Mercer University announces changes to fall semester to combat COVID-19
Emily Rose Thorne, Editor in Chief
June 13, 2020
Mercer Bears will return to campus in the fall, but the semester ahead will be anything but normal. In an email to students June 11, Mercer University Provost D. Scott Davis announced changes to the 2020-2021 academic calendar intended to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. While the fall s...
Former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal appointed Distinguished University Professor at Mercer
Samantha Homcy, Contributing Writer
November 5, 2019
Deal will not serve as a traditional professor. He will instead deliver a series of lectures every year open to the entire Mercer student body, according to President Bill Underwood.
Four sexual assaults have been reported to Mercer Police in the last four months
Nicholas Wooten, Editor-in-Chief
June 1, 2016
Four sexual assaults were reported during the spring 2016 semester. Records recently released from the university indicate incident reports for sexual assaults were filed on Feb. 1, Feb. 14 and May 11. The Cluster previously reported on an assault that was reported April 9. The two cases in February...
2016 brings changes to Macon and Mercer
Katie Atkinson, Staff Writer
January 20, 2016
Donn Rodenroth, The Telegraph Flooding in Macon Takes Over Ocmulgee River Flash floods popped up in Georgia over the winter break with the Ocmulgee River cresting at nearly 28 feet in early December and lowering less than a foot by January. According to Liz Fabian at the Telegraph, cleanup crews gathere...
Mercer’s Housing Crunch: Too many Bears for the den
April 18, 2015
When rising Mercer University senior Nora Essien told her parents that she may have to live off campus next year, they were worried. The 21-year-old business major comes from a low-income family where money is tight. Her father works long hours at a warehouse, and his meager salary goes to support...
Meet your president: Get to know William D. Underwood
Kaitlin Marrin
August 15, 2012
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...