Month: July 2022

Piedmont University’s Summer Commencement is July 22; Judge Brian Rickman to Receive Honorary Degree

More than 60 students will graduate from Piedmont University on July 22, during a ceremony that will include the conferring of an honorary degree on Chief Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals and Piedmont Trustee Brian Rickman. “Congratulations to all of our graduates, and welcome to the Piedmont alumni family,” said Piedmont President James…

Piedmont Professors Combine Chemistry and Biology for ABLE Conference

Science professors in a classroom.

Piedmont University chemistry professor Dr. Elaine Bailey and biology professor Dr. Julia Schmitz were in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in late June for the Association of Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) Conference. Hosted by the University of Victoria, ABLE offered workshops that gave attendees hands-on opportunities to experience a laboratory activity developed for the classroom. All…

Two-Time Piedmont Alumnus Named One of State’s Most Promising Lawyers Under 40

Two-time Piedmont University alumnus Bennett Bryan has received an On the Rise Award from The Daily Report, a legal newspaper based in Atlanta. Bennett holds two degrees from Piedmont — a bachelor’s degree in Political Science that he earned in 2005 and a Master of Business Administration that he completed in 2018. After his MBA,…