Clara Martin Scholar: Olivia Varnson
Experience Counts
In early May, international news organizations reported that the Chinese government had canceled a scheduled visit to Hong Kong by the USS Stennis. The Navy supercarrier had been operating in the Asia-Pacific in the midst of ongoing tensions among the nations in the region over Chinese man-made islands in what otherwise would be considered international […]
Out in the Sticks
Junior studio art major Ashley Motes, of Gainesville, Georgia, marvels at the 14-foot-tall, funnel-shaped sculptures on the front lawn of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens campus in her hometown. “If you can do this with a stick,” she remarks, “the possibilities are endless.” Motes was one of six Brenau students who worked alongside world renowned artist […]
Welcome (Pronounced Huan Ying)
Sisters: How One Scholarship Transformed a Family
Among 10 children in the family, the five Martin sisters didn’t think college was a possibility when they were picking cotton or tending chickens on their farm near Gainesville, Georgia. That all changed, however, when one of their friends began to encourage Carolyn Martin West to further her education and get into teaching. Bobbie Carpenter […]
2016 Women’s College Commencement
Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Annie B. Andrews told the 2016 Brenau Women’s College graduating class to aim high in their professional aspirations.
2016 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Annie B. Andrews charged Brenau graduates Saturday to never let fear of the unknown stop them from following dreams.
Campaign Update
Brenau University’s $40 million ForeverGold: An Extraordinary Legacy campaign is the largest in our storied history. The tri-pronged focus of enhancing Brenau’s historic Women’s College experience, expanding our innovative and leading health sciences programs, and providing greater access and financial support for students is positioning the university to influence countless future generations of students and […]
Stories We Wear
By James Swift In late 2015 senior English major Tahimi Perez-Borroto’s keen eye for style and skill for visual and verbal storytelling earned her an internship with College Fashionista, a New York-based web publication that profiles campus trends around the globe. Some may look at Brenau Women’s College students and see simply an eclectic mix […]
The Discombobulation of Madia Cooper-Ashirifi
By James Swift Madia Cooper-Ashirifi, WC ’04, confesses that she found it a bit discombobulating to return to Brenau as a professor scarcely more than a decade after she departed as a student. It’s a good word for a dancer to know discombobulate: something that upsets your balance, throws you off your game, breaks your […]
