Creature Comforts
Students who occupy the new Women’s College general residence hall this fall will be surrounded works of art whose creator has an interesting backstory: a baseball bearing his signature sold on e-Bay for $33.95. Although the artist never played professional baseball, his grandfather certainly did. The collectible ball’s inscription reads: “Christopher Cobb. Ty Cobb’s grandson.” Grandfather […]
Brenau Art Emphasis Held ‘in High Regard’
Killin’ It in Comedy
Comedians often benefit from the cluelessness of others. Some white women have made the unwitting mistake of petting Dulcé Sloan’s Afro. They pay now for their presumptuousness by appearing live on stage as punch lines. “They don’t stay in the perimeter of the Afro and keep it Christian, no,” the wide-eyed Sloan gushes in a […]
A Tale of Two Surgeons: Capt. Joel A. Roos
A Tale of Two Surgeons: Capt. Christopher Culp
‘Matchmaker’ Clara Martin Created Job-oriented Student Experiences
With steely resolve and nurturing spirit, Clara Martin left a triad of indelible marks on the Brenau landscape and the professional psyches of a generation of students. On top of that, she was a pretty good matchmaker. In three decades at Brenau, she birthed a robust mass communications program and public radio station, both which […]
Let’s Take It Indoors
Shortly after university and city officials gathered in April around the Crow’s Nest on the historic Gainesville front campus to officially commemorate the naming of Golden Tiger Way, the four-year-old Tigers track and field team shot out of the blocks for a road trip to Mobile, Alabama, for the Southern States Athletic Conference outdoor championship […]
Six Weeks in Paris
Madison Elizabeth Kosater, a junior history and political science major from Macon, Georgia, was awarded the Denyse Marchesseau Endowed Scholarship for French and International Study during Brenau University’s Honor Convocation on April 21. She is the fifth recipient to win the scholarship at Brenau. The scholarship was first awarded in 1999 and was established by […]
Buffing History
Brenau Alumna Joyce Lott and her husband Tom believe that sometimes it takes a village to see into the pastoral past. You do not need a time machine to travel into Appalachian farm life, circa 1866. You only need to stroll the grounds of Laurel Heritage Farm, a functional micro-village of 20 historic buildings that […]
Barb Schell’s Dead Solid Perfect Legacy
University of Florida freshman Barbara Schell changed majors no fewer than four times before following the advice of a dorm mate and looking into occupational therapy. Now, after a four-decade run in the profession, Schell concludes her service at Brenau University, where she founded and built one of the best clinical-based OT programs in North […]
