Spring 2013

Christi Opstad, WC ’01

Thursday April 4th, 2013 Jarred and Christi Opstad, WC ’01, welcomed Christopher Otis Opstad into the world. He weighed 6 lb. 14 oz. and was 20.5 in. long.

Swim Team Finishes No. 6 in Nation

On the final day of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics swimming and diving championships, Brenau totaled 259 points to secure the No. 6 spot in national rankings and improve upon the team’s eighth-place 2012 national ranking. Four Golden Tigers swimmers – Meredith Barrington, Michelle Billeaud, Hannah Boudreaux and Mary Katherine Jabbia – were named to […]

First Tigers Track Team Wins Championship

In its first year of competition, the Brenau University Golden Tigers track and field team won the Southern States Athletic Conference championship April 27, racking up 352.5 points in the seven-team field compared with the 304 for the next three teams combined. Full statistics from the meet can be found here, but  Brenau athletes picked up […]

World’s Largest Golden Tiger Sculpture Arrives on Campus

Brenau's new 2,200 pound bronze tiger sculpture is now in place on the Gainesville campus. The tiger was designed by Georgia artist Gregory Johnson and commissioned by Irwin 'Ike' Belk, the North Carolina philanthropist.

Although its creator says he will not claim with certainty that the bronze piece is the largest in the world, one pretty big statue of a golden tiger arrived Friday on the Brenau University campus.

2013 Alumni Award Winners

On Saturday, April 13, the Brenau University Alumni Association named seven women with careers ranging from NASA executive and two-star admiral to Hollywood costume designer and folksy newspaper columnist to its 2013 class of the Brenau Alumni Hall of Fame. The Association also granted six annual awards for service and accomplishment. Congratulations to the following […]

2013 Grad & Undergrad Commencement

Erik Nemecek, center, stands with the rest of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing students as Brenau University President Ed Schrader confers their degree upon them.

World-shaping politics, ‘the best and worst of human behavior,’ means hard-won rights can be easily lost

2013 Women’s College Commencement

Pytron Parker raises her hands as she stands up during the commencement exercises on the front lawn of Brenau University's Gainesville campus. On Friday the graduating 2013 Women's College students walked across the stage and recieved their diplomas in front of faculty and staff, their friends and family.

The former U.S. State Department’s top foreign policy planning expert says that by taking sometimes scary risks of choosing ‘caregiving over breadwinning and love over money’ women might actually be able to have it all.

Alumnae Reunion Weekend & May Day 2013

May Queen Eleanor Kahn, center, laughs as she sits inbetween Princess Christina Evans, left, and Prince Ty Parker, right, during the May Queen ceremony on the front lawn of Brenau's historic Gainesville campus during the May Day festivities of Alumnae Reunion Weekend Saturday, April 13, 2013.

In a traditional showcase for spring millinery, more than 300 Brenau Women’s College and Brenau Academy alumnae plus families and friends converged on the Brenau University campus Friday through Sunday, April 12-14, the annual day of class reunions and the “May Day” celebration for current students.

Gloria Stargel: Inspirational journalist, ‘Antarctic explorer’

Author and journalist Gloria Cassity Stargel of Gainesville, Ga., a 1977 Women’s College graduate, died Saturday, March 2. She was 83. Stargel, whose husband, Joe, had been mayor of Gainesville, was a member of the Class of 1950, but she delayed completing degree requirements by more than a quarter of a century. Devoutly religious Stargel […]