The 2016 Golden Tigers softball team is slated to play the inaugural game at the Ernest Ledford Grindle

Athletics Park next spring. In the meantime, earth is being moved and groomed to make way for the Phase I site development that includes a softball field, fieldhouse, bleachers, parking and other improvements.

Plans call for Phase II of 16.75 acre Grindle Athletics Park, named for a former resident of the New Holland community located about two miles from Brenau’s historic campus, to host softball and track and field events as well as a running track. The park also will include common-use areas, such as walking and jogging paths, and space available for public use and special programs. These pieces will be added as an additional $2.5 million is raised through the $40 million ForeverGold campaign.

The construction of Grindle Athletics Park is a critical component in improving the quality of the Brenau experience for students at the 137-year-old Women’s College. Brenau boasts 175 student athletes who make up 20 percent of the Women’s College and compete in 10 varsity sports with 14 teams.

“Many young women who want to attend a women’s college grew up playing competitive organized sports and wish to continue at the collegiate level,” said Brenau University President Ed Schrader. “Brenau offers that opportunity. This is good for these young women and it is good for Brenau. Our athletics program also serves as an excellent international student recruitment tool, which in turn provides for a more diverse experience for all students. Overall, Brenau’s intercollegiate athletes historically achieve higher combined grade point averages than the entire student body.”

I support Brenau University and ForeverGold because of the educational opportunity that Brenau University gave me. The convenience of the campus in Atlanta and the quality of graduate level education was superlative. The interaction with leaders from other businesses and group projects provided me with solid, real-life applications and better prepared me for additional responsibilities at my workplace, Georgia Power Company.

Growing up on a college campus provided me with valuable insight and understanding of the college experience and the importance of meaningful education. Brenau furnishes this opportunity for those who desire to learn. That is the reason I am, and will continue to be, a supporter.

- William H. “Billy” King, MBA, BU ’99

Make your online gift today at forevergold.brenau.edu/form

WHY I support ForeverGold“

“

Non-Profit Org. U. S. Postage

PAIDGainesville, GAPermit No. 88

500 Washington Street SE, Gainesville, Georgia 30501

Members of the Golden Tigers Softball Team on the site of the new Ernest Ledford Grindle Athletics Park. Top from left, Mason Garland, Allison Gunn and Elizabeth Schneider. Bottom from left, Madison Strickland, Kathrine Cole and Coach Devon Thomas.

NEWSLETTER / NO 2 THE $40 MILL ION CAMPAIGN TO HONOR BRENAU’S PAST AND SECURE ITS FUTURE FALL 2015

Billy King is a consistent supporter of the Annual Scholarship Fund at Brenau, an essential fund that aids many students each year. For more information on ways you can provide scholarships to students at Brenau including possible matching gifts from your company, contact Matt Thomas, vice president for external relations, at 770.718.5309.

Ernest Ledford Grindle Athletics Park Readying for Spring SeasonPlay Ball!

Additional naming opportunities are available. Please visit forevergold.brenau.edu for more

information.

ERNEST LEDFORD GRINDLE ATHLETICS PARK AVAILABLE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

Entire Track & Field Complex - $1 Million

Field - $500,000

Track - $500,000

Track Press Box - $250,000

Trail & Recreational Area - $250,000

Field house - $120,000

Track Grandstand - $100,000

Home Dugout - $50,000

Terraced Green on 3rd Baseline - $15,000

PHASE II

PHASE I

Six surviving members of the 1986 H.G.H. Senior Honor Society banded together after 30 years to create a lasting tribute to Marijayne Ward Beggs by raising funds to name the Terraced Green at Ernest Ledford Grindle Athletics Park at Brenau in her memory. Marijayne, who passed away in 2006 at age 42 after a long and courageous battle with cancer, was active in many aspects of Brenau life as a student. Anna Alexander Jacobs, WC ’86 and an H.G.H. Senior Honor Society member, said: “Marijayne was an athlete, a coach and a mentor who deeply loved Brenau, and the ForeverGold campaign would have been an effort she would have supported with her whole heart.” Pictured above from left back row are: Lynne Harper Frye, Doreene Chavis Beasley, Sara Seilor Story and Katie Tillman, and front row from left are Connie Roberts Burney, Anna Alexander Jacobs and Marijayne Ward Beggs. The only secret society allowed on Brenau’s campus, the H.G.H. Senior Honor Society is a composed of seven seniors who are devoted to the service of Brenau Women’s College and the student body as a whole without regard to personal, social class or political affiliation.

