Brenau University

To celebrate 100 years since women received the right to vote, The Women’s College hosted a Roaring 20s themed party as part of the GOLD program on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Trustee Library. The library was filled with 1920s inspired food, mocktails and a place to make your own hat to honor the decade […]

For her 40th play, Gay Hammond did something completely different. The associate professor of theatre at Brenau University has a knack for period pieces. She teaches period styles for actors, is trained as a classical actor, has written dozens of period plays including adaptations of Jane Austen, and considers older literature “sort of my thing,” […]

As part of the 2019-20 season, the Gainesville Theatre Alliance will be performing Pippin, the story of one man’s journey to be extraordinary, from Feb. 11-22 in Hosch Theatre. The young prince Pippin, heir to the Frankish throne, goes in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. A traveling troupe, led by Leading […]

Sixth graders from Gainesville Middle School experienced a challenging day of running a business with the help of Brenau University faculty, staff and administrators, including President Anne Skleder, on Friday, Jan. 24, at Junior Achievement of Georgia’s The Mike & Lynn Cottrell JA Discovery Center at North Georgia. Known locally as JA BizTown, the facility […]

A moving performance from the Brenau University Department of Dance left the audience in Pearce Auditorium on Thursday, Jan. 16, simultaneously uncomfortable and moved. Featuring student dancers, some of whom donned paper bags over their heads or signs with the names of real historic victims of lynchings, the performance was part of the annual Winter […]

Mary Lou Frank, Brenau adjunct psychology professor, had a busy 2019. Frank published a book earlier this year titled, The Mind of a Peacemaker: The Psychology of Mediation. Her book is the first on conflict resolution published by a psychologist. In addition, Frank and her husband, Ken, director of Brenau’s Conflict Resolution & Legal Studies […]

The Brenau University undergraduate psychology club, PsyClub, recently collected more than 500 stuffed animals for The Edmondson-Telford Child Advocacy Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Club President Jessica Brannam brought the new and gently used stuffed animals and a monetary donation raised by selling Halloween “Boo Bags” in October to the center on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Brannam, […]

Brenau University interior design students once again decorated for Christmas at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta. Callanwolde is decorated seasonally for the holidays and Brenau interior design students have worked to decorate the mansion with professional designers annually since 2016. The center, built between 1917 and 1921, was the home of the family […]

Visitors to the John S. Burd Center for the Performing Arts the last week of November may notice a special display in the lobby. Small trees covered in origami butterflies line the stained-glass windows to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25. Students enrolled in the First-Year Experience, commonly […]

Dear Brenau Family and Friends, As we enter this season of Thanksgiving, please know that I am grateful for this wonderful, caring community known as Brenau University. I’m sure you share my sense of gratitude for our faculty and staff who daily live into their passion for helping our students to succeed. I am inspired […]

Several Brenau University students are currently starring in the Gainesville Theatre Alliance’s production of Legally Blonde: The Musical, a fabulously fun, award-winning musical adaptation of the 2001 hit movie running Nov. 5-16 in Hosch Theatre. The musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods — played by Brenau senior Lauren Hill — as she tackles stereotypes […]

For the fourth time, the Brenau University Athletic Department celebrated National Fitness Day with a local Boys and Girls Club. This year, around 30 students from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lanier played different games with members of the lacrosse, softball, track and field and cheer teams on Friday, Oct. 26. Rainy weather was […]

Professor of Political Science Heather Hollimon knew she was putting her GS200W Intro to Gender Studies class through an emotional ringer with her section on gender-based violence. To help them decompress after the difficult section, Hollimon brought in certified laughter yoga teacher Shama Rainwater. Rainwater took the students through several breathing and laughing exercises. These […]

Brenau University students had the opportunity in October to vividly tell the stories that matter most to them through the institution’s first Campus Movie Fest. Campus Movie Fest is the world’s largest student film festival made possible in partnership with Panasonic, the Walt Disney Company and the Elfenworks Foundation. It is the premier outlet for […]

Students in Karen Henman’s PS 105 science concepts class were able to gain hands-on experience in water quality testing at Chicopee Lake in Gainesville, Georgia. Henman, associate professor of science education and a water quality testing trainer for 15 years, takes Brenau students out to study water quality in the area. This is the second […]

Children and adults learned about finding their inner selves during The Ugly Duckling, presented by WonderQuest and held at Brenau University’s Pearce Auditorium. The Ugly Duckling, held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 5, was written by Hans Christian Andersen and adapted for the stage by Gay Hammond, Brenau’s associate professor of theatre. The story follows […]

The Brenau University Trustee Library displayed more than texts on Wednesday, Sept. 25, as it hosted a reception celebrating the Graham Arader Arts & Science Collaborative, an initiative to provide students access to the university’s impressive collection of naturalist art. The university’s Permanent Art Collection is perhaps best known for its modern and pop art […]

As part of The Women’s College’s new GOLD Program, first-year students took part in Brenau’s first Golden Ticket Ceremony. Students lined up to receive a golden necklace and their ticket, which included a list of their Gold Team of advisors and instructors and community connection events at Brenau. The ceremony was held Wednesday, Sept. 18, […]

At the close of the 20th century, decades before the Civil Rights Movement or the Voting Rights Act, three sisters attended what was then known as Brenau College. Each of them would face their family heritage as Georgia slave-owning, white supremacists differently, becoming unique pieces of social, sexual and cultural history. The story of Grace, […]