognition, inspiration, and enjoyment as they will get a chance to hear individuals from various stages…

The 7th Annual Pre-Health Gala is an event SNMA-MAPS holds in the Spring to give Mercer University undergraduate students who are interested in joining healthcare the opportunity to network with health professionals, residents, medical, and graduate students in a formal dinner setting at the President’s Dining Room. Here, we encourage students in their formative years at college to join us for an evening of recognition, inspiration, and enjoyment as they will get a chance to hear individuals from various stages…

The Mercer University Center for Career and Professional Development is proud to present the Pre-Career Expo Networking Night on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. The event will take place in the Presidents Dining Room in the University Center on the Macon Campus. During this event, you will be able to meet with a select group of company recruiters to fine-tune your networking skills in a low-stress environment. This is a perfect warm-up event before the Spring 2020 Career Expo which will…

"Keeping Our Sons Safe: Father-Son Communication for Preventing Violence Involvement and Victimization” Professor Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., MSW (‘77, CLAS) will present a lecture highlighting the findings of his Fathers and Sons Communication Study, a pilot dyad qualitative study that documents African American father involvement via the lens of father-son communication among 28 African American fathers (and father figures) and their adolescent sons (ages 13-20) in seven of Chicago's most disadvantaged neighborhoods and three suburban communities. Specifically, the study…

The Department of Sociology welcomes C. Shanelle Booker, J.D., Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, who will give a lecture on the Fourth Amendment. In particular, she will discuss how we, as members of modern society, balance the privacy protections of the Fourth Amendment with our voluntary use of smart devices and the transmission of this data through the internet, an essentially non-private place.

The History Department welcomes you to join us for Women In History, a panel discussion celebrating Women's History Month. Panelists are Dr. Anita Gustafson, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences & Professor of History, Dr. Sarah Gardner, University Distinguished Professor of History, and Dr. Abigail Dowling, Assistant Professor of History.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Zeta Chapter of Georgia will welcome Dr. Lynn Pasquerella to give the third annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 26-27 on the Macon campus. Dr. Pasquerella, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and president of Phi Beta Kappa Society, will present three lectures on the theme “What We Value” in the Presidents Dining Room in the University Center on Mercer’s Macon campus. Dr.…

The Lamar Lecture series, made possible by the bequest of the late Dorothy Blount Lamar, began in 1957. The series promotes the permanent preservation of Southern culture, history, and literature, and it is recognized as the most important lecture series on Southern history and literature in the United States. The University of Georgia Press publishes The Lamar Lecture Series. Scott Romine, a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will deliver the 2020 lecture.

The Lamar Lecture series, made possible by the bequest of the late Dorothy Blount Lamar, began in 1957. The series promotes the permanent preservation of Southern culture, history, and literature, and it is recognized as the most important lecture series on Southern history and literature in the United States. The University of Georgia Press publishes The Lamar Lecture Series. Scott Romine, a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will deliver the 2020 lecture.

The Lamar Lecture series, made possible by the bequest of the late Dorothy Blount Lamar, began in 1957. The series promotes the permanent preservation of Southern culture, history, and literature, and it is recognized as the most important lecture series on Southern history and literature in the United States. The University of Georgia Press publishes The Lamar Lecture Series. Scott Romine, a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will deliver the 2020 lecture.

The Minority Mentor Program (MMP) would like to invite you to participate in the Annual Minority Student Success Conference. The Minority Student Success Conference (MSSC) is an annual event sponsored by the Minority Mentor Program in collaboration with the Minority Student Success Committee. Every February, first and second-year Mercerians are invited to partake in a conference to enjoy a keynote speaker and panel discussion followed by a scholarship presentation. Topics addressed at this event include: academic success, financial literacy, mental…

Mercer University’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives is hosting a virtual event on March 31, 2021, 6:30 p.m-8:30 p.m. featuring the first African American Mayor of Montgomery, AL, Mayor Steven L. Reed and his wife, Tamika Reed, Esq., an attorney and the first female Investment Banker in the state of Alabama. Our event is entitled, “The Rise of the New Montgomery: Politics, Race, and Economics.” Along with March being Women’s History Month, it also marks the 56th anniversary of…

2021 Emeriti Faculty Luncheon

Lamar Lectures feature an outstanding scholar who examines the American South. Alternating between historians and literary scholars, the lectures highlight the complicated nature of the region. Our lecturer this year is Dr. Fitz Brundage, Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Mercer University’s Creative Writing Program will host a reading by award-winning poet Charlotte Pence Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. in the Presidents Dining Room inside the University Center on the Macon campus. The event, free and open to the public, will include poetry from Pence’s new book, Code, which received the 2020 Book of the Year award from Alabama Poetry Society and was a finalist for Foreword Reviews Indie Poetry Book of 2020.

Executive Forum speaker Mark Moraitakis

Sunrise with Susie

The Minority Student Success Conference (MSSC) is an annual event sponsored by the Minority Mentor Program in collaboration with the Minority Student Success Committee. Every February, first and second year Mercerians are invited to partake in a conference to enjoy a keynote speaker and panel discussion followed by a scholarship presentation. Topics addressed at this event include: academic success, financial literacy, mental health & self-care, campus resources, connecting with faculty and more! A number of scholarships are awarded to attendees…

What international students need to know about filing taxes in the United States.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Zeta Chapter of Georgia at Mercer University will host the fifth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 24-25 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus. Dr. Andrew Delbanco, Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University and president of the Teagle Foundation, will present three lectures on the theme “What Do Our Colleges and Universities Owe to Black Americans?” All lectures are free and…

Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2022 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to renowned poet, professor and author Nikky Finney. The prize will be presented April 23 at 1 p.m. in the Presidents Dining Room inside the University Center on the Macon campus. “Words come and go. But the word that remains the great shark in the Atlantic Ocean, that is my life, is the word ‘Southerner.’ This word that fits and…

Sams Distinguished Writer in Residence Rose McLarney, the Enflish Department, and Creative Writing at Mercer present a free reading by student poets in the Sams Writing Workshop (April 26, 7 p.m.) in the President's Dining Room of the University Center. Rose McLarney's poetry collections are Forage and Its Day Being Gone, from Penguin Poets, and The Always Broken Plates of Mountains, published by Four Way Books. She is co-editor of A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, from University of…

Join us for a FREE event on the maternal health and education to include discussions on racial disparities and inequities. Presidents Dinning Room-University Center! Topics include unconscious bias, the history of structural racism in healthcare and addressing community solutions. Join us for networking, presentations, Q&A panel of experts and a special viewing of Toxic: A Black Woman's Story. RSVP: rsvpmacon@atriumhealth.org

Mercer University's 17th Annual Building the Beloved Community Symposium welcomes Daniel Hill, pastor of Chicago's River City Community Church and author of White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White. The symposium gathers members of the community and faculty, staff, and students across racial and denominational lines to work toward racial justice and reconciliation as a part of their faith. This year's theme: What is my responsibility for racial justice and healing?

Mercer University's 17th Annual Building the Beloved Community Symposium welcomes Daniel Hill, pastor of Chicago's River City Community Church and author of White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White. The symposium gathers members of the community and faculty, staff, and students across racial and denominational lines to work toward racial justice and reconciliation as a part of their faith. This year's theme: What is my responsibility for racial justice and healing?

This unique networking event will allow students to practice interviewing skills and learn more about 20+ of the top accounting firms. Event format: 5:30-6:30 p.m. — Mock interviews in a speed dating format with firm representatives 6:30-7:30 p.m. — Networking and light appetizers Event details: Students will be required to give an approved elevator pitch/brand statement to enter the event. Professional attire is required; no khakis or polos. Students are encouraged to participate in the SHSB Accounting Resume Review- FA…

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…

Mercer English and Creative Writing Professor James Davis May will launch his new poetry collection Unusually Grand Ideas with a reading and book-signing in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center. Join us for an evening of poetry and discover why National Book Award-winner Mark Doty described Unusually Grand Ideas as "wrenching, genuine, and superb."

Networking with the CEL is an informal drop-in event dedicated to forming new academic relationships. Faculty presenters will showcase their interests and skills via posters that will spark conversations about high-impact practices, travel experiences, course ideas, and much more. Light refreshments will be provided. This event is open to all Mercer faculty, staff, and community partners. Registration is encouraged not required. Learn more about this upcoming event by visiting https://cel.mercer.edu/upcoming-events/.

