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We’ve been teaching, creating and serving for more than 185 years. Mission and Vision Pressing the escape key closes the caption Facts and Figures By the Numbers Mercer University remains one of America’s oldest and most distinctive institutions of higher learning. View all 8,759 Total student enrollment 1,892 Faculty and staff members 56 Countries that students are from View all Our Traditions From school colors to annual events, Mercer is packed with proud traditions that have made the University what it is today. View All Mercer News: What’s happening on campus View All 1.30.2020 Community Engagement 16th Annual Beloved Community Symposium to Feature Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil of Seattle Pacific University 1.30.2020 Innovation Classroom Spotlight: Mercer students traveling to Iowa, N.H. for first-hand look at presidential nomination process 1.29.2020 Engineering M.S.E. in Software Engineering Ranked No. 14 in Nation by Intelligent.com 1.28.2020 General Mercer Receives 2019 Tree Campus USA Recognition from Arbor Day Foundation 1.28.2020 Medicine School of Medicine Professor Dr. Gretchen Bentz Receives $424K NIH REAP Grant to Continue Research on Epstein-Barr Virus 1.27.2020 Medicine Mercer researchers make discovery that could lead to treatment for mono, other illnesses 1.27.2020 Liberal Arts and Sciences Seniors to Serve as Peace Corps Volunteers in Kosovo, Benin 1.24.2020 Law The Hon. W. Louis Sands to Serve as Mercer’s 2020 Founders’ Day Speaker 1.24.2020 Beyond the Bear Beyond The Bear: Josh Gaisser 1.23.2020 Business Mercer Debate Sweeps First-Place Awards at 50th Annual Great Salt Lake Invitational 1.22.2020 Engineering Senior Ariel Dornisch Named GSPE Engineering Student of the Year 1.21.2020 Medicine Mercer Medicine Now Offering Endocrinology Services with Dr. Candi Nobles-James “I’ve learned self-confidence since I’ve been at Mercer. Mercer has taught me that the world is a vast and complex place, and the courses I’ve taken have prepared me for an enriching life.” Jazmine Buckley, Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies, '18 Impact stories The Hallmarks of Our Institution Global Impact Mercer’s Enduring International Footprint Mercer launched Mercer On Mission in 2007, and more than a decade later, international service has become increasingly integral to the Mercer experience. Students and faculty carry the University’s mission far beyond the campus borders. View All Our History Our story begins in 1833 with a group of trailblazing Georgia Baptists, including our namesake Jesse Mercer. 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