Michael Ross: Foothills will be on display May 12 through August 19 at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum Art (MSMA). Ross’ exhibition will be a part of the North Georgia Arts Tour on June 11, 12, and 13. The museum will host a closing reception on August 19. Ross resides in Athens, Georgia, and grew up in…
Building on a decade of growth, record enrollment, and a rising regional profile, Piedmont faculty, staff, and students celebrated a major milestone this week: becoming a university. The name change – announced last June – became official today as Piedmont University unveiled new logos for Piedmont’s home campus in Demorest, its Athens campus, and four…
Piedmont University will present James McClure’s 1959 Pink Thunderbird April 15-18. A combination of two one-act plays, 1959 Pink Thunderbird tells the stories of a small Texas town from two very different perspectives. In the first play, Laundry and Bourbon, we meet Elizabeth, Hattie, and Amy Lee who share a daily tradition of sipping bourbon,…
Piedmont University performs well in the annual US News & World Report rankings. The popular college guide ranked Piedmont No. 53 among “Regional Universities” in the large 12-state South Region….
The Piedmont University a cappella group, Cantabile, will present a free concert that will include jazz, pop, Broadway, and traditional African-American music at 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 30 in the Piedmont University Chapel. Works by Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein, Bobby Troup, and others will be performed. Members of the group are Piedmont students Matthew Bramlett,…
More than 200 Piedmont students participated in the college’s annual disaster drill March 24, which simulated a tornado and fire in the Swanson Center for the Performing Arts. Among the agencies involved in the annual drill included the City of Demorest Police and Fire departments, Habersham County Medical Center and EMS, Habersham County Fire Department,…
Piedmont University has been rated the top private college in Georgia by James Magazine. Published in the magazine’s July/August “Education” issue, Piedmont ranked ahead of nine other private colleges. The popular Georgia magazine is published six times a year and covers business, education, and politics in the Peach State. James also ranked Georgia’s universities and technical schools. The magazine…
The Piedmont University of R.H. Daniel School of Nursing and Health Sciences along with area emergency agencies will hold a disaster drill on March 24 at the campus in Demorest. Associate Professor Karen Greilich said the drill will include about 80 junior nursing students from the Demorest and Athens campuses who will play the role…
