Adjusting to life at home in N.C. and living with uncertainty
Reilly Moncrief, Student Journalist
March 31, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C.– If I get a call from my father, it usually means one of two things: I’m in trouble or something terribly wrong has happened. So when I woke up to a call...
Mercer education major offering virtual help to parents and teachers
Elizabeth Tammi
March 30, 2020
Elizabeth O’Dell’s student teaching job was cut unexpectedly short this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The junior holistic child education major at Mercer University...
Mercer students adapt as coronavirus impacts classes, graduation
Sonya Green and Amyre Makupson
March 30, 2020
Mercer University senior, Rylee Kirk, had her life all figured out in Macon. She would wake up in her dorm room, go to class or the library and graduate in May. Covid-19 abruptly...
2020 Mayoral Candidate Interview: Cliffard Whitby
Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
March 28, 2020
Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism, along with 13WMAZ, The Telegraph and GPB all hosted each candidate running for Mayor of Macon Bibb County. Each were...
2020 Mayoral Candidate Interview: Blake Sullivan
Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
March 28, 2020
Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism, along with 13WMAZ, The Telegraph and GPB all hosted each candidate running for Mayor of Macon Bibb County. Each were...
2020 Mayoral Candidate Interview: Lester Miller
Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
March 28, 2020
Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism, along with 13WMAZ, The Telegraph and GPB all hosted each candidate running for Mayor of Macon Bibb County. Each were...
Jessica Lee, Contributing Writer
April 7, 2020
Angel Colquitt, Contributing Writer
April 7, 2020
Jacob Lungenbeel, Student Journalist
April 2, 2020
“The smile was still on my lips when we kissed'' was going to be the first line of the short story I set out to write on day seven (update: the story was not finished)....
April 2, 2020
Clare: Alright, it is just about 9 a.m. and I am getting ready to go to work. This week I started working remotely for 13WMAZ as a producer. So I have been producing...
Conner Hendricks, Student Journalist
April 2, 2020
I was with a group of high schoolers outside of Legacy Hall. It was my first tour guide training session for my new job with the Admissions office. I felt my phone vibrate....
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Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
April 1, 2020
As the surge of COVID-19 patients is expected to peak in about three weeks, the team at Medical Center, Navicent Health, is battling an unprecedented enemy. “We’re...
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 27, 2020
Two Wesleyan College students from China are seeing the worst and best of human behavior amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. The young women were out shopping at a local...
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 27, 2020
All of Georgia’s active voters will be receiving absentee ballot applications for the May 19 election but Macon-Bibb County was a step ahead. “We had already decided...
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April 7, 2020
In these strange times it’s easy to grow anxious. And with everyone practicing social distancing for the foreseeable future, many of us are feeling lonely and isolated,...
March 31, 2020
As everyone knows, Mercer decided to cancel in-person classes for the rest of the semester. This means many of us are going home early and that we no longer have our spring...
March 31, 2020
This has been a difficult time for everyone. People are near and far from Macon and it is hard to continue on with daily life without feeling strangely alone. Mercer organizations...
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