Alumni Day 2025 brought energy, pride, and celebration to Piedmont University’s Demorest campus as graduates returned for a full day of events—and to recognize some of Piedmont’s most distinguished alumni. From a morning Alumni Association breakfast and wetlands walk to basketball games and a Chamber Singers reunion, the schedule reflected Piedmont’s vibrant campus spirit. The…
Piedmont University Director of Counseling Services Sean Williamson was honored with the Sylvia Shortt Counselor of the Year Award at the 32nd Annual Georgia College Counseling Association (GCCA) Conference in January in St. Simons Island, Georgia. Williamson’s previous experience includes director of behavioral health at a hospital, adjunct professor, and 14 years as director of…
When Chris Goershel peers out his office window, he sees Truist Park. He works for RaceTrac, an Atlanta-based convenience retail company that jockeys with other big-name companies for the title of largest privately held revenue generator in Georgia. Goershel majored in business at Piedmont and interned as a broker representing companies seeking industrial space. That later became…
Joe Strickland-Burdette wasn’t looking for a job when fate tapped him on the shoulder three times about an opening at Piedmont University. Strickland-Burdette was taking a break from higher education and loving his work. He and his husband, Mark, had a dog sitting/daycare business in Anderson, South Carolina, with more than 200 satisfied and loyal…
At Piedmont University, our students, faculty, staff, and alumni make up our “Piedmont family,” but for some, that term is very literal. This year, there are two pairs of students related to one another: sisters Ashlyn McEntyre and Courtney Miller, and mother and daughter Marlene and Skyler Seeber. They share not only a major and…
Join us for “Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Lillian E. Smith: 80th Anniversary Exhibition” at Piedmont University’s Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art. The exhibition will be on view September 5, 2024-May 15, 2025. A public reception will take place on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Augusta-based photographer Mark Albertin will give a guest lecture. Lillian E. Smith…
Join us for “Austin Wieland” at Piedmont University’s Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art. The exhibition will be on view Jan. 25-Feb. 22. A reception will take place on Jan. 25 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Both the reception and exhibition are free to the public. Austin Wieland is a ceramic sculptor whose work investigates clay’s intersections with…
Piedmont University invites you to its adored holiday event, Lessons and Carols, as it enters its 35th year on Dec. 1 and 2. “The Annual Service of Lessons and Carols is one of the region’s most beloved events, a true Piedmont University tradition, a special time when the community gathers to welcome the holiday season,”…
The community is invited to a concert of instrumental chamber music on Tues., Nov. 7, 2023, at 7:30 PM at the Piedmont University Chapel. This concert will feature a variety of both original compositions and arrangements for brass, woodwind, percussion, and piano, by composers Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Beach, McMichael, Lennon/McCartney, and others. Student performers represent…
The Piedmont University Theatre Department opens the 2023-24 MainStage season with the award-winning musical RENT, performing Sept. 28–Oct.1. This ground-breaking production written by Jonathan Larson is about living as well as you can for as long as you can. RENT tells the story of several modern-day Bohemian characters living in the East Village in Manhattan…