Daisy Goodnight Waldrep, WC ’61, likes traditions. When the opportunity to serve as a Brenau ForeverGold campaign volunteer was offered to her, Daisy saw it as a great way to help Brenau preserve its many rich traditions and to encourage others to participate in this important endeavor.

“The traditions of Brenau have been meaningful to generations of women and by helping strengthen the future of the university, I know these traditions will continue,” she said. Daisy loves the enduring traditions of Alumnae Reunion Weekend and May Day celebration. She also is pleased that May commencement once again takes place on the front lawn of the historic Gainesville campus as it did in generations past.

Developing women leaders is a tradition that Daisy especially appreciates about her alma mater. “Not all learning takes place in the classroom,” she said. “The Brenau experience addresses the whole person. My experiences, both as a campus leader and as a sorority sister in Zeta Tau Alpha, taught me the importance of living in community, taking on leadership roles that benefit all, and the importance of being philanthropic. These experiences provide the framework and the context for applying our academic knowledge. Many students don’t arrive at Brenau with these skills and values but they surely graduate with an appreciation for them.”

Having majored in chemistry at Brenau, Daisy knows that her education equipped her well to serve as a high school chemistry teacher for 37 years in Cedartown, Georgia. She is pleased that the University’s strong academic tradition continues today.

Daisy said that it’s the unique combination of honoring traditions, developing women leaders and ensuring challenging academics that strikes the perfect balance with Brenau’s $40 million ForeverGold: An Extraordinary Legacy campaign. She believes that the creation of the Center for Women’s Leadership and Service, the addition of four new sorority houses, and particularly the health sciences initiative along with the other pieces of this effort will help ensure that Brenau students are well equipped to excel in their chosen careers and that the university is strengthened for future generations.

Daisy personally has taken steps to ensure the future vitality of the university through a gift to her sorority house, which was matched by a gift from Goodnight Brothers Produce of Boone, North Carolina. These combined gifts will result in both columns at the Zeta Tau Alpha house bearing Daisy’s name. She also continues to be instrumental in letting others know about the many available avenues for building on Brenau’s extraordinary legacy through ForeverGold. “Many of us are living extraordinary lives because of our Brenau experiences,” she said. “We now have the opportunity to give back so that others will have this same experience.”

The $40 million ForeverGold campaign is the largest campaign in Brenau’s storied history. How we got here and where we must go is inherently tied to Brenau’s mission and the ways in which Brenau is strengthened by many coming together as one.

Ropes gain their strength when various strands are woven together. In this same way, the many strands of our alumni and friends, when woven together through our common bond in Brenau, make our university stronger. Brenau has helped to nurture us and, thanks to the generosity of many, we now work to strengthen Brenau.

I write this update from overseas in China where I am finalizing an agreement for Chinese students to study on our Gainesville campus and experience the life-changing education that many of you experienced. In this newsletter, you will see stories of people who have generously given for the good of the whole. You will see testimonies of how groups were inspired to come together for an even greater gift. These stories inspire me. I hope they will do so for you as well, and I hope you find your area of philanthropic passion at Brenau and support this worthwhile endeavor, ForeverGold. Forever Brenau.

