04/07/2026
🌿 Exploring “Our South” at MGA 🌿
's 2026 Interdisciplinary Student Conference is set for April 8–10, bringing together students, faculty, and guest speakers to examine “Our South: Resources and Challenges in the Natural World.”
The three-day event will feature presentations from Mercer University professor Gordon Johnston, author of “Seven Islands of the Ocmulgee: River Stories,” and fiction writer Odessa Blaine, whose work draws on Appalachian lore and Southern culture.
Open to the public, the conference will also include student-led presentations and panel discussions spanning community health, art, literature, and the social sciences.
https://www.mga.edu/arts-letters/events/interdisciplinary-conference.php