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…
Last summer, Piedmont University senior nursing student Artizana Hasaj visited her parents’ home country of Kosovo. Artizana observed her cousin, Suzanna, a psychiatric nurse in the Neuro-Psychiatric Unit at the Hospital of Prishtina. “I thought this was a great way to introduce myself to the world of mental health and prepare myself for what I…
The Piedmont Symposium, an annual showcase of academic excellence that has more than quadrupled in size since its inception, was held April 11 at Piedmont’s Demorest and Athens campuses. The Symposium celebrates undergraduate students’ accomplishments in research and creative inquiry. Students apply and must be accepted to participate in the event. “Piedmont Symposium is an…
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…
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…
Jaime Johnson-Huff, whose two greatest passions in life are nursing and teaching, will become director of Piedmont University’s nursing program effective Dec. 12. “Dr. Johnson-Huff has been part of the nursing program at Piedmont for over 15 years. She is a wealth of knowledge, a consummate professional, and a full-hearted educator. She has demonstrated…
Before becoming a Piedmont student, Marcus Buffington was a nationally certified pharmacy technician for CVS for eight years. After that, he took his pharmacological skills to the emergency department at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Buffington was something of a detective in the ER, tracking down a patient’s medications when it appeared they might…
A birthday surprise for one student in Georgia turned into a months-long adventure in Alaska for another. It all started with connections made through Piedmont University’s private Facebook group for parents and families. It was January, and Piedmont University student Lance James had a birthday coming up. It was his first so far away from…
Piedmont University is constructing a new nursing skills lab that will be complete with hospital beds provided by longtime partner Habersham Medical Center. The lab will be located on the first floor of Daniel Hall on Piedmont’s Demorest campus. “We are thrilled to make this space available for our Nursing students. This lab will be…
Three Piedmont University Nursing students have secured summer externships at some of the nation’s most prestigious hospitals. Externships are training programs that nursing students complete between their third and fourth years of study. Students apply and must be accepted to externship programs. This year’s summer externships include: Abigail Judge, Cleveland Clinic; Summer Plachinski, Johns Hopkins Hospital;…