Marcella Murray came to Mercer University as a biology major. Although she was interested in performance in high school, her curiosity piqued while working as a set builder in the Mercer Theatre scene shop. “I was kind of shy...
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...
What started out as a hobby nearly a decade ago has become a growing business for a Mercer University student. Luke Kolbie is the owner of Kingfisher Leatherworks, which sells fine, hand-crafted leather goods geared toward sportsmen. Kolbie, originally...
On July 1, Darrell L. Sutton, ’03, began a two-year term as president of the Law School’s Alumni Association. As president, Sutton serves as the presiding officer of the Law School Alumni Association Board of Directors, which assists the school...
Lydia Sartain has notched a few “firsts” in her career.   She was the first member from her extended family in the Blairsville area to become a lawyer. “At the time, I only wanted a law degree, so I could work in government as...
Lab experiences are an integral part of many subjects of study. However, people with mobility and/or balance issues often can’t participate in the same way that their peers can.  Dr. Phil McCreanor, Mercer University professor of environmental engineering and director...
Mercer University counts a five-time world champion among its alumni. Powerlifter James Henderson, also known as Big James Henderson and James "Hollywood" Henderson, graduated from Mercer with a bachelor's degree in theology and sociology from the College of Professional Advancement...
In 2007, a teenaged Samuel Johnson and his four siblings were brought to Georgia from a United Nations refugee camp in Guinea where they’d been living in a tent for eight years after fleeing violence in Liberia.  Now, the successor of the agency that resettled Johnson’s family is awarding...
Mercer University faculty member Chris Grant, professor and chair of political science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recently received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Ukraine from the U.S. Department of State and the J....
Thanks to innovative work by Mercer University faculty and students, visually-impaired high school graduates in Middle Georgia and South Korea have received Touch3D Yearbooks. Since 2018, Dr. Sinjae Hyun and Dr. Scott Schultz with the School of Engineering and a...

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