District Attorney Anita Howard, Out of Darkness Middle Georgia, and Mercer's Traffick Jam are partnering to bring Central Georgia leaders and professionals together for a symposium and discussion on how to help end human trafficking in our community. Please join us for this informative event.

The Spencer B. King, Jr., Center for Southern Studies is hosting a symposium on cotton modernity. This symposium brings together many of the nation’s most prominent scholars of the culture of cotton, who will explain how cotton continued to define the socioeconomic culture of the South for the century after the Civil War. Historians, literary critics, and cultural scholars will discuss how cotton affected southern life from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first century in agriculture, politics, labor, music,…

“Roberts Academy: Empowering Kids with Dyslexia” 6-7:30 p.m. March 23 Presidents Dining Room, University Center Mercer University, Macon The new Roberts Academy at Mercer University will prepare students with dyslexia to achieve academic success. Expected to open in fall 2024, Roberts Academy initially will serve as many as 90 students in second through fifth grades. You're invited to learn more about this unique opportunity for Middle Georgia children. This event is free and open to the public. Speakers Dr. Thomas…

Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2023 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to renowned novelist and storyteller Percival Everett. The prize will be presented at 1 p.m. March 25 in the Presidents Dining Room inside the University Center on the Macon campus. Everett will read from his work and will be available to sign copies of his books. The event is free and open to the public.

This is a full day of training about perinatal mental health, with a module focusing on pharmacotherapy in perinatal women. This training includes topics that MUSM medical students and providers have requested. Given Georgia's high maternal mortality rate, this is a timely and very relevant offering to students, faculty, perinatal providers, and other health care workforce members.

Student Panel: (4:15 pm, April 17, 2023) 4:15-5:30pm in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center

Opening Lecture: (6:00pm, April 17, 2023) John T. Scott (Political Science, UC Davis) "Rousseau's Freedom: Phenomenological, not Metaphysical" 6:00pm in the Presidents Dining Room in the University Center

Panel I: Rousseau on Human Being (9:00am, April 18, 2023) 9:00-10:30am in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center Arthur Melzer (Political Science, Michigan State University) "The Natural Weakness of Man" Emma Planinc (Political Science, Notre Dame) "Pride Goes Before Destruction: On the Use of Orgueil in Rousseau's Second Discourse" Samuel Stoner (Philosophy, Assumption University) "Rousseau on the Origin of Ideas and the Nature of Human Thinking"

Panel II: Rousseau on Government and Citizenship (10:45 am, 4/18) 10:45am-12:15pm in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center Flora Champy (French, Princeton University) "Rousseau, a Philosopher of Government" Daniel Cullen (Philosophy, Rhodes College) "Rousseau's Conservative Radicalism" Denise Schaeffer (Political Science, College of the Holy Cross) "Travel as Education: Toward Philosophy and Citizenship in Rousseau's Emile"

Panel III: Rousseau's Reveries (4:00pm, April 18, 2023) 4:00-5:30pm in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center Laurence Cooper (Political Science, Carleton College) "The Philosopher as Natural Man" Eve Grace (Political Science, Colorado College) "Solon's Saying" Christine Dunn Henderson (Political Science, SMU) "Rousseau's Reveries: On the Condition of Women"

Closing Lecture (6:00pm, April 18, 2023) Christopher Kelly (Political Science, Boston College) "Misunderstanding Rousseau: The Enigmas of Rousseau: Judge of Jean-Jacques" 6:00pm in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center

The first in the McDonald Center lecture series, join Dr. Susan Hanssen for a lecture on George Washington and Patriotism.

