Month: March 2023

Piedmont University Natural Science Students Share Research at Conferences

  • Publication date March 31, 2023

Natural Science students have been presenting their research at conferences all over the southeastern region.  Rhylee Wittrock and Imani Vincent shared their research at Confluence 2023, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream’s Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Conference.  Wittrock presented research on Assessment of Infrastructure Through Dye Tracing, and Vincent’s research was about Factors that Influence Groundwater in a Wetland Environment.  Piedmont…

Keep Reading Piedmont University Natural Science Students Share Research at Conferences

PAL Games Brought Area Elementary School Students to Piedmont Campus 

  • Publication date March 29, 2023
Children play lacrosse in a gym

The sixth Piedmont Athletic Lions (PAL) Games were held on March 24 in the Mize Athletic Center on the Demorest campus. The PAL Games is a group project created by Piedmont students in 2015 to provide a special day of camaraderie and competition for Piedmont University students and elementary school students with special needs. Thanks…

Keep Reading PAL Games Brought Area Elementary School Students to Piedmont Campus 

English Professor Jaydn DeWald Had a ‘Delightfully Rowdy’ Childhood

  • Publication date March 29, 2023
Jaydn DeWald on a beach

This series spotlights the people who educate Piedmont University students. We ask them about their childhood, their first jobs, and why they love what they do. As the son of a public high school band teacher, Dr. Jaydn DeWald spent “countless hours in rooms crowded with teenagers overblowing saxes or banging on timpani like apes.”…

Keep Reading English Professor Jaydn DeWald Had a ‘Delightfully Rowdy’ Childhood

Piedmont University Business Grad Starts Career as an Auditor — And Much More is to Come

  • Publication date March 16, 2023

Last month, Piedmont University Walker College of Business alumna Brittany Latham started a new job as an auditor with a public accounting firm — or as she puts it, she started the path toward realizing her full potential. “Graduating from Piedmont was just the beginning,” she said. “I’ll be continuing my education to get my…

Keep Reading Piedmont University Business Grad Starts Career as an Auditor — And Much More is to Come

March 21 Concert Will be Long-Serving Piedmont University Faculty Member’s Final Thank-You to the Community

  • Publication date March 8, 2023

Piedmont University will present a trio of performances on March 21, as the Piedmont University Singers, Pro Musica Choir, and Pro Musica Orchestra take the stage in the final large-scale performance conducted by long-time faculty member Dr. Wallace Hinson. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the Chapel on the Demorest campus, 1021 Central…

Keep Reading March 21 Concert Will be Long-Serving Piedmont University Faculty Member’s Final Thank-You to the Community

Piedmont University Theatre Presents “Bright Star” March 30-April 2

  • Publication date March 6, 2023

The Piedmont University Theatre 2022-23 mainstage season continues with Bright Star, March 30-April 2.   Written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, and inspired by the Iron Mountain Baby folk story, Bright Star tells a tale of love and redemption set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in the 1920s and…

Keep Reading Piedmont University Theatre Presents “Bright Star” March 30-April 2

Reading While Working: English Professor Stephen Whited Loves His Job

  • Publication date March 6, 2023

This series spotlights the people who educate Piedmont University students. We ask them about their childhood, their first jobs, and why they love what they do. Piedmont University English Professor Dr. Stephen Whited grew up enjoying the typical suburban experience: “school, church, and neighborhood kids playing all the seasonal sports in somebody’s backyard.” In high school,…

Keep Reading Reading While Working: English Professor Stephen Whited Loves His Job

Northeast Georgian Covers Piedmont Women’s Swimming Conference Title

  • Publication date March 3, 2023

This story appeared in the March 3 edition of The Northeast Georgian: The Piedmont University women’s swim team won the Independent South Swimming ConferenceChampionship on Saturday, as head coach Teddy Guyer was named conference Coach of the Year. The Lady Lions also broke a pair of conference records at the meet in addition to 12…

Keep Reading Northeast Georgian Covers Piedmont Women’s Swimming Conference Title