Month: April 2025

Army Veteran and Piedmont Nursing Graduate Encourages Honor Society Inductees to Lead with Purpose and Grit

Piedmont University alumnus Alex McNure — a 2020 graduate of the R.H. Daniel College of Nursing and Health Sciences and member of the Army National Guard — returned to campus in February to deliver a powerful speech to newly inducted nursing honor society members. In his remarks, McNure reflected on his time as a Piedmont…

Academic Excellence on Display: 400 Students Present at Piedmont University’s 2025 Symposium

What does it look like when a university truly champions student achievement? At Piedmont University, it looks like nearly 400 students taking the stage — and the spotlight — to present original research and creative projects at the Seventh Annual Piedmont Symposium, held April 10 on the Demorest and Athens campuses. Launched in 2019 to…

When Real Learning Looks Like Real Life: Piedmont’s Disaster Drill Prepares Future Nurses for Anything

Looking for a nursing school in Georgia that prepares students for the realities of healthcare? At Piedmont University, nursing students don’t just read about emergencies in textbooks — they train for them. That’s why more than 200 students took part in a full-scale active shooter disaster simulation on March 19 at Loudermilk Field on the…

Unexpected Application Takes Piedmont Student Paige Kluba to the NCAA National Student Athlete Advisory Council

When Paige Kluba applied to join the NCAA National Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), she did not know she was.  “I thought I was applying for our conference SAAC,” Paige says, referring to the advisory group for the Collegiate Conference of the South. Instead, her application went to the national level — and was accepted. She…