Mercer University News

HOWARD HIGH SALUTATORIAN: Rachel Zion, daughter of Dr. Harvey and Cathy Zion. Rachel is a member of Beta Club, National Honor Society, on yearbook staff, and a member of the pep club.

Alpharetta is the 6th-fastest growing city in the country, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures.

Mercer University, which has been seeking a grant up to $30 million to boost educational success in two Macon neighborhoods, learned Thursday that the federal government won’t offer any of the grants this year.

Augusta Hosmer, a senior at Armuchee High School, has been named a Stamps Leadership Scholar and will receive a scholarship valued at $210,000 for her college experience.

She will address the graduating class at the school's ceremony, which is 8 p.m. Friday at Callaway Stadium.

The survey of over 300 U.S. companies found that the total median rate rose 3.6 percent including salary annual bonuses, restricted stock, and stock options at the time they were granted.

Officials in Georgia have decided to move the boyhood home of Little Richard to spare it from a highway construction project.

National History Day in Georgia 2013, the state-level competition for National History Day projects, was held Saturday, April 27, at Mercer University.

Mercer University’s dean of the Tift College of Education will retire at the end of the academic year.

Musician "Little" Richard Penniman grew up in this late-Victorian shotgun house in Macon's Pleasant Hill neighborhood.

Richard Wayne "Little Richard "Penniman, 80, is a Macon Native and American recording artist, songwriter and musician.

Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Officials in Georgia have decided to move the boyhood home of Little Richard to spare it from a highway construction project.

Nestled in the heart of Georgia off Interstate 75, this Macon hotel offers an outdoor pool, property-wide Wi-Fi, and continental breakfast.

Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 3:30 PM The Sheldon Concert Hall The Taiwanese Association of America in St.

When Andrea Meyer took a job at Mercer University, she received the perk that many new employees get, $20,000 to purchase a home in the historic downtown area.

I have a simple message for you as you look ahead to life after law school: Don't be discouraged by the doomsday talk about law jobs that keeps appearing in the popular press.

The following local residents recently have been initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

The musical pioneer and Macon native Richard "Little Richard" Wayne Penniman will receive an honorary Doctor of Humanities from Mercer University at the Macon campus' graduation Saturday, according to a release.

Left to right: Caley Anderson, Olivia Vignone, Emily Farlow, Suzanne Stroup, Katey Skelton, Joshua Glasscock, Tim Camp, Brittani Howell, Brad Almand, Patrick Hobbs Voters in Macon and Bibb County will soon elect their first representatives in the new consolidated government - nine city-county commissioners representing nine all-new districts.