Piedmont University

Piedmont College's Speech and Debate Team competed last weekend at the Georgia Intercollegiate Forensic Association State Championship Tournament, wining a total of six awards.

Piedmont Women's Lacrosse opened its season this past Friday, February 22, against Birmingham-Southern at our home Walker Athletic Complex lacrosse and soccer field.

Piedmont College's student newspaper, The Roar, attended the Georgia College Press Institute last Friday, February 15. Represented by nine students, The Roar and its editiors won a total of seven awards. Most impressively, the staff earned the "best website" award for www.piedmontroar.com, the first time The Roar has earned that honor.

Piedmont College Theatre presented And In This Corner: Cassius Clay in the Black Box Theater at the Swanson Center for the Performing Arts this past weekend, February 14-17 and 2 p.mDirected by Kathy Blandin and music directed by Amin Abraham-Quiles, And In This Corner: Cassius Clay is a historical drama about the life of a famous boxer, civil rights activist, and unlikely hero who we've come to know today as Muhammed Ali.

More than 500 Piedmont students were named the Fall, 2018 Dean's List.

Kanler Cumbass and Dr. Julia Schmitz presented at the SACSCOC annual meeting in New Orleans, December 8-11, 2018.

Marion Mealer will receive a scholarship from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters at their luncheon on 24 January, 2019.

Piedmont College welcomed 286 new alumni December 15 during Commencement exercises in the Johnny Mize Athletic Center on the Demorest campus.

EDS IT Tech-Advanced Student Paola Epstein of Piedmont College (Cherokee Cohort) has been awarded the Dawson County School District 2019 Teacher of the Year Award. Congratulations, Mrs. Epstein!

Piedmont College music major Adam Weisheit of Fayetteville, Georgia will present his senior piano recital 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 11 in the Chapel on the Demorest campus. Admission is free. Weisheit will perform four works by Rameau, Mozart, Bartok and Chopin.

Piedmont College Soccer players Cooper Donnelly and Devin Haupt were selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District team on Thursday.

Chance Passmore places at vocal competition Nov. 2-3, 2018.

In a 1-0 win over Maryville College, Piedmont's lady lions soccer team takes home first place in the USA South Tournament. This is the third time in four years that Piedmont has taken home this title.

Tyler Vandiver places at vocal competition Nov. 2-3, 2018

Chandler Allen places at vocal competition Nov. 2-3, 2018

The Piedmont College singers will perform at the Cathedral of St. Philip on Sunday, November 11, 2018.

The latest show Piedmont College Theatre is working on is a "tragicomedy" revolving around three sisters as they face their sins.

Residential Living and the Campus Activities Board hosted the 4th annual Trunk or Treat on Friday, October 26. The event provided a safe option for trick or treating for the Habersham County Community. Forty groups and organizations helped provide a night of fun for our community members. A total of 418 students and guests attended Trunk or Treat.

Piedmont establishes Greek life on campus with Carmel, Indiana-based sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha.

Kaitlyn Loesel, a senior Biology major / Chemistry minor of Cumming, Georgia has been accepted to attend Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning in the Fall 2019 semester.

The Piedmont College Singers' Fall Concert November 8 will feature choral works from the 19th to the 20st century in a program entitled "Hope of Living."

Three Piedmont students presented original research at the Popular Culture Association of the South Annual Convention in New Orleans on October 7.

The Piedmont College soccer programs were recognized by the United Soccer Coaches on Thursday afternoon as both the men's and women's teams garnered Team Academic Awards.

The Piedmont College softball team was recently recognized for their academic success as a 2017-18 Easton/NFCA Academic Team by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Eleven individual players were also named Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes for the 2017-18 academic year.

Piedmont has been awarded the President's Cup, which was established 40 years ago and recognizes USA South's top-performing athletic program. Piedmont claimed the Cup by a margin of six points over Methodist University.

The Department of Music is pleased to announce that Diana Cleland (BA in Music 2018, MA Candidate in Education), piano student of Dr. Jeri-Mae Astolfi, has been awarded a collegiate grant from the Georgia Music Teachers Association.

On September 22, more than 100 people gathered at the Johnny Mize Athletic Center to participate in the Piedmont College 5K Color Run for the Grace Gate Clinic.

On Sunday, Sept. 16, the Lady Lions golf team tied their team score record with 310 at the MCC Women's Intercollegiate.

Piedmont College Theatre opens its 2018-2019 season with the award-winning musical A Chorus Line September 27-29.

In a 2-0 win over Emory & Henry, Senior Cassidy Reich scored her 50th goal in her college career. On Sept. 9, Piedmont went up against Emory & Henry, but the game was delayed by two hours due to rain. Reich, one of the Lady Lions' forwards, scored her 50th goal in a free kick 21 yards out during the 28th minute. Later on in the last ten minutes of the game, Reich would score her second goal of the game and her fourth goal of the season overall.