The community is invited to a concert of instrumental chamber music on Tues., Nov. 7, 2023, at 7:30 PM at the Piedmont University Chapel. This concert will feature a variety of both original compositions and arrangements for brass, woodwind, percussion, and piano, by composers Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Beach, McMichael, Lennon/McCartney, and others. Student performers represent…
The community is invited to an a capella concert by Cantabile, directed by Piedmont alum Alex Thomlinson, at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26 in the Conservatory of Music Concert Hall. Cantabile is a small vocal group consisting of nine singers, all of whom are either undergraduate or graduate Piedmont students. They perform a variety…
Gabriella “Gabby” Lotter joined the Piedmont University athletic training staff as an assistant athletic trainer in January. While a graduate student, Lotter was an athletic trainer with the softball program, which brought home the 2022 USA South tournament championship. Lotter’s role included evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation. Lotter’s next step was interning with the Nicholls State…
The Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art is excited to announce an opening reception for Nick “NACK” Morris: Single File Consciousness on Oct. 12 from 4:30 to 7:30 PM. The exhibition will be on view through Nov.16. The reception and museum admission are free to the public. Morris grew up in North Georgia, where he cultivated his…
Students start seeing messages about registering for spring classes about midway through the fall semester. Registration “opens” for different classes on separate dates. At Piedmont University’s residential campus in Demorest, staggering the opening dates gives seniors and graduate students a better chance of getting the courses they need to move toward graduation. In Demorest, this…
The community is invited to a faculty guitar recital by Dr. Corey Flowers Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. at the Conservatory of Music Concert Hall in Demorest. The recital will showcase works by Nikita Koshkin, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Tr. Andres Segovia, Greg Burgess, Corey Flowers, Rainer Brunn, and Jose Luis Merlin. Admission is free. Dr….
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Piedmont University a $3,000 grant to support its youth literacy efforts. The funding is part of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s recent award of nearly $2.6 million across the country to support more than 300,000 students attending more than 600 schools, libraries and nonprofit organizations in the communities Dollar General…
The Piedmont University Theatre Department opens the 2023-24 MainStage season with the award-winning musical RENT, performing Sept. 28–Oct.1. This ground-breaking production written by Jonathan Larson is about living as well as you can for as long as you can. RENT tells the story of several modern-day Bohemian characters living in the East Village in Manhattan…
Piedmont University sustained last year’s strong enrollment, welcoming 1,246 undergraduate students back to class on August 16. Undergraduate enrollment is up 8 percent on our main campus, and the number of residential students grew by over 6 percent, increasing the number of students who now live, work, and play in Habersham County. This year’s enrollment…
Piedmont University is excited to announce the opening of Tommye Scanlin: Because of Memory at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art (MSMA). It will remain on view through September 28. The community is invited to attend the kick-off reception on August 31 from 4:30–6:30 PM. Both the reception and the event are free to the public. Because of Memory will…