Starting this September Mercer will be shortening its semesters from 16 to 15 weeks in length and adding a new three week winter semester in January. There will be no longer a finals week. Mercer has currently a 15 week class schedule and an additional week for testing.
Starting this September Mercer will be shortening its semesters from 16 to 15 weeks in length and adding a new three week winter semester in January. There will be no longer a finals week. Mercer has currently a 15 week class schedule and an additional week for testing.
The fate of Mercer's award winning Aviation Program remains unclear. Students, faculty, and members of the public came out to show their support of the program at the February 19 board of trustees meeting. Although the program has faced termination for more than a year, the board still did not vote to end it.
Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found in the men's bathrooms in three buildings on campus. Someone wrote the phrase "What about the good things Hitler did?" in a stall in the men's bathroom in the front entrance of the FA building. Other messages found include swastikas, Satanic Pentagrams, and Nazi salutes.
Last semester Mercer installed a new print card vending machine which allows students to purchase a card for $.50 cents to which more money can be added. The cards must be used to print documents in all campus computer labs. Many students complain that the new card system is inconvenient.