Athens Campus will move to virtual learning on Wednesday, Jan 22. Faculty, staff, and students should not report to campus. Demorest campus will operate on normal hours tomorrow. Students, faculty, and staff who cannot safely return to campus should contact their supervisor or professor(s).
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.”…
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…
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. New Jersey native Dr. J. Kerry Waller, Dean of the Harry W. Walker College of Business, is a New York Mets fan who loves the business of sports. Waller…
Sometimes I go to the grocery store, stand in front of the cereal aisle and feel completely paralyzed. “So many choices,” I tell myself. “This would be a lot easier if we only had two or three boxes to choose from.” Instead, there are dozens. Some of those choices are really good, like Lucky Charms….
Piedmont University will present a trio of performances on March 21, as the Piedmont University Singers, Pro Musica Choir, and Pro Musica Orchestra take the stage in the final large-scale performance conducted by long-time faculty member Dr. Wallace Hinson. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the Chapel on the Demorest campus, 1021 Central…
The Piedmont University Theatre 2022-23 mainstage season continues with Bright Star, March 30-April 2. Written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, and inspired by the Iron Mountain Baby folk story, Bright Star tells a tale of love and redemption set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in the 1920s and…
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. Piedmont University English Professor Dr. Stephen Whited grew up enjoying the typical suburban experience: “school, church, and neighborhood kids playing all the seasonal sports in somebody’s backyard.” In high school,…
This story appeared in the March 3 edition of The Northeast Georgian: The Piedmont University women’s swim team won the Independent South Swimming ConferenceChampionship on Saturday, as head coach Teddy Guyer was named conference Coach of the Year. The Lady Lions also broke a pair of conference records at the meet in addition to 12…
Piedmont University will host the Habersham Historical Society’s 50th Year Golden Jubilee on March 11 at the Student Commons on the Demorest campus. “The history of Piedmont University and Habersham County are inextricably linked,” said Piedmont University President Marshall Criser. “We are excited to host this event, which also happens to fall within Piedmont’s 125th…
Piedmont University was one of only 14 colleges in the nation to participate in trainings hosted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last month. “Our students gained invaluable skills during this training,” said Dr. Jaime Johnson-Huff, associate dean of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, who accompanied the students to the training in…