This story appeared in the Feb. 8 edition of The Northeast Georgian. By John Dills After the first weeks in office, Piedmont University President Marshall Criser started decorating his office to match his vision. While removing a painting that was left on the wall, held up by screws, bolts and fixtures, the president noticed what…
It’s a new chapter for Piedmont University and the City of Demorest following Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Council members voted unanimously to settle ongoing litigation with Piedmont University over water and sewer rates. Piedmont filed suit against the city in 2020, claiming the rates the city imposed were fraudulent. Per the settlement, the city…
Rebecca Deurlein ’02 has been a teacher, a school administrator, an author, a business owner, and now a travel writer who just returned from her favorite destination yet: the Maldives. Through each chapter of her career, she’s found new ways to use her Master of Arts in Education degree, from leading her own classroom, to…
Dakota Stockton always loved theatre but never really considered it a career option. Today, he is the director of theatre for Johnson High School in Gainesville, Georgia. Piedmont University helped him get from the dream he had early on to where he is today. He graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama…
Note: This series spotlights the people who educate Piedmont University students. We ask them about their childhood, their first jobs, and why they love what they do. Before she was Dr. Julia Schmitz, the Piedmont University associate biology professor took ballet lessons, played basketball, and was a cheerleader. Schmitz was a Girl Scout, too, and…
Piedmont University’s successful forensic science program expands this fall, with the addition of a minor designed to prepare students to serve a wide variety of investigative agencies. “The forensic science minor will provide students with the core knowledge they need to lead criminal investigations,” said Professor Bruce Willis, a former special agent with Georgia Bureau…
This article ran in the Jan. 27, 2023 edition of The Northeast Georgian. Piedmont Staff Lend a Hand to Students in Need by John Dills Helping students with financial hardship during the semester is a concern that has been on the minds of many Piedmont University staff members for a while. The Rev. Tim Garvin-Leighton, campus…
She doesn’t graduate until May, but Madison Cassidy, a student in Piedmont University’s 3+2 Athletic Training program — the only program of its kind in the NCAA Division III Southeast — already has a job waiting for her. Earlier this month, Cassidy accepted a full-time athletic training position with the Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine….
Two-time Piedmont University graduate and baseball alumnus Noah Heatherly is going to medical school. Heatherly has been accepted to Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee. It’s still early in the admissions cycle, and he expects he’ll have a few options to consider before he commits to an institution. “But next year, I’m going to medical…
The focus was on interprofessional collaboration during Piedmont University’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences annual seminar day on Jan. 17. Seniors studying all majors within the college from both campuses gathered in Stewart Auditorium in Demorest for the day’s event. The seniors became teachers for the day by sharing skills from their respective disciplines…