Brenau University

Former Georgia Supreme Court Justice Leah Ward Sears spoke Wednesday, Sept. 16, as part of The Women’s College of Brenau University’s GOLD Speaker Series, encouraging the Brenau community and guests to have courage and make a difference. The GOLD Speaker Series features highly accomplished and trailblazing women. This is an ongoing component of The Women’s […]

Amber Simmons said she didn’t expect to be the recipient of the Baxter-Bryan Scholarship, Brenau’s highest academic honor, and was overcome with emotion when she heard her name called. “I was overwhelmingly excited,” said Simmons, an elementary education major from Marietta, Georgia. “I knew that I was a strong candidate, but I was surrounded by […]

Two major ranking outlets — U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review — included Brenau University on their 2021 lists of the best universities in the country. Brenau jumped the rankings on each of the lists it was on compared to last year in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Colleges including […]

Claudia Wilburn has a story to tell, and now she’s sharing it with the world. Three mixed-media artworks by the Brenau Art & Design Department chair and director of the university’s Center for the Arts & Design are included in the exhibition Fragmented Identities, part of the Borders Art Festival, Sept. 3-Oct. 2 in Venice, […]

Norma Hernandez, president of the Northeast Georgia Latino Chamber of Commerce, spoke Tuesday, Sept. 1, to the Brenau University community and guests via Zoom about her career after coming to America and overcoming the challenges she faced. Hernandez was the latest guest in the second year of The Women’s College of Brenau University’s GOLD Speaker […]

Monday, Aug. 24, marked the first day of classes for Brenau University students. Though many students are excited to be on campus, due to COVID-19, the day was different from usual. Students wore masks and had to social distance inside and outside of the classroom. As of Tuesday, Aug. 25, total enrollment across all Brenau […]

The Real Interactive Summer Learning Experience (RISE) program may have been put on hold this year due to COVID-19, but that did not stop Brenau University and its RISE partners from supporting children who otherwise would have been involved in the annual program. After the 10th year of the program — developed by Brenau University […]

David Barnett, executive vice president and CFO at Brenau University, was among a panel of national experts and campus leaders to speak during a recent virtual forum on best practices in college finance amid the uncertainties of COVID-19. The June 15 forum was hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education and higher education financial writer […]

Brenau Academy alumna and Hollywood costume designer Janie Bryant shared her story of success in the competitive field of costume design during a virtual Zoom talk Tuesday, July 14. “From the Academy to the Emmy: Janie Bryant’s Design for Success” was the second installment of The Women’s College of Brenau University’s GOLD Speaker Series. Bryant […]

Friends, I am grateful and energized that Brenau University finished the 2019-20 academic year with an array of accomplishments and a host of reasons for celebration. Our achievements are centered around student support and success because our students are the reason we exist. From the moment of my first interview with the presidential search committee, […]

When Atlanta’s Argosy University closed its doors in March of 2019, LeKeisha Jones was not sure how and where she would finish her graduate degree in psychology. After weighing her options, she decided Brenau University’s Lynn J. Darby School of Psychology and Adolescent Counseling was the best fit to help her succeed in her future […]

The Lynn J. Darby School of Psychology and Adolescent Counseling is the newest addition to Brenau University’s Ivester College of Health Sciences made possible through a generous gift of Doug and Kay Ivester. The naming honors a lifelong friend of both Doug and Kay, going back to their days working together at Ernst and Ernst, […]

Brenau Academy alumna and Emmy Award-winning Hollywood costume designer Janie Bryant will share her story of challenges and successes in a highly competitive creative profession during a virtual Zoom talk Tuesday, July 14, from 4-5 p.m. “From the Academy to the Emmy: Janie Bryant’s Design for Success” is the second installment of The Women’s College […]

For Brenau University’s Department of Dance, virtually anything is possible — or possible virtually, that is. With its annual Summer Dance Intensive postponed due to social-distancing measures, the department held a Summer Dance Workshop on June 8-12 with a series of online sessions taught by Brenau faculty and guest choreographers from around the country. The […]

I have been writing and creating video messages over the past few weeks to communicate to the Brenau community how I see, hear and stand with our black students, faculty, staff and alumni during this very difficult time. The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and far too many more have […]

When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp activated medical personnel to assist at Albany’s Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, a COVID-19 hotspot, Georgia Army National Guard Sgt. Quantez Harper said he felt compelled to go. Though the Brenau University junior interior design student is a combat medic experienced in dealing with battlefield trauma — having deployed to Kosovo […]

In the face of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Brenau University students, faculty and alumni are working hard to provide education and support for those in quarantine or who are transitioning from hospital to home. That includes Brenau alumna Brittany White, WC’12, BU ’13, a medical social worker at Emory University, who educates and assists patients […]

The recent events around our country and in our own communities are weighing heavily on my heart and mind. While I am aware that I do not have the lived experience to say that I begin to know how those — especially our students, staff and faculty — feel as they continue to face racial […]