A Mercer University faculty member plays a military soldier in the fifth and final season of Netflix’s hit television series, Stranger Things. Dr. Christopher Schmitz, professor of music theory and composition,...
MACON, Ga. — Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2026 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to poet and author Kevin Young. The prize will be presented Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the University’s Presidents Dining Room.
Mercer University Interim Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management Dr. Maria Hammett has promoted Emmilee Mitchell, director of student financial planning operations, to interim associate vice president for financial planning, effective immediately.
Mercer University alumnus Lee Lavender built a career around operations training and disaster response, and his extensive experience has now led him to a...
Carl Vinson was a powerful yet humble man who made waves during his long-lasting congressional career. The Mercer University alumnus started his career as...
As the country continues to grapple with high inflation, many Americans fear a recession. The Den talked to two Mercer University economists about what...
Mercer University announces faculty and staff notables for February 2026.
MACON, Ga. — Mercer University alumna, television personality, author and former prosecutor Nancy Grace will deliver the University's 2026 Founders' Day address Feb. 4, at 10:20 a.m., in Willingham Hall’s Toney Auditorium on the Macon campus.
Law enforcement veteran Jeremy Robinson thought he’d finish out his career as an instructor at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center.
He’d already spent 15 years on the ground at the Bibb...
When Tim Willis first lined up for cross country practice at Shamrock High School, no one could have guessed that the teenager using a...
