MACON – Mercer University faculty member and Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn was recently selected by the Academy of American Poets as a 2021 Poets Laureate Fellow.
This year’s 23 fellows serve as poets laureate of states and cities across the...
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...
For the past 15 years, Jim Tessmer has been working behind the scenes of nearly every Mercer Athletics event.
Mercer University’s longtime athletic event coordinator makes sure all visiting teams and officials are taken care of for sporting events held...
What's it like to become a Mercer Bear? We kept in touch with Benjamin Smith, a biology and global development double-major, throughout his first year at Mercer University, and he documented his experience for us. Watch the video to...
Kallysta “Kally” Jones always has been interested in experiencing other cultures and meeting new people. Now that she has completed her international affairs degree from Mercer University, the 2021 graduate hopes to see the world and one day become...
Amber Byrd was in class one day when she sketched out an idea for a new product. Now, she’s brought her vision to life, and her product is in the final testing phases.
Byrd, who graduated with a marketing degree...
Michele Josey is administrative assistant to the vice president and dean of students for Mercer University's Office of Student Affairs in Macon.
MACON – Glenda Grant, who has served as interim executive director of the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC) at Mercer University School of Medicine since April 6, 2021, has been selected as its executive director, Jean Sumner, M.D., FACP, dean of the School of...
Mercer University alumnus Canaan Marshall never imagined he’d become a florist, but here he is, traveling across the country to create masterpieces and loving every minute of it. His floral design skills can be seen in action now as...
A Mercer University Georgia Baptist College of Nursing alumna recently found herself on the cover of The Washington Post Magazine.
A portrait of Tamika Dennis, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2018, was featured as part...
