Fifty years ago, more than 150 students graduated from Mercer University in Macon. As we recognize their golden anniversary, some of the members of the Class of 1970 reflected on how Mercer shaped them. Read their words below and...
Andrea Cooke is a dreamer.
“Probably an extreme dreamer,” she admits. “And I’m also an optimist, so I believe that all things are possible.”
Right now, she is focusing her dreams on bettering the Macon community, where she’s working to eliminate barriers...
Get to know Mercer University's faculty members a little better through our “Faculty Flashback” series. Some of our professors will be sharing personal and professional details of their lives in a Q&A as well as then-and-now photos from today and...
Mercer University alumni now have a whole new way to stay engaged with the University and connect with their fellow Bears. The new Alumni Affinity Groups program from the University’s Office of Alumni Services creates a platform for like-minded...
DeAlvah “Dee” H. Simms ’88
First Child Advocate in Georgia
by Elliza Guta, Mercer Law Class of 2022
When I walked into Crisis Line and Safe House of Central Georgia three years ago, I could have never anticipated the impact the organization...
MACON – Mercer University senior Will Darragh recently received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Award to serve as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in South Africa. Additionally, seniors Sarah Harris and Jessica Lewis were selected as alternates for ETAs...
Andrea Pendleton, director of development for the College of Pharmacy at Mercer University and a 2005 Mercer alumna, took a cookie decorating class in 2001 and was hooked. After posting pictures of her cookies on her Instagram page, friends...
MACON – Mercer University senior Theori Alise Henry was recently awarded a Boren Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania through the scholarship program’s African Flagship Language Initiative.
Boren Scholars commit one year to public service, working in positions critical to...
Madison Toole is graduating from Mercer University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemical commerce.
Two Mercer University graduates are among 10 finalists for the 2022 Georgia Teacher of the Year.
Jennifer Hawthorne Smith earned her undergraduate degree in communications from the Tift College of Education in 1989, and Cherie Bonder Dennis earned a Specialist...
