Four-time Piedmont alumna Alexandria Jackson-Noggle is completing her first year as assistant principal of Baldwin Elementary. It’s a position she achieved by advancing her education and one that has afforded her new opportunities to do what she loves most: advocate for students and teachers. “I will stay here and work for these teachers and these…
Nearly 400 students will graduate from Piedmont University on May 6, during ceremonies that will include the conferring of an honorary degree on former First Lady of Georgia Sandra Deal and remarks by Metro Atlanta Chamber President and Chief Executive Officer Katie Kirkpatrick. “We could not be prouder of our graduates. We look forward to…
Piedmont University will offer a new degree program for aspiring accountants beginning in fall 2022. “We listened closely to what our students needed, and we responded with the Bachelor of Science in Accounting program,” said Dr. J. Kerry Waller, dean of Piedmont’s Walker College of Business. “We are pleased to offer this degree as a…
Shelley Randolph knows finances can be scary. As the new director of the Office of Financial Aid at Piedmont University, she wants students to feel so comfortable that they can come by, call, email, or text the office without fear. “There is a lot of jargon that people don’t understand,” Randolph said. “There are so…
Piedmont University on Wednesday unveiled a historical marker recognizing the work of Civil Rights advocate and Piedmont alumna Lillian E. Smith. The marker, installed in conjunction with the Georgia Historical Society, becomes one of more than 2,200 historical markers in the state and is the newest edition to Georgia’s Civil Rights Trail. The marker, which…
A group of Piedmont University students won an award in the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) international digital media and broadcast competition and will travel to Las Vegas to accept the honor. Christopher Barker ’21, Connor Creedon ’23, Tyler Goins ’22, Johnny Goodwyn ’23, Aaron Palmer ’23, and Caleb Rogers ’22 received a BEA Award of…
Two soon-to-be Piedmont University Nursing graduates know where they’ll be working after they receive their degrees — and for both, their new jobs perfectly fit the lives they envision for themselves. “Piedmont’s rigorous nursing program is designed to produce highly qualified, highly sought-after graduates who are prepared to deliver the very best in patient care,”…
With a newly secured grant from the Virginia-based Council on Library and Information Resources, Piedmont University’s Lillian E. Smith Center will digitize more than 100 recordings, most of which haven’t been heard in more than 70 years. “We don’t know what we’re going to find, but we expect that whatever these recordings contain, they will…
Piedmont University’s Instrumental Chamber Ensembles and Wind Ensemble will perform free concerts in April. Instrumental Chamber Ensembles The Instrumental Chamber Ensembles will perform the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Bridge, Stein, and other compositions handpicked to showcase their talents during a concert at 4 p.m. on April 10. The Instrumental Chamber Ensembles are comprised of students…
Piedmont University Master of Business Administration alumna Hope Iglehart has been named Historic Athens’ first director of engagement and African American heritage, a position in which she’ll continue doing what she loves most: discovering and sharing stories from Athens’ rich past. Historic Athens announced Iglehart’s position in January. Historic Athens is a nonprofit organization that…