The former U.S. State Department’s top foreign policy planning expert says that by taking sometimes scary risks of choosing ‘caregiving over breadwinning and love over money’ women might actually be able to have it all.GAINESVILLE, Ga., May 3, 2013 ­– Anne-Marie Slaughter, the former top State Department foreign policy planning leader who shocked Washington watchers [...]

Brenau University will recapture this spring a tradition that has been on hold for close to a quarter of a century when it moves its commencement exercises for 738 graduates on May 3 and 4, 2013, to the outdoor venue on the “front lawn” of the historic Gainesville campus.The ceremonies for those eligible to receive [...]

Brenau University and the Institute for Professional Development (IPD) have announced a collaboration to provide accelerated degree programs for busy working adults. These cohort-based programs offer adult students the flexibility they need to complete associate degrees in liberal studies and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, organizational leadership, education, nursing and psychology.IPD, based in [...]

The new Brenau Golden Tigers intercollegiate golf team made history Friday, April 18, when it signed its first recruit ever – 18-year-old Lumpkin County High School standout Morgan Wood of Dahlonega, Ga.With scores of teammates and school mates turned out in the school gym to cheer her on, Wood celebrated her 18th birthday by signing a [...]

In a traditional showcase for spring millinery, more than 300 Brenau Women’s College and Brenau Academy alumnae plus families and friends converged on the Brenau University campus  Friday through Sunday, April 12-14, the annual day of class reunions and the “May Day” celebration for current students.The weekend marked the return to inductions for the Brenau [...]

 Brenau University Thursday night conferred its highest non-academic honors on youthful entrepreneur Emmie Henderson Howard and two of Gainesville’s most energetic and engaged community service volunteers, Jock and Joyce Hornor.Howard, a 2001 Brenau alumna, co-founded Southern Proper, an extremely successful enterprise that provides men’s neckties and other upscale fashion accessories for men and women, received [...]

Although its creator says he will not claim with certainty that the bronze piece is the largest in the world, one pretty big statue of a golden tiger arrived Friday on the Brenau University campus.The bronze, a gift of North Carolina philanthropist Irwin “Ike” Belk, represents the university’s Golden Tiger mascot. As something of a [...]

The Rotary Club of Gainesville, Ga., and the northeast Georgia district of the international organization on Feb. 11 presented Brenau President Ed Schrader with its W. Lee Arrendale Vocational Excellence Award for his role in spearheading the growth in career-oriented academic programs at the university.The Schrader record during his eight years as Brenau president includes [...]

Dr. Marcus Borg, one of the most widely known and influential voices in progressive Christianity and a major figure in scholarship related to the Historical Jesus, will present three lectures at Brenau University on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2, 2013, as part of a newly formed partnership of north Georgia churches and academic [...]

At the midpoint of the fall term of the 2012-13 academic year, Dr. Debra Dobkins completes the first leg in her newest academic assignments – dean of the 134-year-old Women’s College at Brenau University. One of her biggest challenges, she said, is bridging the gap between the traditional 18- to 22-year-old residential students on the [...]