Cheers,

MESSAGE from the President

IN Appreciation

NEWS in BriefForeverGold brings many together as one

Brenau President Ed L. Schrader, Ph.D.Daisy Goodnight Waldrep, WC ’61

New Brenau trustee Antonina Grib Lerch (WC ’03), left, looks over the sizable contribution of 55 books on costume design she recently made to the University’s library with Brenau’s resident costume designer and associate professor of theatre Pamela Workman. Costume design is a subject the Brenau Athletics Hall of Famer knows quite well, having served as a costume cutter for movies like Star Trek and Night at the Museum II and television programs such as Mad Men, Dexter and True Blood. The library contribution comes on the heels of a $50,000 gift she made to Brenau earlier this year, a gift Antonina said she plans to repeat in 2016.

Margaret May Franklin, WC ’41, of Roanoke, Virginia, passed away last past spring at age 95. As lifelong Brenau supporters, when it came time for Margaret and her husband Stu to work on their estate plan, Brenau was at the top of their list. In 1992 Margaret let Brenau know that, upon her death, the Margaret May Franklin Endowed Scholarship would be created from 40 percent of her estate. She said of her Brenau days, “It all seems like a collage of happy memories.” Thanks to her foresight and generosity, future students will receive a more affordable Brenau education hopefully equally filled with a “collage of happy memories.” When making her gift, she encouraged others to include Brenau in their estate plans saying, “not for the accolades, but from the heart.” For information on ways you can leave a legacy through a planned gift, contact Ben McDade at 770.534.6173, bmcdade@brenau.edu, or visit Brenau’s planned giving website at brenau.giftlegacy.com.

Dana Fowler Miller, WC ’85, and McKemie “Kemie” Dozier West, WC ’84, led the charge in raising $21,000 from 1980s alumnae of Alpha Delta Pi to dedicate a room in the sorority’s new house in honor of their sisters from that decade. The duo mailed personalized letters, followed by engaging social media, email and phone calls. Their concerted efforts well surpassed the $15,000 goal. Donors will be recognized on a plaque inside the house and receive a keepsake brick from their former house during Alumnae Reunion Weekend and May Day festivities. This sorority house is among four newly constructed ones located along Prior Street. At a cost of $800,000 each, the other three are Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Mu and Zeta Tau Alpha. Dana and Kemie are thrilled at the response and encourage other sisters representing various decades and sororities to contact them for more information on this approach. Contact Dana at dmiller@ghcc.com or Kemie at kemie@bellsouth.net.

VOLUNTEERSpotlight

(as of November 1, 2015)

CAMPAIGN GOAL: $40 MILLION

Special thanks to our Campaign Steering Committee for their leadership!

CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRSMrs. Carole Ann Carter Daniel

Mr. Lawrence B. Schrage

HONORARY CAMPAIGN CHAIRSMrs. Dotty Alexander

Mrs. June Moore-RichardsDr. Jim Walters

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

$26.8M67.00%

Brenau’s Alumni Association Board recently committed to raising $50,000 over the next five years to name one of the lectures at the annual Women’s Leadership Colloquium. The Colloquium allows current students to build professional connections with Brenau alumni and friends, while also demonstrating the power of education and leadership through the success stories of Brenau women. Alumni Board members, who have raised $16,400 to date, are left to right and top to bottom: Alecia Webb, BU ’07, Austin McCord, A ’07, Zoe Scheffrin, WC ’14, Brooke Bargeron Statham, WC ’00, Natalie Grasso, WC ’05, Jessi Barker Shrout, WC ’04, Rosanne Short, WC ’90, BU ’06, Tracy Chauncey Johnson, WC ’95, Marsha Stringer, WC ’96, BU ’03, BU ’05, and Michelle Kelley, BU ’06. You can contribute to this effort through a designated gift to the ForeverGold campaign earmarked for the Alumni Association Lecture.

