Mercer University is one of America's most established and most unmistakable foundations of higher learning, offering thorough projects that traverse the undergrad human sciences to doctoral level degrees. Established by mid nineteenth century Baptists, Mercer while no more formally denominationally associated stays focused on an instructive situation that grasps the notable Baptist standards of scholarly and religious opportunity, while attesting values that emerge from a Jude-Christian comprehension of the world.
With more than 8,500 understudies enlisted in 12 schools and universities on grounds in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah; three restorative school locales in Macon, Savannah and Columbus; and at three Regional Academic Centers around the state, Mercer is reliably positioned among the country's driving foundations by such distributions as U.S. News and World Report, which in 2014 named Mercer as the No. 1 Best Value in the South. Our more than 71,000 graduated class are making imperative commitments to their callings and groups all through Georgia, the Southeast and the world.
While offering an expansiveness of projects found at much bigger colleges, Mercer keeps up a cozy, understudy centered culture more normal for littler human sciences universities.
Mercer's uniqueness is found in the way the University incorporates five characterizing parts of its main goal:
Liberal Learning
The establishment of a Mercer instruction since 1833 has been liberal learning. By concentrating on the best that has been made and found in the sciences, expressions of the human experience, and the humanities, generously taught ladies and men figure out how to think for themselves and to look for brilliance. Liberal learning at Mercer connects with college understudies in exploration and grant, accentuates initiative and administration locally and globally, offers understudies bleeding edge interdisciplinary projects of study, and gives concentrated readiness to the callings. Liberal learning at Mercer is hands-on training for future initiative in the callings, in business, in broad daylight administration, and in our groups.
Proficient Knowledge
Mercer is a pioneer in furnishing understudies with the expert information they requirement for remunerating and fruitful livelihoods. Whether it is get ready undergrad aesthetic sciences understudies for cutting edge study or for vocations in an assortment of fields, or instructing future instructors and school heads, priests, performing specialists, lawyers, business visionaries, designers, doctors, and other human services experts through its expert schools and universities, Mercer offers a complete arrangement of very much respected instructive alternatives.
Community
Community has significance on two levels at Mercer inward and outside and in both the University exceeds expectations. At Mercer, understudies, workforce and staff identify with each other in a domain that rouses cooperation, backing and regard. Solid bonds are framed among personnel and understudies and between associates. This sort of group advances dynamic coaching and a work and study environment where individuals prosper.
The outer Community urban areas and neighborhoods where understudies, workforce and staff live and serve is additionally vital at Mercer. Whether it is putting resources into the renewal of noteworthy neighborhoods encompassing the Macon grounds, energizing monetary improvement in urban areas all through Georgia, or remaking groups in post-Apartheid South Africa, Mercer's commitments to groups are critical.
Over the previous decade, the University has earned various honors and national acknowledgment for group engagement. Mercer is one of just 361 schools and colleges in the nation to hold the Community Engagement order from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The order, initially recompensed in 2008, was restored for an additional 10 years in 2015. The University is reliably found on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, winning the acknowledgment in 2014, 2013 (with unique excellence), 2008, 2007 and 2006.