First-Gen Student Celebration

On Monday, Nov. 8, Piedmont University will hold the 2021 First-Gen Student Celebration 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. upstairs in the Commons Conference Room in Demorest and in Room 312 on the Athens campus. The First-Gen event will also be livestreamed. Light refreshments will be served and there will be a photo booth, free t-shirts (limited supply), stickers, and buttons. Dr. Octavius Mulligan will be a guest speaker in Demorest at 10:30 a.m. A panel of First-Gen faculty/staff will follow at 11:30 a.m. and Career Services will present at noon. In conjunction with the celebration, a FAFSA Q&A with financial aid representatives will take place in Athens from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. In Demorest, a FAFSA workshop will be held from 2-5 p.m. in Daniel Hall, Room 305. Students and faculty may sign up on Starfish and staff may RSVP to Ineke Dyer, director of student support services, idyer@piedmont.edu.