The Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Division 5, will hold oral arguments on eight cases on Piedmont University’s Demorest campus. Presiding Judge Christopher J. McFadden, Chief Judge Amanda H. Mercier, and Judge Brian Rickman will hear oral arguments at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Swanson Center for Performing Arts and Communications….
John Lanneau has law enforcement written all over him, and rightly so. He brought nearly three decades of field and laboratory experience when he joined Piedmont University last year. Lanneau is a Professor of Forensic Science and Criminal Justice at Piedmont’s Demorest campus and the Director of the Georgia Forensic Academy. Piedmont offers undergraduate degrees in…
Piedmont University recently received a Recruitment and Induction of STEM Educators grant from the National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teaching Scholarship Program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports…
The exhibit “Ashlyn Pope: A History of Moving Forward” at Piedmont University’s Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art is a featured part of the Northeast Georgia Arts Tour June 14-16 and will be on view through Aug. 25. A public reception will take place 4-6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25. Ashlyn Pope is an artist and educator of…
The Piedmont University Conservatory of Music will host the 4th Chopin Academy of Atlanta Music Festival on Sunday, June 23, in the Piedmont University Chapel. The community is cordially invited to attend. Admission is free. Since 2021, together with the Chopin Society of Atlanta, Musik21 Conservatory has invited talented young pianists from the metro Atlanta…
Getting from high school into college is a narrow, simple path for many students. For students like Samantha “Sam” Williams, the route is more like a river, with bends and curves. Williams is the oldest of six siblings and the first in her family to achieve a four-year degree. She fit in higher education classes…
On May 1, Piedmont University’s Mass Communications Department held its annual MCOM Awards. These awards include fun superlatives for students and faculty, the James M. Cox Jr. Alumni Award, and faculty-selected awards. This year, the alumni award was given to Cale Padgett, class of 2009. This year was special for the Mass Communications department as…
The Piedmont Symposium, an annual showcase of academic excellence that has more than quadrupled in size since its inception, was held April 11 at Piedmont’s Demorest and Athens campuses. The Symposium celebrates undergraduate students’ accomplishments in research and creative inquiry. Students apply and must be accepted to participate in the event. “Piedmont Symposium is an…
The Piedmont University Theatre Department concludes the 23-24 Mainstage season with Neil Simon’s murderous farce Rumors, performing April 11-14. The New York Times declares that Rumors “has nothing on its mind except making the audience laugh.” As their 10nth wedding anniversary party commences, the Deputy Mayor of New York City Charlie Brock lies bleeding in his bedroom, and his…
Since third grade, when Andrea Alvarez Guillen was learning multiplication tables, she was fascinated by numbers. Even then, she knew she would use that love in a career, maybe as a teacher, architect, or engineer. A couple of years later, Guillen narrowed it down to engineer. When she was a junior in high school, she…