The Art of Aiming High
Hayden Giovino’s grit, determination, focus, and passion, along with the help of art professor Rebecca Brantley, helped get him a coveted spot in a program with the High Museum in Atlanta….
Piedmont announces new location for Athens campus
Piedmont University’s next Athens campus home will be a modern, four-story brick building at 1282 Prince Avenue. The 32,700-square-foot edifice is still under construction and is located about half a mile from the current campus. The college plans to move into the new space in early 2021, around the time the institution’s name will change…
Persevering through a Pandemic
Piedmont athletic teams had no problem getting dressed up for the fall season. Finding somewhere to go proved to be a challenge. “Almost impossible,” says athletics director Jim Peeples when asked how difficult it was to schedule opponents in the fall, “and I think that has been a drain on our coaching staff. They were…
Remembering Anna
Last fall, the Piedmont community was shaken by news that one of its own—freshman Anna Mackenzie Whitlock—had died in an automobile accident while on the way to campus. In August, members of Anna’s family visited the Demorest campus to celebrate her life and dedicate a memorial bench in her name. The bench, flanked by three…
Two Strikes Put Waller in Higher Education
New Jersey native Dr. J. Kerry Waller, Dean of the Harry W. Walker Walker College of Business, loves the business of sports. The New York Mets fan’s first job after college was owner of a baseball card shop, Shoebox Sports Cards. A yellow and red company sign graces a top shelf in his Camp Hall…
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 hand-painted toy soldiers depicting a pivotal moment in the Battle of Waterloo, and a “Jinx and Jasper” film cell from an animated short…
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. They belong to Team Rubicon, a nonprofit organization led by veterans that utilizes the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response…
Piedmont forensics students could help solve 15-year-old murder case
Haley Bolt ’20, Veronica Cappas ’20, and Breanna Kramer ’20 may have helped solve a murder that happened when they were in kindergarten. Their work is evidence of Piedmont’s powerful forensics program, one that takes students like them outside the laboratory and into real-world investigative work. Bolt, Cappas, and Kramer helped develop fresh leads in…
McKinney and the Manikin
For nearly a decade, Bob has been prodded, poked, and cared for by Piedmont students. He’s been diagnosed with cancer, had hundreds of strokes and heart attacks, and has endured death many, many times. Bob, a high-fidelity medical manikin, takes it in stride. It’s for a good cause. He teaches nursing students. His symptoms and…
Back to busy
In Athens, the Georgia Bulldogs had pulled ahead of Vanderbilt 16-10, but an unanswered touchdown two minutes into the final quarter ultimately put the Commodores in the win column. It was October 15, 2016. Piedmont University senior Gilbert “Bert” Ibarra had attended the game with a couple of lacrosse teammates. Walking back to the car,…