Dr. Gale Johnson Allen Mrs. Harriett Stephens Bankston

Mrs. Robin Smith Dudley Mrs. Chris Alexander FitzgeraldMrs. Emmie Henderson Howard

Mrs. Eryn Manwaring HouckMrs. Anna Alexander Jacobs

Mrs. Kay F. McMasterMs. Dana Fowler Miller

Ms. Danielle Di Fede MillerMs. Margie Thrasher Richardson

Ms. Gail A. Smith Mr. Rob Fowler

Mrs. Jill MansfieldMr. Jim NalleyMr. Gary RileyMr. Mike Smith

Dr. Jim SoutherlandMrs. Shay English Stafford Mrs. Jane Patterson Suggs

Ms. Daisy Goodnight WaldrepRear Admiral Patty E. Wolfe

Six surviving members of the 1986 H.G.H. Senior Honor Society banded together after 30 years to create a lasting tribute to Marijayne Ward Beggs by raising funds to name the Terraced Green at Ernest Ledford Grindle Athletics Park at Brenau in her memory. Marijayne, who passed away in 2006 at age 42 after a long and courageous battle with cancer, was active in many aspects of Brenau life as a student. Anna Alexander Jacobs, WC ’86 and an H.G.H. Senior Honor Society member, said: “Marijayne was an athlete, a coach and a mentor who deeply loved Brenau, and the ForeverGold campaign would have been an effort she would have supported with her whole heart.” Pictured above from left back row are: Lynne Harper Frye, Doreene Chavis Beasley, Sara Seilor Story and Katie Tillman, and front row from left are Connie Roberts Burney, Anna Alexander Jacobs and Marijayne Ward Beggs. The only secret society allowed on Brenau’s campus, the H.G.H. Senior Honor Society is a composed of seven seniors who are devoted to the service of Brenau Women’s College and the student body as a whole without regard to personal, social class or political affiliation.

Daisy Goodnight Waldrep, WC ’61, likes traditions. When the opportunity to serve as a Brenau ForeverGold campaign volunteer was offered to her, Daisy saw it as a great way to help Brenau preserve its many rich traditions and to encourage others to participate in this important endeavor.

“The traditions of Brenau have been meaningful to generations of women and by helping strengthen the future of the university, I know these traditions will continue,” she said. Daisy loves the enduring traditions of Alumnae Reunion Weekend and May Day celebration. She also is pleased that May commencement once again takes place on the front lawn of the historic Gainesville campus as it did in generations past.

Developing women leaders is a tradition that Daisy especially appreciates about her alma mater. “Not all learning takes place in the classroom,” she said. “The Brenau experience addresses the whole person. My experiences, both as a campus leader and as a sorority sister in Zeta Tau Alpha, taught me the importance of living in community, taking on leadership roles that benefit all, and the importance of being philanthropic. These experiences provide the framework and the context for applying our academic knowledge. Many students don’t arrive at Brenau with these skills and values but they surely graduate with an appreciation for them.”

Having majored in chemistry at Brenau, Daisy knows that her education equipped her well to serve as a high school chemistry teacher for 37 years in Cedartown, Georgia. She is pleased that the University’s strong academic tradition continues today.

Daisy said that it’s the unique combination of honoring traditions, developing women leaders and ensuring challenging academics that strikes the perfect balance with Brenau’s $40 million ForeverGold: An Extraordinary Legacy campaign. She believes that the creation of the Center for Women’s Leadership and Service, the addition of four new sorority houses, and particularly the health sciences initiative along with the other pieces of this effort will help ensure that Brenau students are well equipped to excel in their chosen careers and that the university is strengthened for future generations.

Daisy personally has taken steps to ensure the future vitality of the university through a gift to her sorority house, which was matched by a gift from Goodnight Brothers Produce of Boone, North Carolina. These combined gifts will result in both columns at the Zeta Tau Alpha house bearing Daisy’s name. She also continues to be instrumental in letting others know about the many available avenues for building on Brenau’s extraordinary legacy through ForeverGold. “Many of us are living extraordinary lives because of our Brenau experiences,” she said. “We now have the opportunity to give back so that others will have this same experience.”

The $40 million ForeverGold campaign is the largest campaign in Brenau’s storied history. How we got here and where we must go is inherently tied to Brenau’s mission and the ways in which Brenau is strengthened by many coming together as one.

Ropes gain their strength when various strands are woven together. In this same way, the many strands of our alumni and friends, when woven together through our common bond in Brenau, make our university stronger. Brenau has helped to nurture us and, thanks to the generosity of many, we now work to strengthen Brenau.

