Piedmont College Writers Blog

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Humanities Welcome Back Party

The Piedmont College humanities department held its annual welcome back party last Thursday. The event was a great success, with more than 30 students and the entire humanities faculty gathering in the courtyard beside Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art for good conversation and Copper Pot's legendary specialty pizza. A big welcome and thanks to the Museum's new director Daniel White, who opened the courtyard for the party. Thanks also to Bethany Murley for taking the pictures. Studying the humanities at PC brings many a reason to smile!

Monday, April 23, 2012

Trillium Editors Visit to Clayton State University

Kelley, Staples, and Meeks

Dr. Heidi Lynn Staples, Meghan Meeks, and Hillary Kelley attended the launch of Clayton State University's literary and arts journal, The Cygnet. The event was held at the beautiful college located in Morrow, Ga. The Trillium staffers got to have a meet and greet with the adviser, Brigitte Byrd, and the staff of Cygnet.

Scary swan....

Between the meet and greet and the actual ceremony, there was time to enjoy the nature around the campus that includes a lake and some kinda friendly, kinda scary creatures.

The friendly turtle and his duck companion.

Then came the ceremony for which everyone received a free copy of the beautifully done Cygnet. Following introductions, there were many readings and the closing to a night of great conversation and literary greatness.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Coffee House and Open Mic, Spring 2012

PC-Athens hosted the Coffee House Open Mic for the spring semester, featuring artists and writers associated with Piedmont College. The night was another great success, demonstrating that the campus can support an open mic at least twice a year! Watch the film for highlights:

Monday, March 19, 2012

PC Creative Writing Program Reading

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Piedmont College Film Festival

The collaborative arts continue to flourish at Piedmont College with our first annual film festival, featuring short films, television shows, PSAs, commercials, music videos, and documentaries created by PC faculty and students across both campuses.

Senior Victoria McDonald has launched the festival as her innovative capstone project. The festival will be held on March 15, 2012 in the Swanson Center Screening room at 6 p.m. The deadline for submissions has passed; however, if you have any questions--including about possible late submissions--please contact Victoria McDonald at vmcdonald0928@lions.piedmont.edu.

You can also check out the festival's official website by clicking here.

Attend and be part of Piedmont College's cutting-edge!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Writing Just to Be Writing

I registered for ENG 400 last semester because I hadn't written anything but term papers in years. I felt like I needed to put words on paper, but I knew I wouldn't do it if I had a choice in the matter. I would have too many other classes and too many other assignments. We are half-way through the semester, and I do not regret my decision to take this class. I've struggled to write. I've laughed as I wrote, and I've been embarrassed to read what I wrote out loud, but I've written. In addition to this, I've done some editing and am learning a bit about E-publishing. If you are the creative type, I would urge you to consider taking this course the next time it is offered. You'll be challenged in your writing, and you'll also get the chance to help publish Trillium, Piedmont's yearly, literary journal. The class is a lot of fun. I'm glad I took it!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!

More than 50 Piedmont College students in 7 English classes and across both campuses collaborated on "Love Is," a long poem exploring the meaning of love in our lives. The poem has been installed in the Piedmont College Student Center on the Athens campus and will remain up for two weeks.

Participants will be invited to read from "Love Is" during the Open Mic on the Athens campus this March 27th. A version of the poem will also be read on PC radio and published in the forthcoming Trillium.

To preview the poem, watch the following clip:

To listen to a recent full version of the poem, listen the the following audio file: