For the second year, Piedmont University students are participating in an accounting course this semester that will help community members in Habersham and Banks counties with federal and state income tax preparation at no cost to them. This course is part of the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Walker College of…
By Terrie Ellerbee ’95. Originally published in the Spring 2021 edition of the Piedmont Journal. Someone ought to write a book about Susan Kyle ’95. She knows a diamond smuggler and mercenaries. She covered murders and a bombing as a newspaper reporter. “I learned things that I could never tell you,” she said. The 74-year-old…
Joe Strickland-Burdette wasn’t looking for a job when fate tapped him on the shoulder three times about an opening at Piedmont University. Strickland-Burdette was taking a break from higher education and loving his work. He and his husband, Mark, had a dog sitting/daycare business in Anderson, South Carolina, with more than 200 satisfied and loyal…
John Spiegel has some impressive titles — Piedmont University Associate Theatre Professor and President/CEO of Spiegel Films — but perhaps none more impressive than Commanding Officer in the Georgia State Defense Force (GSDF). Spiegel joined the GSDF, similar to the National Guard and referred to as the Georgia State Guard, 15 years ago. Service is…
On Tuesday evening, hundreds of family, friends, and loved ones gathered in the Piedmont University Chapel to watch their students receive their white coats. The ceremony marks the transition from classroom learning to clinical training. Special guest speakers Ben Colclough, RN and John Filson, PA. PT. delivered opening and closing addresses to the students, emphasizing…
Piedmont students involved in Roar Student Media won 15 Pinnacle Awards at the National College Media Conference, held Oct. 30-Nov. 2 in New Orleans. “This proves that some of the best student media in the nation is being produced at Piedmont University,” said Dr. Joe Dennis, chair of the mass communications department. “These awards not…
Piedmont University was awarded a $1200 Vibrant Communities Grant from Georgia Council for the Arts, the Georgia Department of Economic Development team specialized in supporting arts and culture, for fiscal year 2025. The Vibrant Communities Grant supports a variety of arts programming throughout the state, including murals, artist residencies and performances in schools, community theater…
At just 18 years old, Reagen Pattishall’s track cycling prowess has taken her to destinations across the United States and even beyond its borders. Now, it brings her right here to Piedmont University. “It’s like biking on the inside of a bowl on a banked track,” says Reagen of the sport she fell in love…
Piedmont was represented in Eugene, Oregon at the U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials in June, and Remel Williams, an assistant track and field coach for the Lions, is bringing the knowledge she gained home to the Lions. Williams recently completed her Level 3 certification in Sprints, Hurdles, and Relays through the USA Track &…
Not many academic programs come into existence and begin taking students on trips within just a few months. But with a Halle Foundation Grant and the efforts of Professor Brian McDermott, the German language program at Piedmont University is doing just that. Last week, Professor McDermott traveled with 12 of his German 1101 students to…