Emeriti Faculty Luncheon Presidents Dining Room 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Sept. 15

Dr. Heather Williams will lead a series of three lectures on "Writing Histories of 19th Century African Americans." All lectures will be held in the Presidents Dining Room in the University Center on Mercer University's Macon campus. The first lecture, “A Modicum of Freedom: Maria Lea’s Life in 1840's Mississippi,” will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 2. The second lecture, “I Thought When I was Free, They Were Free: Claiming Children After Slavery," will be held at 6 p.m.…

Dr. Heather Williams will lead a series of three lectures on "Writing Histories of 19th Century African Americans." All lectures will be held in the Presidents Dining Room in the University Center on Mercer University's Macon campus. The first lecture, “A Modicum of Freedom: Maria Lea’s Life in 1840's Mississippi,” will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 2. The second lecture, “I Thought When I was Free, They Were Free: Claiming Children After Slavery," will be held at 6 p.m.…

Dr. Heather Williams will lead a series of three lectures on "Writing Histories of 19th Century African Americans." All lectures will be held in the Presidents Dining Room in the University Center on Mercer University's Macon campus. The first lecture, “A Modicum of Freedom: Maria Lea’s Life in 1840's Mississippi,” will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 2. The second lecture, “I Thought When I was Free, They Were Free: Claiming Children After Slavery," will be held at 6 p.m.…

Join Dr. Jerome Foss for a lecture on what the work of writer Flannery O'Connor can teach about American democracy.

Georgia Blues Music Influence on the American South regarding Georgia blues music tradition with Jontavious Willis, Piedmont Bluz artists Valerie and Bendict Turner and Georgia Folklorist Fred Fussell Free and open to the public

"Big Eighty Left Savannah:" Blues Tradition in a Modern Context with Jontavious Willis

8th Annual Alumni and Friends Awards Reception and Dinner 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. • Presidents Dining Room, University • $35 Our 8th Annual Alumni and Friends Awards Dinner will honor our Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees, and recipients of the Alumni by Choice, Meritorious Service, Distinguished Alumnus, and Young Alumnus awards. Pre-registration is required; reception begins at 6:00 p.m., and dinner and program begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.

Roberts Academy at Mercer University is launching its Speaker Series with Malcolm Mitchell on Tuesday, Jan. 23, from 5:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in the Presidents Dining Room in the University Center on the Macon campus. “Overcoming Reading Challenges – Stories of Success” is a free program presented by Roberts Academy, a transitional school for children with dyslexia. Learn more.

Join the Mercer Minority Association of Premed Students at our 2024 SNMA Region IV Medical Education Conference and Premedical Conference on February 2nd-3rd! This year's theme will be “L.E.G.A.C.Y.: Leading, Empowering, Growing, And Cultivating Young Physicians IV the Culture ” and will be held in the Presidential Dining room. The conference offers both medical and premedical students the chance to attend educational seminars, personal and professional development workshops, and networking events with medical professionals. Undergraduates sign up here! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRClawsNVT6MEyVF69IA9cnT4epaPqSOfPiID5CJDxSXu7ww/viewform

Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2024 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to former Poet Laureate of the United States Rita Dove on February 23 at 6 p.m. in the University’s Presidents Dining Room.

Come join Minorities in Business for our 2nd annual etiquette dinner. Learn more about social etiquette and networking while enjoying a free meal. This event is open to all Mercer students. Hope to see you there!

Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, president of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, will deliver the sixth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 21-22 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus on the theme “Discovering Where Love Leads.” “Leading from the Margins”: Thursday, March 21, at 11:00 a.m. President Hinton will share her journey of becoming a college president, a journey marked by marginalization, and how and why being from the margins…

Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, president of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, will deliver the sixth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 21-22 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus on the theme “Discovering Where Love Leads.” “Leading from the Margins”: Thursday, March 21, at 11:00 a.m. President Hinton will share her journey of becoming a college president, a journey marked by marginalization, and how and why being from the margins…

Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, president of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, will deliver the sixth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 21-22 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus on the theme “Discovering Where Love Leads.” “Leading from the Margins”: Thursday, March 21, at 11:00 a.m. President Hinton will share her journey of becoming a college president, a journey marked by marginalization, and how and why being from the margins…

SGA will be hosting a student body networking event on March 26th. The event is meant for students to create connections with other students within your major/field. There will be a resume building table for those looking to improve their resume or receive feedback on it. Food and drinks will be provided. There will be a North Face backpack giveaway. This is a professional event & the attire is business casual.

Mercer University’s Thomas C. and Ramona E. McDonald Center for America’s Founding Principles will host its 11th A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas focusing on the plays of William Shakespeare, specifically on issues of political philosophy. The conference is April 15-16 on the Macon campus. The conference is free and open to the public.