Art Evans, Art Evans, professor of mathematics, reacts to winning an award for outstanding part-time faculty. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Several Brenau University faculty members were recognized for their service to the university and its students during the Faculty Appreciation Awards ceremony held April 29 on the Front Lawn of the Gainesville campus. “Today we wanted to celebrate our faculty, a group of individuals uniquely suited to support Brenau during this past academic year,” said […]
The 2020-2021 Elixir features a cover photo, "Whispering Wheat Field," by recent studio art graduate Hope Vigil-Shuck.
With another academic year in the books, Brenau University students recently unveiled a book of their own to add to your summer reading list. The first fully digital edition of The Elixir, Brenau’s annual student-produced literature and arts magazine, hit the web on May 1. The super-sized issue, which features a cover photo by recent […]
Laura Hylton celebrates at Brenau's commencement ceremony on May 1. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Brenau University graduates and their guests gathered Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May 1, on the Front Lawn of the university’s historic Gainesville campus for a series of four commencement ceremonies celebrating the classes of 2020 and 2021. The ceremonies, held for The Women’s College on Friday and all other undergraduate and graduate students […]
Brenau University President Anne Skleder selected these three oil paintings by senior art major Mirella Reily for this year’s Presidential Purchase Award. The pieces will become part of Brenau’s Permanent Art Collection. For more photos from this year’s Brenau Collaborative exhibitions, visit galleries.brenau.edu.
With the spring semester winding down, the Brenau University community gathered virtually on Thursday, April 22, for the annual Brenau Collaborative, highlighting the art, design and fashion work of talented students and recent graduates. This year’s event, hosted by Brenau’s Center for the Arts & Design in an online format after being postponed in 2020, […]
Softball Head Coach Devon Thomas, left, and Eric Clanton hold a framed jersey for Mike Clanton, longtime athletic trainer, at a ceremony held in Mike's honor. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Brenau University honored one of the most well-known athletic trainers in the Gainesville community, Mike Clanton, during a softball doubleheader on Saturday, April 17. Clanton passed away in July 2020. Clanton came to Brenau in 2005 and spent the next 15 years caring for athletes and coaches. Before Clanton arrived at Brenau, there was no […]
Brenau University’s 2021 Virtual Alumni Reunion, held on April 23-25, included three days of opportunities for former classmates to reconnect, meet new alumni and celebrate the success of this year’s Alumni Award winners. The virtual event, which has stood in for Brenau’s annual Alumnae Reunion Weekend for the past two years, included a Lunch and […]
From left, Melissa Currin Heard, Melissa Cannady Howard, Dr. Michael Stubblefield and Mary Kathryn Wells-Winsett are the newest members of the Brenau University Board of Trustees. Their three-year terms began in March. (Photos courtesy of trustees).
The four newest members of the Brenau University Board of Trustees are three alumnae and a physician and avid art collector from New Jersey. Melissa Currin Heard, The Women’s College class of 1992; Melissa Cannady Howard, The Women’s College class of 1997; Mary Kathryn Wells-Winsett, The Women’s College class of 2000; and Dr. Michael Stubblefield, […]
Brenau University’s annual Research Symposium was held virtually on Friday, April 9, and included more than 100 presentations by students and faculty members. This year’s event featured pre-record presentations, and presenters were on hand to answer questions from audience members. Unlike previous years, this Research Symposium did not have a theme the students had to […]
The Baxter-Bryan finalists applaud Haley Bartoletta as she is named the Baxter-Bryan Scholarship recipient.
Haley Bartoletta shook with excitement after finding out she was the 2021-22 recipient of the Baxter-Bryan Scholarship, Brenau University’s highest academic honor. “I’ve been going here for four years, and every year that I’ve been here, I’ve grown to love the community more and more,” Bartoletta said. “To be in this position where I get […]
Panamanian students from Brenau’s first cohort in partnership with IFARHU are welcomed to campus by faculty and staff members on Friday, April 9, 2021. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Brenau University welcomed 16 new students from Panama on Thursday, April 8, as part of its new partnership with the Institute for the Development of Human Resources (IFARHU), Panama’s financial aid agency. The students’ arrival to the university’s historic Gainesville, Georgia, campus follows the signing of an agreement between Brenau and IFARHU in November. Students […]
Over the past month, Brenau has held multiple clinics at the John S. Burd Center in Gainesville to help its community get vaccinated and help stop the spread of COVID-19. With anyone over the age of 16 now able to get a vaccine in Georgia, many Brenau faculty, staff and students have taken advantage of […]
Brenau University recently announced the naming of the Charles D. Walters Theatre on the Square, made possible through a generous gift from the late Gainesville businessman and philanthropist James A. “Big Jim” Walters in honor of his younger brother, Charles. The elder Walters passed away on Feb. 22 after an extended illness. Charles Walters died […]
The newly named Swinton A. Griffith III Deanship of the College of Business & Communication at Brenau University is made possible through a generous gift of the Melvin Douglas and Victoria Kay Ivester Foundation. The naming honors the long friendship with both Doug and Kay and in recognition of Swinton’s work as a founding board […]
Three successful women shared their personal and professional achievements and advice to more than 500 virtual guests from 16 countries during the seventh annual Women’s Leadership Colloquium on Friday, March 19. The colloquium, hosted by The Women’s College, part of Brenau’s comprehensive university, featured Anne Skleder, Brenau’s 10th president; Antonina Lerch, a 2003 graduate of […]
Brenau University President Anne Skleder, left, and Lanier Tech Interim President Tim McDonald sign a program articulation agreement between the two institutions. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Brenau University and Lanier Technical College signed a program articulation agreement on Thursday, March 18, in an effort to make it easier for Lanier students majoring in business to transfer to Brenau. With the agreement, which starts in the fall of 2021, students in Lanier’s business management program can transfer to Brenau to earn their […]
The Brenau University Women’s Leadership Colloquium is back with three successful women sharing their stories, advice and innovative vision for others who lead or aspire to lead. Brenau President Anne Skleder and alumnae Antonina Grib Lerch, WC ’03, and Dr. Jessica Herrera, WC ’05, will be speaking at the event at 1:30-3:30 p.m., Friday, March […]
Listen to Dr. Skleder on WABE’s Closer Look Listen to the MP3 file. Brenau University President Anne Skleder made an appearance on National Public Radio’s Atlanta affiliate WABE’s Closer Look with Rose Scott on Monday, March 1, to share how Brenau University leadership, faculty, staff and students have adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It has […]
Michael Lowe Nearly 50 Brenau students and guests tuned in on Feb. 17 for the Center for the Arts & Design’s virtual Tiger Toons event, which featured a panel of industry leaders who offered career advice and insights into the world of animation. The second installment of CAD’s biennial animation festival included speakers from companies […]
Brenau University’s catering service offered curbside pickup meal deals with the added value of helping children in need on Thursday, Feb. 4. All cash proceeds from the meals are going to the Wesley Warriors Foundation Fund at the North Georgia Community Foundation to provide financial assistance to nonprofits and initiatives that support children and families […]
Brenau held the first of several COVID-19 vaccination clinics for students in the Ivester College of Health Sciences’ Mary Inez School of Nursing on Tuesday, Jan. 19, to train those who are willing to volunteer their time to help vaccinate the larger community. At the clinic on Brenau’s Norcross campus, students volunteered to be vaccinated […]
