Dozens of schools across the southeast have gone into lockdown in the past two weeks in response to reports of active threats.Mercer University notified students and faculty of a potential active threat on campus on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Central Georgia Technical College received a similar call a day ...
The Mercer Running Club hosted its first annual Milk Mile race in front of the Mary Erin Porter residence hall on Saturday, August 30 to raise funds for the young club. While the run had to be postponed from early Saturday morning to around noon due to rain, participants still showed up for the lactose-laden ...
Mercer students, faculty and alumni gathered on Black Field on Saturday, Sept. 30, for the first tailgate of the season as the Bears prepared to face Presbyterian College.The first home game of the season is a tradition for students as freshmen experienced the excitement of their new college football ...
The Mercer Maniacs hosted a paint up event last Saturday, August 30, in support of the football team before their home opener against Presbyterian College.The club, founded in 2012 as Hoffman's Hooligans, painted up willing participants during the tailgate on Black Field. Participants could opt ...
A revamped Roberts Hall opened its doors once again to new residents this August after being closed during the 2024-2025 school year for extensive renovations.In August 2024, Mercer's Housing and Residence Life decided to close down the freshmen residence hall because the incoming freshmen class ...
QuadWorks kicked off Labor Day weekend with WaterWorks, a summer-themed event on Cruz Plaza on Friday, Aug. 29. Students enjoyed inflatable water slides, a photo booth, water guns and free shaved ice.Organizers anticipated 100 to 200 attendees, but nearly 200 students filled the plaza within the first ...
Mercer police reported an "active threat" on Macon's campus at 12:15 PM on Aug. 27, 2025. By 1:25 PM, Mercer police ended the shelter-in-place orders.
Mercer Athletics and Macon-Bibb County announced on Tuesday that the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC will use Macon as its base camp leading up to the 2025 Club World Cup, which starts in mid-June.Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller heralded the news as a boon for the county and highlighted ...
The university announced Friday that President William D. Underwood intends to step down from his position at Mercer and return to teaching in 2026. A committee to determine the university's 19th president will be formed in the coming days, according to the university, and led by Board of Trustees Chair Thomas Bishop, a former executive at Southern Company.
Acknowledgement of student research into the history of Mercer's LGBTQ+ community and the university's long relationship with the Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC) has been removed from The Den, Mercer's media outlet, according to one of its authors, Bekhem Mohn '25.
The Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society’s Zeta chapter at Mercer hosted the fifth-annual Malcolm Lester Lectures last Monday and Tuesday in the President’s Dining Hall.
Bearstock 2025 started and ended with a bang as hundreds of Mercerians gathered on Cruz plaza for springtime fun, food and music.
The fifth annual BearFest celebration, previously known until this year as Diversity Day, was held Friday, March 28, on Cruz Plaza. BearFest allows students, student-led organizations and local diversity-focused collectives and groups to showcase their clubs and celebrate diversity on the Mercer campus.
Mercer's second annual Fresh Check Day checked in with Mercer students on Cruz Plaza on March 26, bringing with it opportunities to talk about mental health.
The Connell Student Center was home to the second-annual French Bowl on Thursday, March 20, where students from local high schools, Wesleyan College and Mercer met for a competition testing their pedigree with the French language and culture.
Alisha Mitchell '26 and Callie Lowery '26 won the nomination for the 2025-2026 presidential and vice presidential student government association election on March 20, resulting in cheers and claps as current SGA president Dalton Loyd '25 unfurled a sign in the Connell Student Center, announcing the pair's success.
Bearstock, Mercer's annual spring music festival, will take place March 29 and feature performaces from DJ "OHNOHEDIDNT," Mothafunka and Neon Trees.
While the Mercer University Botanical Society is still a seedling of a student organization, it has plans to reach its tendrils across Mercer and Macon.
Mercer announced the next location for its School of Medicine, which is currently on the southeast corner of the Macon campus, on Thursday, Feb. 27. The new location will face the Ocmulgee River, along Riverside Drive, between Second Street and Spring Street.The land is currently not developed, according ...
Members of the Mercer community gathered for a memorial service in Toney Auditorium on Feb. 19 to honor the memory and legacy of Mercer University Provost and Professor of Chemistry D. Scott Davis, who passed away from an apparent heart attack on Feb. 9 at the age of 61.
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