A ‘novel’ survivor
Brenau Scholar Abigail Sandifer, 18, from Stapleton, Georgia, had an atypical high school experience, bouncing between schools before graduating from Thomson High School. She also battled a life-threatening brain tumor, which caused partial blindness and led to two years of treatments. Although her cancer is in remission and her sight restored, Sandifer still feels she missed significant parts of […]
Fran Clinkscales Tees Off for Second Round
Just about a decade ago, Women’s Wear Daily, The Wall Street Journal and other top publications that cover the fashion industry reported periodically on the latest career milestones for Fran Howell Clinkscales, whose pedigree in golf apparel is “second to none.” That comment came from the chairman and CEO of a top marketer and producer […]
One Egg Every Month
Bob and Gloria Molloy turned the phrase “We drink from wells we did not dig; we are warmed by fires we did not kindle” into the mantra for their lives. By Ben McDade When Robert G. “Bob” Molloy of Gadsden, Alabama, was a soldier stationed in England during World War II, the Army augmented Molloy’s rations […]
The Great Eight
Rio Chattahoochee
New Residence Halls Helps Attract Potential Olympics Athletes for 2016 Pan American Paddling Competition By Karen Rosen In May, 250 athletes and coaches from throughout North, Central and South America will come to the historic campus in Gainesville for the last qualifying event for kayakers seeking spots in the 2016 Olympic Games. Doubling as a […]
Anonymous Donor Plants $50,000 Dempsey Scholarship Seed
Brenau’s senior development director Robert Shippey spent part of his career as a minister, which compelled him at times to listen sympathetically, but with a dispassionate poker face, to the most tear-jerking, heart-ringing tales. Yet he admits that a few weeks ago he lost all vestiges of that studied stoicism when that almost-can’t-swallow catch one […]
Priceless Gift
A Women’s College alumna’s generous gift to Alpha Delta Pi isn’t just a display of sororal pride. It’s also an enduring testament of a mother’s love for her daughter. After graduating from Brenau Women’s College, Sarah Wahl, WC ’50, returned to her hometown in Tampa, Florida, where her parents ran a clothing store. She became […]
2014-2015 Donor Report
2014 – 2015 Annual Report of Donors July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 The Order of Brenau Sustaining Benefactors $500,000 + A Friend of Brenau University Mr. and Mrs. William H. Shane The Order of Brenau Benefactors $100,000 - $499,999 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cleveland Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Ms. Margaret Evangeline [...]Building a Bigger, Better Quad
Ongoing redevelopment is transforming the campus green into a more active, yet intimate, space for students and faculty alike. With the construction of four new sorority houses and an all new residential campus hall along Prior Street comes another development for Brenau: a 31,000-square-foot, fully renovated greenspace. The $200,000 project includes an expanded and freshly […]
A Head Start to the Alumni Experience
Current students and future alumni are one and the same. Therefore, the Alumni Association Board and staff are putting a greater emphasis on getting to know Brenau students before they become alumni. By generating awareness about the alumni experience ahead of graduation, we create immediate connections back to the university for the young alumni population – […]
