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…
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,…
As a teenager, Daniela Cintron ’09 wasn’t interested in Piedmont University. What could a small school 20 minutes from her parents’ Rabun County home have to do with her dreams to work for a network like NBC in big cities like New York or San Diego? Cintron decided to give Piedmont a try and visited…
Chuck Young’s Bronx-based journey to Piedmont and back again has a bit of everything. Humor. Nostalgia. Resilience. But it all began by happenchance. Raised in the New York City borough, Young’s upbringing was solidly working class. His father was a laborer and his mom cleaned offices. Charles and Catherine never attended college but they wanted…
It’s been about two decades since Dr. Frances Brown first stepped onto Piedmont’s campus. Back then, she had a herculean job: start a nursing program. In her mind was an endless checklist: program accreditation, student recruitment, developing curriculum, hiring faculty, and a feasibility study among many others. But Brown, then 64, was uniquely equipped for…
More than 130 students took part in the inaugural Piedmont Symposium April 17. Last week on our Athens campus, more than 30 students participated, showcasing nine posters and eight oral presentations. This day was a snapshot of what makes Piedmont unique: mentorship, personal relationships, academic rigor, and undergraduate research….
There are roughly 2,500 blind students living in Georgia and Tennessee. Of these, only a fraction has heard of Dr. Kathy Segers. But no one, according to advocates and educators, has had a greater impact of the lives of visually impaired students in this pair of states than Segers. During a career that has spanned…
Last spring, six faculty and three staff began making plans for an undergraduate academic showcase. The group wasn’t sure what the event would look like, did not have a name or know where it would be held. They just wanted to create a space where students could display and discuss the academic experiences that helped…