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Moody Musings: The importance of branding yourself on social media

March 2, 2019
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Moody Musings: Why we should all pay attention to love languages

February 11, 2019
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Moody Musings: What Inspires You? With Sagar Patel

January 29, 2019
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Moody Musings: What Inspires You? Featuring Grace Albright

November 30, 2018
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Moody Musings: Pushing through anxiety and doubt in college

November 5, 2018
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Moody Musings: Choose Joy

October 19, 2018
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Moody Musings: Fighting the academic plague

October 8, 2018
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Moody Musings: What’s so important about resilience?

September 20, 2018
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Moody Musings: Creating good habits that will make every day a good day

September 3, 2018
Adam Penland and Shruthi Vikraman's election platform included getting more funding for student organizations, making student government more transparent and fixing problems with course registration. Photo by Vikraman Lokasundaram.

SGA President and Vice President planning to do exactly as they promised

August 22, 2018
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Moody Musings: Being undeniably yourself

August 19, 2018
Conyers visited Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa while participating in the Cape Town Internship Program at Mercer.

Moody Musings: What Inspires You? With Sterling Conyers

April 20, 2018
The United Way of Central Georgia presented Mercer with the Lt. Randy Parker Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award. This award was unique because it was presented directly to the student body.

Mercer Student Body was awarded United Way of Central Georgia Volunteer of the Year Award

April 12, 2018
Mercer students celebrated a hump day on campus before spring break with camels on Cruz Plaza. How do you get over the hump of this semester? Revisit your goals and keep yourself interested.

Moody Musings: Getting over the hump

April 4, 2018
Moody Musings: The importance of practicing Mindfulness

Moody Musings: The importance of practicing Mindfulness

March 19, 2018
Moody Musings: How patience can help us better understand each other

Moody Musings: How patience can help us better understand each other

March 5, 2018
Junior chemistry major Perry Hicks wants to use her skills and her story to make the world a better place for others.

Moody Musings: What’s Inspires You? with Perry Hicks

February 12, 2018
The Greater Macon religious community is hosting a discussion on immigration

The Greater Macon religious community is hosting a discussion on immigration

February 9, 2018
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[PHOTO] Jay Sekulow delivers 2018 Founders’ Day address despite student opposition

February 7, 2018
Mercer Club Baseball player Noah Grant pitches in a game against Armstrong State in 2017.

Mercer’s Club Baseball team has plans to take off in their second year

February 4, 2018
Whether we know for sure this year is ours or not, there’s something about the change in month and numbers in the year that causes us to feel like we can do it. This feeling doesn’t necessarily have to go away either.

Moody Musings: Sustaining productive energy

January 29, 2018
Mercer is raising the bar with plans to grow their reputation as a research university. Their most recent investment: the $44 million Spearman C. Godsey Science Center. The four-story center opened to students on the first day of the semester, with 60 teaching and research labs, 46 offices and seven lecture rooms.

Mercer opens the doors to new opportunities with the Spearman C. Godsey Science Center

January 25, 2018
A lot of the times, we do know ourselves, but we let this knowledge get distorted from outside influences during situations when it’s most important. Don’t ignore what you know, what you want or prefer and don’t look past how you feel and react.

Moody Musings: Know yourself, know your worth

December 4, 2017
Jonathan Addleton, adjunct professor in the IGS department was recently appointed as the new director of the American Center for Mongolian Studies. He joined Mercer’s staff in January after serving in U.S. Foreign Service for over 30 years.

How Mercer students can benefit from the American Center of Mongolian Studies

November 8, 2017
Moody Musings: How to make time for everything you committed to

Moody Musings: How to make time for everything you committed to

November 8, 2017
Two Macon boxers practice.

Local boxing club makes students physically and mentally stronger

November 6, 2017
“If they’re not being used for that one purpose, then they’re going inactive and under utilized,” he said. “What our vision is is to demonstrate how public space can be a solution to activate those spaces at a low cost and a high impact.”

Junior Cole Porter receives Knight grant to host Garage PARKlet

November 1, 2017
Senior Kim Dangova was born in Vietnam and moved to the Czech Republic when she was 8 years old. After Mercer, Dangova plans to pursue her masters degree in Canada.

Moody Musings: What Inspires You? with Kim Tuyen Dangova

October 30, 2017

How do bears celebrate Halloween?

October 25, 2017
Spencer Ball didn’t start playing golf until his freshman year of high school. In his first season on the Mercer Golf Team, he has finished two tournaments in the Top 20.

Golfer Spencer Ball is starting the year off with a driving ambition

October 19, 2017
A Milledgeville farm sells their produce at the Macon Open Air Market.

Macon Open Air Market will host local artists and designers

October 17, 2017
The first step to learning how to take and use constructive criticism is recognizing that you always have room to grow.

Moody Musings: Taking Constructive Criticism

October 15, 2017
Mercer Pre-Medical, more commonly known as MerPMed, uses relationships with other disciplines to prepare their members for multiple aspects of their future medical school applications. The Executive Board of the organization is pictured.

[PHOTO] Mercer pre-medical organization incorporates professional skills to prepare pre-health undergrads

October 9, 2017
Professors Elaina Behounek and Laura Simon are in the process of starting a Sociology and Criminal Justice club on campus. The club is designed to have a focus in social justice.

Mercer to welcome a new Sociology and Criminal Justice club with a social justice focus

October 9, 2017
Moody Musings: Making connections and building professional relationships

Moody Musings: Making connections and building professional relationships

September 25, 2017
The Counseling and Psychological Services office is hosting a Suicide Awareness Week that will be dedicated to promoting education about suicide prevention, how to get help and how to help others who may be in distress. The purple and turquoise ribbon symbolizes suicide awareness and prevention.

CAPS office to host inaugural Suicide Awareness Week at Mercer

September 15, 2017
“There are so many things that point to what’s going on, and people shy away from it,” he said. “There are existing problems. There is proof of these existing problems, and nothing gets fixed.”

Mercer Artist: Tamar Thomas

September 13, 2017
Kyle Bligen speaks on what inspires him.

Moody Musings: “What Inspires You” with Kyle Bligen

September 12, 2017
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