Piedmont University

A total of 307 Piedmont University students received undergraduate and graduate degrees on Friday, May 5, during two commencement ceremonies. The graduate ceremony was held at 10:30 a.m., with the undergraduate service following at 1:30 p.m. Both were held in the Johnny Mize Athletic Center on the Demorest campus.

Piedmont University congratulates the more than 250 students named Dean's Scholars for the spring 2023 semester. Students who earned the Dean's Scholar designation finished the semester with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Piedmont University's annual Symposium was held April 12. The daylong event featured topics like "Relationship between Coaching Philosophy and Team Success," "Auditioning in the Digital Age," and "The Importance of Medical Interpreters in Hospital Settings."

Piedmont University Theatre brought the Steve Martin and Edie Brickell musical Bright Star to the stage from March 30-April 2.

Piedmont University Natural Science students have been presenting their research at conferences all over the Southeast.

Piedmont University congratulates the nearly 260 students who were named Dean's Scholars for the Fall 2022 semester. Students who earned the Dean's Scholar designation finished the semester with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Piedmont University congratulates the nearly 300 students who qualified for the Dean's List for the Fall 2022 semester. Dean's List honorees end the semester with a GPA of 3.50-3.99.

More than 200 students graduated from Piedmont University on Dec. 9. "Congratulations to all of our graduates and their families, friends, and supporters. Graduation is a life-changing milestone. We are proud to welcome you to the Piedmont alumni family," said President James F. Mellichamp.

Piedmont University Theatre's 2022-23 mainstage season kicked off with Peter and the Starcatcher Oct. 20-23. Based on the 2004 novel by Dave Berry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatcher features everyone's favorite forever boy, Peter Pan, and explores themes such as greed, despair, friendship, duty, and even love.

Julia DeMello, a soprano from Dahlonega, Georgia, will present her senior voice recital at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Piedmont University Chapel. The public is invited, and admission is free.

Piedmont University's Communication Sciences and Disorders program continues to make a name for itself, this time with a study to be published in The Cleft-Palate Craniofacial Journal, a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, international publication. Piedmont student Jaycie Ponce co-authored the article with Communication and Disorders Program Director Dr. Monica Bellon Harn and Rebecca Hancock, a speech-language pathologist who works for Union County Schools.

Three Piedmont University Students qualified for the Dean's List for the Summer 2022 semester. Dean's List honorees end the semester with a GPA of 3.50-3.99. Piedmont University congratulates all of the students named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2021 semester. Dean's List honorees achieve a 3.50-3.99 GPA.

Nearly 60 students graduated from Piedmont University on July 22. Undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies were held in the Chapel on the Demorest campus.

This spring, three graduates earned master's degrees in health sciences from Piedmont University, and all three were hired in their field before they crossed the commencement stage.

Piedmont University congratulates the nearly 220 students who were named Dean's Scholars for the spring 2022 semester. Students who earned the Dean's Scholar designation finished the semester with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

More than 300 Piedmont University Students had a GPA of 3.50-3.99 to qualify for the Dean's List for the Spring 2022 semester. Piedmont University congratulates all of the students named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2021 semester. Dean's List honorees achieve a 3.50-3.99 GPA.

Piedmont University presented The Three Musketeers beginning Feb. 17. Ken Ludwig's The Three Musketeers has been lauded by critics as "the best adaptation of the novel ever written" and came to life on stage under the direction of John F. Spiegel, with assistance from Jonathan Furlow, assistant director, and Sof Delgado, stage manager.

Nearly 400 students graduated from Piedmont University on May 6. Undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies were held in the Johnny Mize Athletic Center & Museum on the Demorest campus.

The winners of Piedmont University's 2022 Student Organization & Leaders Awards have been named and were honored at a dinner and ceremony on April 21. The purpose of the awards ceremony is to recognize the exceptional leadership and achievements of Piedmont University's student organizations, students, and advisors.

The Piedmont University Chorale performed a variety of works for chorus in an April 25 concert at the Chapel on the Demorest Campus.

Piedmont University's Instrumental Chamber Ensembles and Wind Ensemble performed free concerts in April. The Instrumental Chamber Ensembles performed the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Bridge, Stein, and other compositions handpicked to showcase their talents during a concert on April 10. The Wind Ensemble performed on April 12.

The Piedmont University Singers, orchestra, and soloists presented the world premiere of a semi-staged oratorio based on the life of Lillian E. Smith composed by Mary Carol Warwick for the university's 125th anniversary. The oratorio is based on the life and pioneering work of civil rights activist Lillian E. Smith. Smith was a writer who penned the best-selling novel "Strange Fruit," about an interracial relationship that takes place in Georgia in the 1920s. She was also active in the Civil Rights Movement and a friend of Martin Luther King Jr. Smith studied at Piedmont University, which is home to the Lillian E. Smith Center, an educational facility and artists' retreat in Clayton, Georgia.

Piedmont University Cantabile, a seven-voice a cappella ensemble, performed on March 29 at the Conservatory of Music in Demorest.

The Piedmont Singers performed at the Demorest campus on Jan. 25 and for the Georgia Music Educators Association on Jan. 29. The Piedmont University Singers performed pieces covering a half-century of choral music history during a free concert on Jan. 25 at the Chapel on Piedmont University's Demorest campus. The Singers then gave the same performance on Jan. 29 in Athens for the Georgia Music Educators Association.

Piedmont University hosted its Great Composers Concert Series on Feb. 24 in the Chapel on the Demorest campus. Piedmont's choirs, orchestra, and soloists presented the latest installment of the Great Composers Concert Series, Austrian Masters, during which they performed Josef Haydn's Symphony No. 2, Mozart's Symphony No. 29, and Franz Schubert's Mass in G. Dr. C. Wallace Hinson, director of Piedmont's Conservatory of Music and associate dean of the School of Fine Arts, conducted the performance. "The audience heard works that are at the core of the classical music repertoire. All three works on the program were written when the composers were relatively young," Hinson said. "The audience could 'see' into the mind of the youthful composers and perhaps make a connection to their more mature - and possibly better known - works."

Piedmont University again presented its beloved holiday event, Lessons and Carols, to live audiences during two performances in November. Lessons and Carols celebrated its 33rd year in 2021. The 2020 performance was presented as a video recording because of the COVID pandemic. As the performance returned to a live format, face coverings and social distancing were required.

Piedmont University's Wind Ensemble performed a free concert on Nov. 20, 2021, at the Chapel on the Demorest campus. Wind Ensemble Director Anand Sukumaran said the evening will take attendees on a "journey" through different places, times, and experiences.

Heather Strachan led the 30-member Piedmont Conservatory Strings orchestra in performing works by six living composers, including Eric Whitacre and Karl Jenkins, in a concert on Nov. 2, 2021. Three students took part. Strachan is the director of the Piedmont Conservatory Strings, Artist-in-Residence at the Piedmont University Conservatory of Music, and a founding member of the Piedmont Camerata.

Piedmont University's Instrumental Chamber Ensembles performed the works of Haydn, Brahms, and other compositions handpicked to showcase their talents during a concert n Nov. 18 at the Chapel located on the Demorest campus.

The Piedmont University Singers gave their first public performance in nearly two years on Nov. 11 at the Chapel on the Demorest campus.