Editor's Note: This story won a Best of SNO Award Sept. 4, 2020.The fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year is rapidly approaching, and Mercer University students are preparing to return to campus. Some students’ trips, however, will be a bit longer than others’.Only about 13% of Mercer ...
Meet Ebonye Smith: second-year electrical engineering major, golfer of 10 years, orange juice and dystopian novel addict and lifestyle blogger. And she’s only just getting started. Self-described as witty, sassy and genuine, Smith has been blogging since the summer after her senior year of high ...
Senior Brianna Levin has always had a passion for travel. Even in high school, she heavily considered living abroad. When she came to Mercer, she realized she had a rare opportunity to visit places she had never been before. Levin studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, her freshman year, but afterwards ...
Over the summer, some Mercer students participated in many different internships, study abroad programs and research fellowships. Here are a few who represented the Mercer family by working all over the world. Joshua Dupaty - Research at Eastern Carolina University Joshua Dupaty participated in ...
Life is about to change for two seniors who were recently accepted into the Peace Corps. In May, Caleb Barefield and Heaven Woods will walk across the graduation stage and onto their next destination: Africa. For 27 months, Woods will be located in Cameroon while Barefield will be in Swaziland. Although ...
Once winter break officially begins Dec. 13, Mercer requires that all on-campus housing be cleared of students. At this time, card access will be turned off for all residence halls, apartments and Greek houses. For many who live on-campus, this break means making a trip back home to spend the holidays ...
Mercer students who attended the study abroad activities were immersed in the beginning steps of what it takes to prepare for their trip across the world. This year the week-long Study Abroad Fair consisted of many events catering to students seeking to become or already involved with international ...
There are two things America can learn from India. Just over two weeks ago, I returned from a trip that truly changed my perception of the world around me. My fellow Service Scholars and I spent three weeks in Kerala, India, where we had the unique opportunity to completely immerse ourselves ...
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