In his Stewart Hall office at Piedmont, biology professor Dr. Carlos Camp has an eclectic collection. There is a framed front page of a London newspaper printed in 1814, a diorama with hand-painted toy soldiers depicting a pivotal moment in the Battle of Waterloo, and a “Jinx and Jasper” film cell from an animated short…
Haley Bolt ’20, Veronica Cappas ’20, and Breanna Kramer ’20 may have helped solve a murder that happened when they were in kindergarten. Their work is evidence of Piedmont’s powerful forensics program, one that takes students like them outside the laboratory and into real-world investigative work. Bolt, Cappas, and Kramer helped develop fresh leads in…
More than 130 students took part in the inaugural Piedmont Symposium April 17. Last week on our Athens campus, more than 30 students participated, showcasing nine posters and eight oral presentations. This day was a snapshot of what makes Piedmont unique: mentorship, personal relationships, academic rigor, and undergraduate research….
There are roughly 2,500 blind students living in Georgia and Tennessee. Of these, only a fraction has heard of Dr. Kathy Segers. But no one, according to advocates and educators, has had a greater impact of the lives of visually impaired students in this pair of states than Segers. During a career that has spanned…
Last spring, six faculty and three staff began making plans for an undergraduate academic showcase. The group wasn’t sure what the event would look like, did not have a name or know where it would be held. They just wanted to create a space where students could display and discuss the academic experiences that helped…