Distinguished Mercer Alumnus and Governor of Georgia Nathan Deal was selected for the honor of Georgian of the Year according to Georgia Trend Magazine. Deal was featured in the January 2013 issue. Deal is the 11th Mercer alumnus to hold the governor’s office. He was inaugurated as Georgia’s 82nd ...
Mercer’s ROTC went to Fort Gordon in Augusta, Ga. for a land navigation FTX (field training exercise) in mid-November. The excursion was mandatory for all contracted cadets in ROTC. While at Fort Gordon, cadets practiced their ability to navigate wooded terrain. Each cadet had a canteen of water, ...
The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer has been given an incredible opportunity to expand their facilities off campus. During the first week of November, trustees of the Atlanta-based Robert W. Woodruff Foundation approved a $1.5 million grant to renovate the historic Bell House into a new ...
Student Government Association unanimously voted to approve Hoffman’s Hooligans as an official organization. The Hooligans held their first official event by painting and cheering at the homecoming game. Hoffman’s Hooligans began during the 2009-2010 basketball season by a group of students who ...
Alpha Gamma Delta’s annual all-you-can-eat dessert sale, “How Sweet It Is”, went off without a hitch once again despite the cold, wet weather Wednesday evening, Nov. 14. The philanthropy coordinator for Mercer’s AGD chapter, Caitlin Donnelly, said that the event went as well as it has in previous ...
Alumnus A. V. Elliott donated $1 million to Mercer University in order to create an endowment for the A. V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas. He feels very strongly about the education he received at Mercer University and credits the lessons learned here for behooving him greatly in the path ...
Development on the upcoming Cruz Plaza is scheduled to start Dec. 3 or 4, according to Dr. James Netherton, Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance at Mercer University. Cruz Plaza, named after the Mercer trustee and donor who put forth the lead gift for the project, is the future name ...
Former U.S. President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. joined Mercer University’s Board of Trustees on Friday, Nov. 9 during Homecoming weekend. Carter is the first former President known to serve as a board member. Mercer President William Underwood nominated the 39th President of the United States ...
Mercer University honorary alumna Neva Jane Langley Fickling died Nov. 18 at the age of 79. She was an accomplished pianist, a former Miss America and the wife of Mercer Trustee William A. Fickling Jr. Mrs. Fickling was a longtime Macon arts supporter and community leader. Mercer’s McCorkle Music ...
Music, lights and screaming fans filled the Newton Chapel for the Zeta Phi Beta stroll competition on Friday, Oct. 26. Participants from three fraternities and two sororities threw themselves onto the stage and performed dance routines to impress the judges and the crowd. The Omega Mu Chapter of Zeta ...
A fundraiser was held on Friday, Oct. 26 to raise money towards building a medical clinic in Chinhoyi. The event was held in the Religious Life Center as a senior service project put on by two Mercer students, Lauren Spradley and Indie Coombs. In the summer of 2009, Mercer student Lauren Spradley went ...
Mercer University hosted its first ever Great Books Games on Porter Patch last Saturday, Oct. 27. The idea stemmed from two professors teaching in the Great Books Program, Dr. Kevin Drace, assistant professor, and Dr. Kathryn Kloepper, assistant professor. “We were thinking of ways to have a fun ...
Mercer Police would like to remind the Mercer community of our anonymous tip site. You can report anything anonymously but it should not be used for immediate needs. The link is http://www.mercer.edu/forms/police/crimestopper.shtm. You will not be identified or contacted unless you provide contact ...
According to Online Colleges News, nearly 2,000 students die from alcohol-related injuries each year, which is one death for every two colleges in America. To raise awareness on the effects of alcohol and these statistics, the Sexual assault, Hazing, and Alcohol Prevention Education program, or SHAPE, ...
On Oct. 30, despite the windy weather, Mercer University hosted their annual Harvest Fest in Greek Village from 5-7:30 p.m. for children in the Macon community. The children ran anxiously from booth to booth to see what the next one would bring them, whether it was a game or treats. Their parents ran ...
Seven Mercer University cultural archeology students traveled to Roanoke Island, N.C. and uncovered possible evidence that could be connected to Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony. The students went for fall break, Oct. 6-13, to research and work on an archeological excavation of the Lost Colony. Dr. ...
Mercer University is abuzz as it celebrates Homecoming 2012 and welcomes alumni to campus. This year’s Homecoming will take place Nov. 9-11. Current students, alumni, faculty, staff and the Macon community will be attending various events throughout the week, culminating in everyone cheering on the ...
After Mercer University housing staff found alcohol on the front porch of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house on Friday, Aug. 16, a judicial hearing ruled to suspend the fraternity from campus for the remainder of the semester. The fraternity house is currently closed and locked, and the organization ...
Since the 1900s, Mercer University students have made the annual trip to Penfield, Ga. to participate in the historic Pilgrimage to Penfield event. On Oct. 19, students participated in a cemetery tour, gathering in the chapel, dinner and a display of fireworks hosted by the Student Government Association ...
On Oct. 16 Mercer’s Panhellenic Council hosted the High Heel Race, its first philanthropic event of the semester. Non-Greek and Greek male participants paid $5 to $10 and raced up the street near Porter Patch wearing high heels. The first person to cross the finish line won a $30 gift card to Margaritas. ...
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