Mercer’s Local Engagement Against Poverty (LEAP) group held its first Service Day of the semester on Saturday, Sept. 8. LEAP is a service group led by Mercer students that deals with the issues of those living in poverty in Macon’s community. On Service Days, members of LEAP work on various projects ...
Six new senators were sworn into office at the beginning of Student Government Association’s first meeting of the 2012-2013 academic year, on Monday, Sept. 10 in the Connell Student Center. “I’m really excited about our new senators and student correspondents who will be serving with us this year,” ...
Mercer University was recently awarded a grant of $174,574 from The National Science Foundation to benefit the University’s Chemistry Department and improve the undergraduate chemistry lab experience. The funds will primarily provide six students the opportunity to work as researchers using the studio ...
In the upcoming months, Mercer University will see a drastic change to the center of its campus in an innovative revamping project headed by the President’s Office. The plan was made possible by a significant donation from one of Mercer’s trustees, Milton L. Cruz, in the spring. Cruz addressed the ...
On Monday evening the Student Government Association held an elections qualification meeting for all students aspiring to run for a seat in the senate. Elections will be held next Tuesday, Sept. 9. A total of 68 students expressed interest in senate positions at SGA’s Bear Fair table. Five freshman ...
Starting this Friday a new era of fan-based incentives will begin here at Mercer University. Through a collaborative effort between the Student Government Association and the Athletic Department all sports played home and away are subject to a point based system starting with the Women’s soccer game ...
The Center for Collaborative Journalism has continued to generate buzz over the past six months with multi-million dollar grants and state of the art classrooms. The center opened to staff and students just a few days before school and from the card swipes and Ipad control docks, to remote control blinds, ...
Freshmen from the record-breaking class of 2016 filled Heritage Hall and the University Center arena on Monday, Aug. 20 at 4 p.m. for Bear Fair, an important and exciting part of Bear Beginnings. Freshmen were able to meet people from various on-campus organizations and sign up to be involved in clubs ...
Mercer University was recently ranked No. 8 in The Princeton Review’s 2013 The Best 377 Colleges guidebook for participation in intramural sports. The Review does not rank the 377 schools overall individually, however the schools are ranked in various categories that are decided upon based on student ...
In preparation for a new year, The Cluster has asked Mercer’s President William Underwood a few questions. Cluster: How long have you been President at Mercer? Underwood: I began July 1, 2006. This is my seventh year. Cluster: What attracted you to Mercer? Underwood: Mercer has great students and ...
Here come the Greeks! That’s right, next week begins the annual tradition of recruitment amongst the 17 International Greek Organizations. The Greek Community has been a tradition at Mercer since 1869 and currently comprises 26 percent of the student population. The Greeks consist of three governing ...
Mercer University will welcome the incoming Class of 2016 as the majority of incoming students will begin to move in to their dorm rooms on Aug. 18. In order to aid the freshman class with transitioning from high school to college, Bear Beginnings is organized to give the incoming students and their ...
The Peyton Anderson Foundation awarded $1 million on July 29 to the University’s Center for Collaborative Journalism to help fund a newsroom in Phase II building of The Lofts. The newsroom, which occupies about half of the ground floor, will be named the Peyton Anderson Newsroom in honor of the ...
Mercer’s Student Government Association has taken an active role in initiating two new programs for students to become involved in for this upcoming semester. The first initiative is a motivation program partnering with Mercer’s Athletics Department. Though the program is still being finalized some ...
Ground was broken on a new admissions and welcome center on the east end of the campus last week. The Emily P. Myers Admissions and Welcome Center will help attract more incoming students, and join all the admissions’ staff in one central location. There will be many amenities available to both incoming ...
Mercer lost its oldest alum on Sunday, April 1. Dr. Leila H. Denmark a pediatrician who practiced medicine for more than 70 years, died from natural causes at the age of 114 in Athens, Ga. She was believed to be the first female pediatrician in Georgia and the world’s oldest practicing pediatrician ...
Last Saturday, Mercer’s Quadworks organization hosted its fifth annual free Bearstock music festival at Tatnall Square Park across from Mercer’s campus. The show featured 14 bands on two stages, beginning at 1 p.m. and closing the festival with headliners Yellowcard and Far East Movement at ...
Despite the majority of representatives to this upcoming SGA term being male, the Presidential Election was won by a female, along with the leading Senator-at-Large and Sophomore Class President also being female. Senators Mollie Davis and Josh Lovett won the Presidential Election over former Senators ...
After April 13, those who supported former Student Government Association Senators Dalton Turner and Justin Robinson for President and Vice President may have wondered how their candidates lost by almost two hundred votes (twenty percent of the electorate). After receiving the election demographics ...
International non-profit organization Feed the Children has named a Mercer alumni as its new President and CEO, following a recent board of directors’ decision. Kevin Hagan is a College of Liberal Arts graduate from 1995. He matriculated with a Bachelor’s in history, political science and German. ...
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