Brenau has experience holding 5Ks with the annual Dempsey Dash. Justin Chan, a Brenau student, crosses the finish line during the second annual Dempsey Dash on Saturday, March 10, 2018. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
This summer, Brenau University is offering a fun and safe opportunity for people everywhere to join together while also supporting students with the Arm’s Length Virtual 5K on June 27. Proceeds from the event, organized by Brenau’s Office of External Relations, will benefit the Emergency Student Assistance Fund, which helps students impacted by the novel […]
As more students migrate to remote learning and support to meet their learning preferences and busy lifestyles, Brenau University plans to end its physical Augusta location operations effective Dec. 31. The number of students in the region who are taking classes remotely has increased significantly in recent years among the Augusta campus students. All current […]
The recently enacted CARES Act created Emergency Relief Funds for some college students who experienced a disruption in on-campus instruction as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brenau has been designated to receive a limited amount of these funds to distribute to students. Eligibility requirements were set by the U.S. government to identify which students […]
The Grace Hooten Moore Memorial Fountain is lit blue in support of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Grace Hooten Moore Memorial Fountain on Brenau University’s historic Gainesville, Georgia, campus was recently illuminated in blue in support of health care professionals on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. Electrician Chris Ledbetter of Brenau’s Aramark facilities staff came up with the idea. “Being so close to Northeast Georgia Medical Center, I just […]
Martis Ferguson participates in a fall prevention workshop at Brenau's Downtown Center. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, faculty, students and alumni of Brenau University’s Ivester College of Health Sciences have been on the front lines of the battle against the pandemic. That includes Mary Inez Grindle School of Nursing graduate Martis Ferguson, BU ’19, an ICU nurse at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Ferguson, […]
Hall County Master Gardeners, including Guy and Annette Hinton, above, have repurposed Brenau University’s teaching garden for food production to support local charities. (Photo courtesy of Don Linke/Hall County Master Gardeners)
When Brenau University students left campus in late March to finish the spring semester via remote learning, they left behind more than empty classrooms. Situated near the Lessie Smithgall Tennis Center on the northwest edge of the university’s historic Gainesville campus, a teaching garden — built in 2013 by the Brenau University Garden Society, or […]
Anne A. Skleder reacts to a standing ovation in Pearce Auditorium as she is introduced as the 10th president of Brenau University on Friday, April 12, 2019. Skleder will begin work at Brenau on July 1, 2019. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Q: What have you enjoyed most about your first year at Brenau? A: Oh my gosh, the people. It’s just all about the people, and that’s why I’m doing this, right? It’s about meeting Brenau folks in Gainesville on the historic campus, and every other campus. My rule has been if I’m traveling for Brenau […]
Jordyn De La Rosa, a senior fashion design major, makes medical masks to donate to local health care workers. (Photo courtesy of Jordyn De La Rosa)
Since the coronavirus outbreak, Brenau University senior fashion design major Jordyn De La Rosa has been busy — not only finishing up classes to graduate but also participating in the Million Mask Challenge. A grassroots effort that began in the Washington, D.C., area, the Million Mask Challenge has become a national movement aimed at addressing […]
Tara Lynch (Photo Courtesy of Tara Lynch)
Tara Lynch, WC ’14, works on what she calls the “invisible front lines” of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Brenau University Women’s College alumna is a psychiatric mental nurse practitioner for Salveo Integrative Health, which provides behavioral and mental health services throughout North Georgia as well as statewide through community and organizational partnerships. She also works […]
Screenshots from the Virtual Alumnae Reunion on Friday and Saturday April 24-25, 2020. The Zoom sessions replaced the traditional Alumnae Reunion Weekend due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are Brenau University, and our future is bright. That is the message alumni and friends of the university sent loud and clear for the world to hear as they gathered on the internet April 24-25 for Brenau’s Virtual Alumni Reunion, which took the place of the postponed Alumnae Reunion Weekend. During a time of […]
Editorʼs Note: This transcript has been lightly edited from a Zoom gathering for Brenau Universityʼs Alumni Reunion Weekend. One of the things I hoped for this year is that we were going to have a lot of opportunities for students, alumni and alumnae to come together and learn from each other and get to know […]
Brenau University is on its way to adding to its growing list of doctoral degree offerings with Georgia’s first entry-level occupational therapy doctoral program. The Accreditation Council of Occupational Therapy Education has granted candidacy status for the three-year program at Brenau’s Norcross campus, and students can be admitted beginning August 2020. This is the first […]
The Provost’s Office recently announced the hiring of Tracey Brent-Chessum as the new chair of Brenau’s theatre department effective Aug. 1. Brent-Chessum replaces Ann Demling, who is retiring in May. During her 28 years as chair and professor at Brenau, Demling was instrumental in the growth of both the university’s theatre program and Gainesville Theatre […]
Troy Heidesch
The Provost’s Office at Brenau University recently named Dr. Troy Heidesch interim director and Professor Sheral Page interim assistant director of the Mary Inez Grindle School of Nursing. “I’m honored that leadership put their faith in me in such an important school at Brenau,” Heidesch said. “I’m hoping to live up to that trust instilled […]
Amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the faculty and staff in the Ivester College of Health Sciences at Brenau University are doing what they can to help. Hundreds of boxes of gloves, masks and N95 respirators were donated from the various health sciences departments across the university to Northeast Georgia Health System. The donation was […]
While many of the nation’s top business schools have complicated histories with their female students, a new executive program at Brenau University sets course to do things in an entirely new way. The Executive Women’s Master of Business Administration at The Women’s College of Brenau University is the nation’s first executive master’s program specifically designed […]
Graduates, family and friends fill Brenau's front campus for the Brenau University Graduate and Undergraduate Commencement ceremony. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
The Provost’s Office at Brenau University announced Monday, March 30, that the spring commencement ceremonies previously scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, would not be canceled but simply postponed until the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has subsided. “Many colleges and universities across the United States have decided to cancel their ceremonies, but at Brenau, […]
Brenau University occupational therapy students work with a child in a pediatrics lab in 2019. The School of Occupational Therapy was recently ranked No. 42 in the nation by 'U.S. News & World Report.'
Three disciplines in the Ivester College of Health Sciences at Brenau University were ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report in the publication’s 2021 Best Grad Schools rankings. The Brenau School of Occupational Therapy, the Mary Inez Grindle School of Nursing and the Physical Therapy Department — in only its fifth […]
Chair of the Department of Humanities Kathy Locey, right, helps Brenau student Kayland Thomason with sign out and fall registration on Friday, March 13. Brenau students started the remainder of their semester online on Monday, March 23. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Brenau University coursework and support officially moved to an online platform on Monday, March 23, and faculty and students said the transition was going well. University officials made the decision to move to online learning and support out of an abundance of caution in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide pandemic. “Last week our […]
Kathryn Locey, chair of the department of humanities and professor of English, helps junior Bailey Merritt register for classes for the upcoming fall semester. Brenau University students have transitioned to a digital learning and support process for the remainder of the spring semester. The university remains open and operational online, by phone and email. (AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)
Brenau University remains open and committed to providing the best education available despite challenges posed by the current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. University officials are staying in close communication with students, employees and prospective students and will continue to do so. All core university services remain available online and by phone and email to ensure […]