I write this update from overseas in China where I am finalizing an agreement for Chinese students to study on our Gainesville campus and experience the life-changing education that many of you experienced. In this newsletter, you will see stories of people who have generously given for the good of the whole. You will see testimonies of how groups were inspired to come together for an even greater gift. These stories inspire me. I hope they will do so for you as well, and I hope you find your area of philanthropic passion at Brenau and support this worthwhile endeavor, ForeverGold. Forever Brenau.

Cheers,

MESSAGE from the President

IN Appreciation

NEWS in BriefForeverGold brings many together as one

Brenau President Ed L. Schrader, Ph.D.Daisy Goodnight Waldrep, WC ’61

New Brenau trustee Antonina Grib Lerch (WC ’03), left, looks over the sizable contribution of 55 books on costume design she recently made to the University’s library with Brenau’s resident costume designer and associate professor of theatre Pamela Workman. Costume design is a subject the Brenau Athletics Hall of Famer knows quite well, having served as a costume cutter for movies like Star Trek and Night at the Museum II and television programs such as Mad Men, Dexter and True Blood. The library contribution comes on the heels of a $50,000 gift she made to Brenau earlier this year, a gift Antonina said she plans to repeat in 2016.

Margaret May Franklin, WC ’41, of Roanoke, Virginia, passed away last past spring at age 95. As lifelong Brenau supporters, when it came time for Margaret and her husband Stu to work on their estate plan, Brenau was at the top of their list. In 1992 Margaret let Brenau know that, upon her death, the Margaret May Franklin Endowed Scholarship would be created from 40 percent of her estate. She said of her Brenau days, “It all seems like a collage of happy memories.” Thanks to her foresight and generosity, future students will receive a more affordable Brenau education hopefully equally filled with a “collage of happy memories.” When making her gift, she encouraged others to include Brenau in their estate plans saying, “not for the accolades, but from the heart.” For information on ways you can leave a legacy through a planned gift, contact Ben McDade at 770.534.6173, bmcdade@brenau.edu, or visit Brenau’s planned giving website at brenau.giftlegacy.com.

Dana Fowler Miller, WC ’85, and McKemie “Kemie” Dozier West, WC ’84, led the charge in raising $21,000 from 1980s alumnae of Alpha Delta Pi to dedicate a room in the sorority’s new house in honor of their sisters from that decade. The duo mailed personalized letters, followed by engaging social media, email and phone calls. Their concerted efforts well surpassed the $15,000 goal. Donors will be recognized on a plaque inside the house and receive a keepsake brick from their former house during Alumnae Reunion Weekend and May Day festivities. This sorority house is among four newly constructed ones located along Prior Street. At a cost of $800,000 each, the other three are Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Mu and Zeta Tau Alpha. Dana and Kemie are thrilled at the response and encourage other sisters representing various decades and sororities to contact them for more information on this approach. Contact Dana at dmiller@ghcc.com or Kemie at kemie@bellsouth.net.

VOLUNTEERSpotlight

(as of November 1, 2015)

CAMPAIGN GOAL: $40 MILLION

Special thanks to our Campaign Steering Committee for their leadership!

CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRSMrs. Carole Ann Carter Daniel

Mr. Lawrence B. Schrage

HONORARY CAMPAIGN CHAIRSMrs. Dotty Alexander

Mrs. June Moore-RichardsDr. Jim Walters

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

$26.8M67.00%

Brenau’s Alumni Association Board recently committed to raising $50,000 over the next five years to name one of the lectures at the annual Women’s Leadership Colloquium. The Colloquium allows current students to build professional connections with Brenau alumni and friends, while also demonstrating the power of education and leadership through the success stories of Brenau women. Alumni Board members, who have raised $16,400 to date, are left to right and top to bottom: Alecia Webb, BU ’07, Austin McCord, A ’07, Zoe Scheffrin, WC ’14, Brooke Bargeron Statham, WC ’00, Natalie Grasso, WC ’05, Jessi Barker Shrout, WC ’04, Rosanne Short, WC ’90, BU ’06, Tracy Chauncey Johnson, WC ’95, Marsha Stringer, WC ’96, BU ’03, BU ’05, and Michelle Kelley, BU ’06. You can contribute to this effort through a designated gift to the ForeverGold campaign earmarked for the Alumni Association Lecture.

