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Interview with Dr. Terry Barr, author of Don’t Date Baptists: and other Warnings from my Alabama Mother Dr. Terry Barr, professor of English at PC, recently published a collection of his creative nonfiction essays in his book titled Don’t Date Baptists: and Other Warnings from My Alabama Mother. According to its description on Amazon, this

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Dorothy Brandt The lasting legacy of Dorothy “Dottie” Brandt extends far beyond the classrooms in which she taught at Presbyterian College. As a teacher of teachers, it flowers in every school where her protégés teach. Brandt joined the faculty in 1967 in order to build an elementary education program – a task she accepted and

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A noteworthy accomplishment for an undergraduate student, senior Meredith Gaffney co-authored an article titled “Selecting picture books featuring characters with autism spectrum disorder: recommendations for teachers” with education professor Dr. Julia Wilkins, and her article was recently published in the International Journal of Inclusive Education. An education major from Acworth, Ga, Gaffney chose this topic

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Lillian Gross Brown As he marched down the aisle in full academic regalia during his inaugural ceremony in 1998, Presbyterian College President John Griffith halted the processional and shared a few words with a woman sitting on the aisle. Wearing a smile undoubtedly born from the woman’s words of encouragement, Griffith continued toward the stage

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Presbyterian College pitchers Aaron Lesiak, Russel Thompson, and Trey Hayes lived out the College’s motto – “while we live, we serve” – by making live-saving bone marrow donations. https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/2016/02/27/presbyterian-pitchers-take-aim-cancer/80648304/

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Martha Anne Green ’69 When Presbyterian College and First Presbyterian Church of Clinton established an award in 1999 to honor the late Martha Anne Green ’69, one criterion easily emerged to define the award: service. That word, so prevalent in Presbyterian College’s motto, reflected the life of its beloved alumna and former counselor, associate dean

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