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Dr. Elaine Bailey’s Favorite Part of the Job? Students, Students, and Students!

Note: The Faculty Spotlight series features the people who educate Piedmont University students. We ask them about their childhood, first jobs, and why they love their work. Dr. Elaine Bailey wears three hats at Piedmont University, where she has taught since 2011. She is an Associate Professor of Chemistry, Associate Dean for the School of Humanities…

Student Newspaper The Roar Brings Home Record Number of Awards

Student with their professor and awards for the student newspaper

Note: This story appeared, appropriately, in The Roar, Piedmont’s student newspaper. Roar staff writer Chloe Spradiin wrote it. The Roar earned a school record 16 awards from the Georgia College Press Association (GCPA) for work produced in the 2022 calendar year. The awards were announced April 7 at the annual GCPA Institute in Athens. “This is truly…

Environmental Science Students Promote Sustainability on Campus

As Earth Month winds down, Piedmont University students are sharing projects they completed for Earth Sciences Professor Dr. Debra Dooley’s sustainability class.  Imani Vincent, who will graduate from Piedmont University with a degree in Environmental Science, chose to remove an invasive species, the Chinese Privet plant.  Chinese Privet is growing “rampant” on campus, Vincent said….

“The Civil Rights Movement and the Nine-Word Problem” Professional Development Opportunity

Written by Director of the Lillian E. Smith Center, Dr. Matthew Teutsch As she prepared to close Laurel Fall Camp for Girls, a camp she ran from 1925–1948, Lillian Smith wrote, “I hope that the idea of Laurel Falls will not die. I want to believe that we have started a chain reaction of dreams that…

Nearly 370 Students Presented at Fifth Annual Piedmont University Symposium

Students in gym with poster presentations

Piedmont University’s annual Symposium was held April 12. Symposium is a celebration of academic achievement and has become a tradition at Piedmont. Students apply and must be accepted to participate in the event, which is held on both the Demorest and Athens campuses. Created to encourage deeper learning experiences, the Piedmont Symposium first took place…

Piedmont Alumnae Chosen to Lead Three White County Schools

Three Piedmont alumnae have been selected to lead schools in the White County School System beginning with the next school year. According to a story on the front page of the White County News, Juliana Dean and Noel Cochran will serve as principals for Mt. Yonah Elementary and Tesnatee Gap Elementary, respectively. Marybeth Thomas is the…

Piedmont Basketball to Host Summer Camps

Women's and Men's basketball players

Piedmont University’s basketball programs will host summer camps again this year in the Johnny Mize Athletic Center and Cave Arena on the Demorest campus. Piedmont Lions men’s and women’s basketball coaching staffs lead the three camps. Summer Basketball Camp for rising first-grade to sixth-grade boys and girls will be held 8 a.m.-noon, Monday-Thursday, July 31-Aug….

PAL Games Brought Area Elementary School Students to Piedmont Campus 

Children play lacrosse in a gym

The sixth Piedmont Athletic Lions (PAL) Games were held on March 24 in the Mize Athletic Center on the Demorest campus. The PAL Games is a group project created by Piedmont students in 2015 to provide a special day of camaraderie and competition for Piedmont University students and elementary school students with special needs. Thanks…

English Professor Jaydn DeWald Had a ‘Delightfully Rowdy’ Childhood

Jaydn DeWald on a beach

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. As the son of a public high school band teacher, Dr. Jaydn DeWald spent “countless hours in rooms crowded with teenagers overblowing saxes or banging on timpani like apes.”…

Piedmont University Business Grad Starts Career as an Auditor — And Much More is to Come

Last month, Piedmont University Walker College of Business alumna Brittany Latham started a new job as an auditor with a public accounting firm — or as she puts it, she started the path toward realizing her full potential. “Graduating from Piedmont was just the beginning,” she said. “I’ll be continuing my education to get my…