Shane Gottwals entered Mercer University in 2002 with the intention of earning an English degree, studying at Mercer’s Walter F. George School of Law and opening up a practice in Middle Georgia. Nearly 15 years later, Gottwals owns twelve used bookstores nationwide, helps entrepreneurs open thriving ...
After graduating in 1986 from Mercer’s School of Medicine, Dr. Jean Sumner chose to stay in her home state and live out Mercer Medicine’s mission: to educate physicians to meet the primary care and health care needs of rural and medically underserved areas of Georgia. In keeping with this mission, ...
This year, Mercer University’s School of Medicine (MUSM) is celebrating their tenth annual “Women in Medicine” Celebration. Despite the exclusive name, the Women in Medicine Celebration is open to all Mercer faculty, staff, and students. MUSM encourages the Macon community to participate in ...
South Macon is more than what meets the eye. Mercer University students have joined with the pastor of the Community Church of God to work on an initiative that empowers residents of the Bloomfield neighborhood to make their community their own. Junior Aaron Scherf and senior Austin Harrison are helping ...
The SHAPE Q&A session on gender violence in Willingham Hall sparked a controversial debate Tuesday night. Over 800 students attended anti-sexist activist Jackson Katz’s lecture, “Taking it Personally: Why Gender Violence is an Issue for Men.” The event was mandatory for student athletes, ...
World Hijab Day The Muslim Student Association came before SGA to request special funding for Mercer’s first World Hijab Day. The funding will supply MSA with 60 scarves to distribute in the CSC on February 1 to any students that might want to participate. Students will have the opportunity to ...
The Mercer University School of Medicine will host its First Annual Service Leadership Conference Jan. 30 at the Medical School Auditorium. A Medical School Distinction in Service to the Community (DISC) Program sponsored event, the conference will display inventive service projects created by medical ...
[video credit="" align="center"][/video] Tonight, the Mercer student body rallied to cheer for a team that is often overlooked — women’s basketball. And they managed to keep it a secret. Fans filled the usually vacant student section during the Bears’ game against Chattanooga. Football player ...
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 gathered ...
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 ...
Among the vanities housed at Bryan Nichols’ storage building sits stacks of someone else’s treasure. There are ticket stubs from every Allman Brothers Band concert in 1974-1975, photographs of artist Andy Warhol and newspapers that chronicle the rise of the presidential peanut farmer Jimmy Carter. ...
Fresh out of her own college experience, it might be hard to believe that young Ann Kathrin Kuder is a professor of German and a visiting Fulbright Scholar here at Mercer University. You may have seen her riding her bike around campus or speaking solely in German with a few of her students. The scholar ...
Public art is adding a new dimension to Tattnall Square Park’s natural beauty. Mercer University’s faculty and students have installed a new collection of art pieces throughout Tattnall and officially unveiled the entire showcase Saturday, Nov.14. “The shows are switched out every five months ...
As the holiday season approaches, thefts are on the rise. From Oct. 12 to Nov. 23, thirteen criminal offenses occurred on the Macon campus. Nine of these cases were thefts by taking. CRIMES OF NOTE: Oct. 30: A person stole $200 worth of copper refrigeration tubing from the roof of Mercer Lofts Phase ...
Lake Lambert has served as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Mercer University for the past five years. However, when Lambert accepted the position of president at Hanover College in Indiana last spring, math professor Keith Howard stepped in to serve as the Interim Dean for CLA. In the meantime, ...
The end of a semester, the ushering in of a new year, contagious holiday cheer—all are completely valid reasons to celebrate the season, and Mercer has always made a point of celebrating the holidays in style. This year, Quadworks is set to sponsor a Winter Wonderland for all of Mercer’s ...
As night began to settle over Mercer University Nov. 11, students brought forth beacons of light on Cruz Plaza. Candles cast a glow on the faces of concerned Mercer students who came to pay tribute to the unrest at the University of Missouri. “Tonight needed to happen, because we need the unity of ...
[video credit="Marin Guta " align="right"][/video] Mercer's new vision is to make Middle Georgia the Silicon Valley of the South with the introduction with the Mercer Innovation Center. The center aims to provide a physical space for technology, programming, resources and access to a talent pool, ...
Ocmulgee Traders, a European-inspired grocery store, closed its doors after only 17 months of being open, according to the (Macon) Telegraph. Owner, Steve Bell, announced on the store's closing on its Facebook page: "What an adventure pulling a store together like Ocmulgee Traders, bringing unique ...
One Mercer University student has introduced a new event to campus — one that she said she hopes will spread awareness of the diverse cultural background of students. Sophomore Jazmine Buckley organized the Flag Day parade, scheduled for Nov. 17 on Cruz Plaza. “I decided to do this because I ...
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