Brenau University

Brenau University faculty, staff and students filed into Pearce Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 21, for an upbeat, in-person Grrrl PowHER Hour featuring keynote speaker and alumna Autumn Dodson. Dodson earned her Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Brenau in 2018 and a doctorate in education in 2021. As an undergraduate student, Dodson was […]

The Women’s College of Brenau University, in collaboration with Brenau’s Office of International Strategy and Partnerships, welcomed Argentinian journalist and nonprofit activist Maria Rita Nahum on Thursday, Sept. 30, as the first featured international leader in the GOLD Speaker Series. Addressing the Brenau community and guests from eight countries in her native Spanish — which […]

Brenau University in the News is an ongoing compilation of media coverage highlighting Brenau and members of the Brenau community. Some news sources may require subscriptions.   Nursing students offer message of hope to frontline workers: ‘Help is coming’ Troy Heidesch, director of the Mary Inez Grindle School of Nursing, said Brenau is set to […]

In consultation with the COVID-19 Task Force and our Event Services office, the university will allow non-Brenau persons, groups and organizations to host events on campus starting on Friday, Oct. 1. To this point of the academic year, only events that originated from and were hosted by Brenau offices — such as admission tours and […]

Brenau University, in the continuing development of its campus location in downtown Gainesville, will invest over $1.95 million for exterior construction to the Downtown Center facility. This project will create a new main entrance, easily accessible via the Gainesville and Roosevelt Squares, in addition to other improvements at various entrances around the entire facility. Continuing […]

For the sixth time, Brenau University was recognized this week as one of the best higher education institutions to work for in the United States. Brenau was among about 70 universities and colleges listed in ModernThink’s 2021 Great Colleges to Work For rankings. The university also earned honor roll status for the second time, excelling […]

As we begin the 143rd year in the history of Brenau with the return of residential students to campus this week, it is important to pause a moment and reflect back on all that we accomplished during the past year. The following is only a small sampling of the achievements of the entire Brenau community […]

Brenau University in the News is an ongoing compilation of media coverage highlighting Brenau and members of the Brenau community. Some news sources may require subscriptions. Meet the new principal: Christy Rich of Macedonia Elementary School Christy Rich, who earned her education specialist degree from Brenau, joins Macedonia as principal after three years as assistant […]

As Brenau University students returned to the classroom for the start of the new academic year on Monday, Aug. 23, they were greeted by a special guest who traveled more than 4,000 miles to speak about the increasing importance of female leadership and representation. The visit by Euphrasie N’guessan — a pharmacist, businesswoman and a […]

Brenau University welcomed new arrivals to its historic Gainesville campus on Thursday, Aug. 19, during its annual Move-in Day for first-year and transfer students. The campus welcome celebration, which was also the first day of orientation, marks the unofficial start of the academic school year with most of the university’s classes set to begin on […]

Since arriving at Brenau University in April, the first cohort of students in the university’s partnership with Panama’s Institute for the Development of Human Resources have spent their time studying English and learning more about their new home for the next five years. During their first few months in the United States, the Panamanian students […]

Margie Gill has been named the interim executive director for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives at Brenau University for the 2021-2022 academic year. The newly established role reports directly to President Anne Skleder and is based on the recommendations of the university’s Working Group on Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence. While the Working Group […]

For the 12th year in a row, Brenau University has been named a Champions of Character Five-Star institution by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The Golden Tigers were also one of the 60 schools to achieve silver-level status. The 157 institutions recognized as award winners earned points in character training recognition and promotion, and […]

While students in Brenau University’s Anhui Normal University partnership have been learning remotely from China over the past year, many have found a way to stay connected to the campus community by teaching free virtual Chinese lessons to faculty, staff and fellow students in the United States. Mandy Bartell, Brenau’s coordinator for the ANU partnership, […]

Brenau University in the News is an ongoing compilation of media coverage highlighting Brenau and members of the Brenau community. Some news sources may require subscriptions. Designer Q+A with Brenau alumna Brenda Regan Brenda Regan, who earned her Master of Interior Design from Brenau, was recently featured in Coastal Illustrated, where she discussed her design […]

Two incoming freshmen in The Women’s College of Brenau University were recognized as the first Brenau Dreams Scholarship recipient and the next Brenau Scholar during a reception Thursday, July 22, on the university’s historic Gainesville campus. Jennifer Elias, a graduate of Gainesville High School, was awarded the Brenau Dreams Scholarship, which was created for first-generation […]

Brenau University signed a grant agreement with the Government of Mexico on Thursday, July 22, that will help students of Mexican origin offset tuition costs. This marks the third consecutive year Brenau has received the grant funded via the Institute for Mexicans Abroad scholarship program, or IME Becas. The program was created to support Mexican […]

This June, faculty and students in Brenau University’s Ivester College of Health Sciences traveled to a farming community near Moultrie, Georgia, to provide vital health care to workers and their children. This marked the third time Brenau’s Department of Physical Therapy has participated in the Farmworker Family Health Program, having previously visited in 2018 and […]