Offices & Departments
This office awards students with federal funding each year and handles things like Pell Grant and Federal Loans.
What is Office of Financial Planning (financial aid)?
Mercer University, one of the oldest private universities in Georgia, houses this many colleges and schools.
What is 12?
Elected Mercer's 19th president, this former teacher became the first female president of Mercer University.
Who is Dr. Penny L. Elkins?
This is the name of Mercer’s male bear mascot.
Toby
This Mercer alumna became nationally known as a prosecutor, legal commentator and host of a television program bearing her name.
Nancy Grace
This office processes transcript requests, diplomas, add/drop forms and processes transfer credit for students.
In this year, Mercer was founded in a town called Penfield, Georgia.
What is 1833?
This senior leader oversees enrollment management, including admissions, Student Success and student financial planning.
Dr. Maria Hammett
Before becoming the Bears, Mercer’s teams were known by this religious nickname.
the Baptists
This Double Bear served as Georgia’s 82nd governor after representing the state in Congress.
Nathan Deal
This office is often mistaken for ours, and receives requests for assistance for students just because of their location.
Residential Student Success or RUG Student Success
This was the year Mercer University opened its Henry County Regional Academic Center in McDonough.
2003
Before becoming Mercer’s provost, Dr. Lisa Lundquist was the founding dean of this college.
College of Health Professions
Now housed among Mercer’s historical collections, this piece of furniture once belonged to the Baptist minister for whom the University was named.
Jesse Mercer’s desk
Mercer alumnus Bill Yoast’s coaching career was made famous through this film about the integration of a Virginia high school football team.
Remember the Titans
This office boasts that they have over 1 million digital resources
Library Services
Mercer was the only college in Georgia to remain open throughout this major 19th-century conflict.
War Between the States, the War of the Rebellion, the War for Southern Independence, or the War of Northern Aggression
Before choosing Mercer as a student, President Penny Elkins was accepted to this Ivy League university.
Princeton University
When Mercer opened, students were required to provide these three necessities themselves.
bedding, candles and furniture
While working for Western Union in 1933, Mercer graduate George P. Oslin invented this musical form of message delivery.
The singing telegram
Each semester, this Mercer center surveys degree completers to measure their career outcomes within six months of graduation.
Center for Career and Professional Development
Completed in 1874, Mercer’s Administration Building originally cost this amount to construct
$100,000
This current Cabinet member earned both his bachelor’s degree and law degree from Mercer before becoming the University’s general counsel.
Matthew R. Hall
In the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the No. 14-seeded Mercer Bears stunned No. 3 Duke by this final score.
78–71
Dr. Ed Roberts, a member of Mercer School of Medicine’s first graduating class, created this groundbreaking device.
The Altair 8800 personal computer