What began as a way for a Mercer University professor to appease a restless toddler during a long car ride many years ago has led to him becoming an award-winning children’s author.
MACON – Veteran arts administrator and Mercer University alumnus Dr. Frank E. Wood has been named executive director of Macon’s historic Grand Opera House, effective Oct. 17. He succeeds Joe Patti, who resigned in May to pursue other professional...
This fall, every first-grader in Macon-Bibb County will receive a free book and a lesson in teamwork from Mercer women’s basketball Coach Susie Gardner.
Gardner’s children’s book, “1, 2, 3 Team!” – illustrated by her longtime friend Tina Mullen and...
Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn still remembers the first poem that she wrote. She was about 6 years old when she penned it.
“The mice they are scurrying / from the rain that is hurrying,” Rathburn recently recalled, taking care...
A Mercer student is getting firsthand experience in her field of study as an American Red Cross volunteer deployed to Central Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
Samantha Cannon, who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in homeland security and emergency...
Editor’s note: Dr. David Hollar, associate professor in the Department of Community Medicine in Mercer University’s School of Medicine, shares below his recent experience as a lay chaplain helping with Hurricane Ian relief efforts in Florida.
I recently had the...
The children of the late Thomas H. Morton Sr., a longtime Zebulon attorney, civic leader and Mercer University alumnus, have established an endowed scholarship fund at the School of Law in their father’s memory. The endowed fund will provide...
Tracy Rodriguez is graduating from Mercer University's Stetson-Hatcher School of Business with a Bachelor of Business Administration in international business.
Lydia Huthmaker, a Class of 2023 graduate of Mercer University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, earned a Bachelor of Arts in history.
A local digital history project researched by Mercer University students and posted on Instagram has led Dr. Abigail Dowling, associate professor of history, to receive the first EXPy Award for excellence in experiential learning.
The award, short for Excellence in Experiential-Learning...
