Piedmont News

It’s official! Piedmont UNIVERSITY

Building on a decade of growth, record enrollment, and a rising regional profile, Piedmont faculty, staff, and students celebrated a major milestone this week: becoming a university. The name change – announced last June – became official today as Piedmont University unveiled new logos for(…)

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Piedmont launches digital marketing program

Adapting to an ever-changing economy and job outlook, Piedmont University announced today that in the fall it will begin offering a concentration in Digital Marketing as part of its bachelor’s degree program in Business Administration. The program, offered through the college’s Harry W.(…)

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Forensic Science program ranked among best in country

Piedmont University’s Forensic Science Program has been rated among the best in the nation by a popular ranking agency and online learning platform….Keep Reading Forensic Science program ranked among best in country

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Piedmont People & Profiles

Back home

Chuck Young’s Bronx-based journey to Piedmont and back again has a bit of everything. Humor. Nostalgia. Resilience. But it all began by(…)

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An authentic southern voice

In his Stewart Hall office at Piedmont, biology professor Dr. Carlos Camp has an eclectic collection. There is a framed front page of a London newspaper printed in 1814, a diorama with(…)

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Bringing calm to chaos

Callahan serves with veteran-led disaster response organization Team Rubicon Greyshirts are hard charging, take control and get-stuff-done types who bring a sense of calm after a catastrophe.(…)

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With a little help from your friends

Last spring, Dr. Perry Rettig, Piedmont’s Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, had just wrapped up a Board presentation when a Trustee pulled him aside.During his two-hour(…)

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Student & Alumni Success

Hatfield making her own history in the Nacoochee Valley

As a preteen, Madison Hatfield ’21 wanted to take a “fun family weekend trip” to Andersonville, a tiny Georgia town once home to a prisoner-of-war camp. Thousands of Union soldiers died of scurvy and dysentery in the 14 months the Confederacy operated the camp during the Civil(…)

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Murley found a mission helping homeless in Dublin

Bethany Murley ’13 has been in Dublin, Ireland, since October 2019 serving as a volunteer for the Dublin Simon Community. The 50-year-old organization battles homelessness with the attitude, “Until they can close their own door behind them, the most vulnerable members of our society will(…)

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