Fun away from home: How international students can spend their summer abroad
Shayna Waltower, Contributing Writer
June 6, 2016
Picking strawberries, spending hours on a lake, attending a concert series and touring the World of Coke in Atlanta. These are all activities that international students can take part in if they are staying in Macon this summer, thanks to Mercer’s International Students Department. While most...
International Students Can’t Go “Home for the Holidays”
Katie Atkinson, Staff Writer
December 5, 2015
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 h...
Introducing Mpho Molapo
Summer Perrit, Staff Writer
October 9, 2015
From the way she acts, you'd never guess Mpho Molapo was a foreigner from South Africa. Her confidence in everything from arguing Homer in class to ordering her drink in the long Einsteins line doesn't seem indicative of someone who is still learning American culture. But perhaps that’s the way she wants it.