MMU announces Scot Reisinger as dean of adult programs
Mount Mercy University is pleased to announce the appointment of Scot Reisinger, current director of athletics, as dean of adult programs. Reisinger was the successful candidate following a national...
View ArticleEnactus helps Farmers' Market vendors improve business through consultation
Mount Mercy University’s Enactus team will head to the Aug. 15 Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers’ Market, but not for the fresh produce or handmade crafts. The group will partner with community leaders and...
View ArticleWelcome, Father Tony!
Mount Mercy University is excited to announce Rev. Anthony Adawu (lovingly known as Father Tony) has arrived on campus and is prepared to begin full-time chaplain duties immediately. Father Tony will...
View ArticleMMU and EA partner to assimilate students to service and Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy University and Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance are partnering on Aug. 25 for Service Day, a day dedicated to helping students assimilate to the Cedar Rapids area as well as the...
View ArticleMMU celebrates record enrollment numbers
Mount Mercy University began its 2015-16 academic year today with the largest enrollment in the university’s nearly 90 year history—an estimated total of 1,857 students. The fall 2015 student body is...
View ArticleMMU reflects on Vietnam War with Fall Faculty Series
Mount Mercy University invites the community to be a part of Stories We Tell: Legacies of the Vietnam War, a three-month series focused on the history and legacy of the Vietnam War.“This year is both...
View ArticleEmergency responders visit MMU to ensure student comfort
Mount Mercy University’s Office of Public Safety and Criminal Justice Club will hold an Emergency Responder Meet and Greet for the campus community on Sept. 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students, faculty...
View ArticleU.S. News & World Report ranks MMU in top 20 Best Regional Colleges for...
The 2016 edition of U.S. News & World ReportBest College Rankings has named Mount Mercy University a top 20 Best Regional College for Veterans and top 25 Best Regional College in the Midwest.U.S....
View ArticleMMUPostSecret aims to open difficult conversations
Mount Mercy will kick off MMUPostSecret, a campus-wide creative project, on Friday, Sept. 11, from 4-7 p.m. in Betty Cherry Hall.The project is in line with PostSecret, an ongoing national art project...
View ArticleThe Moving Wall set to be displayed at MMU
The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall located in Washington, D.C., will be on display at Mount Mercy University from 5 p.m., Sept. 17, to noon, Sept. 21.An opening...
View ArticleAlumni Reunion Weekend celebrates alumni achievements
Mount Mercy University will welcome alumni back to campus for Alumni Reunion Weekend, Sept. 18–20.The weekend is designed to celebrate the campus community that was once home to alumni. Various events...
View ArticleMMU celebrates Constitution Day
Constitution day is Thursday, September 17. In honor of our American heritage, Mount Mercy pauses to reflect on the rights and privileges we all enjoy - including the Bill of Rights, considered the...
View ArticleMMU celebrates founding sister with week of events
Mount Mercy University will take time to celebrate the Catholic heritage of the university and Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, during Mercy and Mission Week, Sept. 20-26.The...
View ArticleWe Are MOUNDVIEW cleanup project brings neighborhood together
On Sunday, Sept. 27, volunteers from the Mound View Neighborhood Association, Coe College and Mount Mercy University will gather in Central Park at 16th Street NE and B Avenue NE from 1 until 3 p.m. to...
View ArticleRegistration for Live2Lead leadership conference still open
Mount Mercy University's CRST International Graduate Center has been selected, for the second year in a row, to host John Maxwell’s powerful Live2Lead simulcast leadership conference on Oct. 9., 7:45...
View ArticleFresh Start Prison Ministry hopes to raise $12,000 with on-campus concert
Mount Mercy University will host a benefit concert to raise money for Fresh Start Prison Ministry on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Mount Mercy’s Chapel of Mercy.The concert will feature Mount Mercy’s...
View ArticleVeterans Lounge updates include comforts of home
Mount Mercy University’s Veterans Lounge was given a much-needed facelift thanks to a generous donation from Dean Kent ’79 and his wife, Shirley.Mount Mercy has 60 students who identify as veterans,...
View ArticleCHINA Town Hall telecast to explore complex China/U.S. relationship
The Eastern Iowa Chapter of the International Traders of Iowa (ITI) and Mount Mercy University will host “CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections,” a telecast panel and presentation...
View ArticleJournalist, poet Anne-Marie Cusac to speak at MMU, Oct. 7
Mount Mercy University will welcome award-winning writer and journalist Anne-Marie Cusac to speak on Oct. 7 in Flaherty Community Room, Basile Hall. Cusac will discuss topics related to social justice...
View ArticleVisions of Courage exhibit to feature stories, artifacts of Vietnam Era
Visions of Courage: the Legacy of Vietnam, an exhibit featuring personal accounts of events during the Vietnam Era, will open Oct. 6 with a reception from 4–6 p.m. at Mount Mercy University’s Janalyn...
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