Tag: Residence Life

Three Signs Brought Strickland-Burdette to Res Life at Piedmont

  • Publication date February 7, 2025

Joe Strickland-Burdette wasn’t looking for a job when fate tapped him on the shoulder three times about an opening at Piedmont University. Strickland-Burdette was taking a break from higher education and loving his work. He and his husband, Mark, had a dog sitting/daycare business in Anderson, South Carolina, with more than 200 satisfied and loyal…

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A Fateful Day at Chick-fil-A Led Paul to ‘Amazing Career Path’ and Piedmont

  • Publication date July 31, 2023
Dr. Tracey Paul is pictured outside.

Years before she was named Piedmont University’s new Dean of Students and Director of Residential Living, Dr. Tracey Paul was a student standing in line waiting to order lunch at a Chick-fil-A when her hall director saw her. She asked if Paul wanted to be an RA. “I said, ‘Sure.’ What’s an RA?” Now, leading…

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