Exceedingly Rare: Brenau at 135
Brenau celebrates its 135th anniversary during the 2013-14 academic year. In addition to the planned special activities that you can read about elsewhere in this magazine – and other yet-to-be-announced events to be publicized on the www.brenau.edu Web site – you will encounter articles throughout this anniversary issue that highlight different parts of the Brenau journey. When an […]
The Second President Pearce
Lucile Townsend Pearce was not the typical Southern belle of the early 1900s. More at home on her horse than at a ball, she was demonstrably uncomfortable with the role society had created for women. Although she never held the top title as the university’s chief executive, she definitely shaped its evolution in the first […]
Means to an End
What many an actor in motion pictures and television will tell you is that what they always wanted to do in their careers was direct. For John Means, who managed motion picture and television program rights and other legal matters for one of the largest entertainment companies in the world, what he always wanted to […]
Risk Taker
Some undergraduates interrupt their college careers to spend their junior years abroad. You might say Debra Kolasienski did that – if your count a medical discharge from the Army after spending 10 months in one of the hottest Iraq war zones as a year abroad. Debra Kolasienski took a gamble when she joined the Army […]
A Man’s Work
Marco Coelho made a good first impression on the profession when he spearheaded organization of a student occupational therapy association. Now, with his diploma in hand, he is off to make his mark on the world. Occupational therapy from some has long been regarded as profession for women, a stereotype re-enforced to some degree because […]
Practical Science
Rebecca Cooper prepared for her current role as a leading professor in the College of Education at Brenau’s North Atlanta/Norcross campus with a lot of education and experience in marine biology. Now she teaches the teachers of those who will become America’s next generation of scientists. Many of her nontraditional students not only are changing […]
Kelli Lansford Horner, WC ’00
Kelli Lansford Horner, WC ’00, and her husband Dave accepted positions at Riffa Views International School and moved to Bahrain this past August 2012 and welcomed their second daughter, Evan Rose, in September.
Irene Okech, EWC ’08
Irene Okech, EWC ’08, graduated top of her MBA- Healthcare class and received the outstanding healthcare award. She has also earned her PhD in health services policy and management from the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. Irene is the founder of Imbako Public Health, a non-profit organization based in […]
J. Myron Faircloth, EWC ’02
J. Myron Faircloth, EWC ’02, was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal to the state’s Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits. Faircloth is a faculty member at the School of Nursing at Valdosta State University and practices rural family medicine. Faircloth is nationally certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and board certified by […]
2013 Grad & Undergrad Commencement
World-shaping politics, ‘the best and worst of human behavior,’ means hard-won rights can be easily lost
