BREAKING: Eight Atlanta students, five Macon students test positive for COVID-19
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
September 25, 2020
Fourteen people on Mercer’s Macon and Atlanta campuses tested positive for COVID-19 this week.
Pilgrimage to Penfield to stay on campus
Henry Keating, Contributing Writer
September 22, 2020
Every fall, first-year students load onto charter buses and make the “Pilgrimage to Penfield,” where students go to the site of Mercer’s founding. This year, however, new students will be attending a reimagined version of Pilgrimage to Penfield Oct. 17 in Five Star Stadium as a result of the COVI...
BREAKING: Mercer announces 36 new COVID-19 cases
Lars Lonnroth and Emily Rose Thorne
September 18, 2020
Mercer University announced 36 new cases of COVID-19 between the Macon and Atlanta campuses in its weekly testing summary posted Friday.
Student files lawsuit against Mercer over spring coronavirus response
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
September 15, 2020
A Mercer University senior filed a class-action lawsuit against the school on behalf of all students who paid tuition for “in-person, hands-on educational services and experiences” in the spring 2020 semester.
Mercer begins undergraduate COVID-19 surveillance testing
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
September 13, 2020
Mercer University began surveillance testing on the Macon campus for undergraduate students on Sept. 1. The university previously began this testing procedure in graduate and professional programs in Macon and Atlanta on Aug. 25.
BREAKING: Mercer reports 17 new COVID-19 cases
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
September 11, 2020
Seventeen students and faculty have tested positive for COVID-19 across all campuses, according to Mercer’s weekly testing summary released Friday. The Macon campus makes up 15 of those cases, with 14 students and one faculty member testing positive.
Panhellenic bid day moving to virtual format
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
September 10, 2020
The National Panhellenic Council made the decision to move all organization “bid days” to a virtual format Sept. 9.
Mercer University updates mask guidelines
Mandi DeLong, Contributing Writer
September 9, 2020
Mercer University updated their COVID-19 policies surrounding face masks Aug. 24. While Mercer first put into place a mask requirement during its second summer session, the policy was expanded in mid-August after fall classes began. The original policy, sent out in July, did not specify what kind of masks were acceptable or how users would be required to wear them. The updated policy now specifies that all individuals on-campus are required to wear masks that cover their nose, mouth and chin.
BREAKING: Forty-five students, two employees test positive for COVID-19
Lars Lonnroth, News Editor
September 4, 2020
Mercer University saw an additional 47 positive coronavirus cases during the week of Aug. 28 to Sept. 3.
Mercer University updates COVID-19 protocols following new CDC guidelines
Emily Rose Thorne, Editor in Chief
September 1, 2020
Mercer University quietly changed its COVID-19 protocols in a document posted to its coronavirus page Tuesday. The document is an updated version of one that was released in June. The updates reduce the amount of time a student who tests positive for COVID-19 must be fever-free before ending their self-isolation and removes a previous suggestion that a student test negative twice before ending self-isolation.
Panhellenic recruitment to be fully virtual
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
August 29, 2020
Mercer’s Panhellenic chapters—Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Delta and Phi Mu—will hold each of their three rounds of recruitment via Zoom.
BREAKING: Mercer announces 17 new COVID-19 cases
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
August 28, 2020
There are 17 new positive cases of coronavirus between Mercer’s Macon and Atlanta campuses, according to a weekly testing summary from the university released Friday.