Almost by accident, a Mercer University professor invented an instrument that may lead to an inexpensive early-warning device for earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis for use in homes or businesses.
Violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, who serves as director of Mercer University's Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, was one of four featured performers on the recording of Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin, which was honored Sunday night with a Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble.
Faculty and graduate students from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Mercer University's College of Pharmacy made a total of 24 presentations at the annual meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS), Nov. 2-6, in San Diego.
MACON – McEachern Art Center (the MAC) will present a series of diptych photographs by Stephanie Sutton that aims to tell a story about...
Mercer University’s Associate Director of Engaged Learning Lauren Shinholster and her Visionary Student Panel (VSP) program have been selected for Campus Compact’s Excellence in Civic and Community Engagement Programming Award.
W. Homer Drake, Jr., CLA '54, LAW '56, was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award during Mercer's Homecoming. This award is given to an alumnus/alumna of Mercer University...
(MACON) Mercer University has awarded an honorary Doctor of Commerce degree to Joseph Hillman Harvey Jr., vice chairman emeritus of Harveys supermarkets, in recognition of his outstanding leadership in the grocery industry and dedicated service to his community. The presentation was made during the University's commencement on May 9 in the Macon Coliseum, with an estimated 6,000 graduates and guests in attendance.
Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey presented Mr. Harvey with a diploma, and Mr. James Bishop, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mercer University, assisted with the hooding.
The respected business leader began his career at age five, dispensing iced sodas from atop a stack of empty crates at his father's grocery store. At age nine, he began working daily at the store and did so until high school graduation. Even at this early age, he began building customer relationships that would last a lifetime.
Following his college studies, which included Mercer...
In a two-hour service of worship and celebration in the Bradley and Carolyn Brown Fellowship Chapel on the campus of the Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary (LBTS) on March 13, the Rev. Dr. Richard Francis Wilson became the school's sixth president since 1976.
MACON – Mercer University’s debate team began the 2018-2019 season at the Georgia B. Bowman Invitational Sept. 14-16 at William Jewell College in Liberty,...
MACON-Walter Homer Drake Jr., United States bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of Georgia, was honored by the Mercer University Law School as the recipient of the 2003 Outstanding Alumnus Award. Drake is a double graduate of Mercer, earning his bachelor of arts degree in 1954 and his law degree in 1956.
