Charlotte Dungan, Environmental Engineering, ' Mercer launched Mercer On Mission in , and more than a decade later, international service has become increasingly integral to the Mercer experience. Our story begins in with a group of trailblazing Georgia Baptists, including our namesake Jesse Mercer.
Our Traditions. View All. Mercer News:. People Combat veterans may face mental health challenges. Mercer News Mercer sets enrollment record for 15th consecutive year. People Mercer alumna studies culture as an anthropologist in the Federated States of Micronesia. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Mercer University is a comprehensive university with major campuses in Macon and Atlanta and regional academic centers in Douglas County, Eastman, Henry County, and Macon.
Tarver graduated from Mercer University in , with a degree in journalism. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. Penfield Baptist Church, pictured in the s, was built in as the chapel for Mercer University in Penfield. The university gave the chapel to Penfield Baptist Church in , when the campus moved to Macon.
Courtesy of Georgia Archives , Vanishing Georgia, grn View on partner site. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. In , when the citizens of Macon pledged support to the university, school administrators decided against moving the campus to Atlanta.
View on source site. Members of the Baptist association at Mercer University gather on the school's former grounds in Penfield, circa The college was founded in Penfield in with a gift from the Georgia Baptist Convention. In the campus moved to Macon, where it remains today. The University Center at Mercer University in Macon offers a fitness center, a swimming pool, and an arena for sporting events and concerts.
The center also includes a bookstore and dining facilities. Author J. Bryant , Mercer University. Originally published Dec 1, Last edited May 11, A private institution founded on Baptist principles, Mercer offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in liberal learning and professional disciplines and is the second largest Baptist-affiliated institution in the world Jack Tarver Library Courtesy of Mercer University.
Mercer University Image from Brandon Dolley. Article Feedback Why are you reaching out to us? Share this Article. Facebook Twitter Email. Share this Snippet. Star Featured Content. Hank Aaron Baseball. Homecoming Week begins with a variety of student activities and culminates over the weekend with a pep rally, fireworks, special events for alumni and friends, awards and the Homecoming football game. Founders' Day remained a significant annual event for Mercer for the next 40 to 50 years and had different formats, ranging from political events attended by state governors to all-day historic celebrations.
Interest began to fade in the s, and the event had been removed from the University calendar by the late s. Now, a prominent Mercerian is invited back to the University each year to share how Mercer has influenced his or her life.
This holiday tradition, hosted by the Student Government Association, annually draws more than students as well as faculty, staff and their families to Willingham Hall or the grounds outside it. The Mercer Singers lead the audience in carols, the University Minister offers a Christmas meditation, and a faculty member entertains the audience with a traditional Christmas reading.
The event concludes with the lighting of the Mercer Christmas tree and the serving of cookies and hot chocolate. According to the late Steadman Vincent Sanford, a Mercer graduate and former chancellor of the University of Georgia, the Bears reference originated in the first football game played between Mercer and Georgia in In those days, athletes wore long hair and sported handlebar mustaches.
Students assigned the name Tot to the female bear mascot. Forward ever be thy watchword, Conquer and prevail. Hail to thee, O Alma Mater! Mercer, hail, all hail. Come all ye loyal sons and daughters, Ring out the victory song! The Orange and Black is proudly flying, Like a sign high in the sky! That leads us on in triumph, For Mercer we will live and die! In scholarship, when put to the test, she is the very best!
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