Dr. Gale Johnson Allen Mrs. Harriett Stephens Bankston

Mrs. Robin Smith Dudley Mrs. Chris Alexander FitzgeraldMrs. Emmie Henderson Howard

Mrs. Eryn Manwaring HouckMrs. Anna Alexander Jacobs

Mrs. Kay F. McMasterMs. Dana Fowler Miller

Ms. Danielle Di Fede MillerMs. Margie Thrasher Richardson

Ms. Gail A. Smith Mr. Rob Fowler

Mrs. Jill MansfieldMr. Jim NalleyMr. Gary RileyMr. Mike Smith

Dr. Jim SoutherlandMrs. Shay English Stafford Mrs. Jane Patterson Suggs

Ms. Daisy Goodnight WaldrepRear Admiral Patty E. Wolfe

The 2016 Golden Tigers softball team is slated to play the inaugural game at the Ernest Ledford Grindle

Athletics Park next spring. In the meantime, earth is being moved and groomed to make way for the Phase I site development that includes a softball field, fieldhouse, bleachers, parking and other improvements.

Plans call for Phase II of 16.75 acre Grindle Athletics Park, named for a former resident of the New Holland community located about two miles from Brenau’s historic campus, to host softball and track and field events as well as a running track. The park also will include common-use areas, such as walking and jogging paths, and space available for public use and special programs. These pieces will be added as an additional $2.5 million is raised through the $40 million ForeverGold campaign.

The construction of Grindle Athletics Park is a critical component in improving the quality of the Brenau experience for students at the 137-year-old Women’s College. Brenau boasts 175 student athletes who make up 20 percent of the Women’s College and compete in 10 varsity sports with 14 teams.

“Many young women who want to attend a women’s college grew up playing competitive organized sports and wish to continue at the collegiate level,” said Brenau University President Ed Schrader. “Brenau offers that opportunity. This is good for these young women and it is good for Brenau. Our athletics program also serves as an excellent international student recruitment tool, which in turn provides for a more diverse experience for all students. Overall, Brenau’s intercollegiate athletes historically achieve higher combined grade point averages than the entire student body.”

I support Brenau University and ForeverGold because of the educational opportunity that Brenau University gave me. The convenience of the campus in Atlanta and the quality of graduate level education was superlative. The interaction with leaders from other businesses and group projects provided me with solid, real-life applications and better prepared me for additional responsibilities at my workplace, Georgia Power Company.

Growing up on a college campus provided me with valuable insight and understanding of the college experience and the importance of meaningful education. Brenau furnishes this opportunity for those who desire to learn. That is the reason I am, and will continue to be, a supporter.

- William H. “Billy” King, MBA, BU ’99

Make your online gift today at forevergold.brenau.edu/form

WHY I support ForeverGold“

“

Non-Profit Org. U. S. Postage

PAIDGainesville, GAPermit No. 88

500 Washington Street SE, Gainesville, Georgia 30501

Members of the Golden Tigers Softball Team on the site of the new Ernest Ledford Grindle Athletics Park. Top from left, Mason Garland, Allison Gunn and Elizabeth Schneider. Bottom from left, Madison Strickland, Kathrine Cole and Coach Devon Thomas.

NEWSLETTER / NO 2 THE $40 MILL ION CAMPAIGN TO HONOR BRENAU’S PAST AND SECURE ITS FUTURE FALL 2015

Billy King is a consistent supporter of the Annual Scholarship Fund at Brenau, an essential fund that aids many students each year. For more information on ways you can provide scholarships to students at Brenau including possible matching gifts from your company, contact Matt Thomas, vice president for external relations, at 770.718.5309.

Ernest Ledford Grindle Athletics Park Readying for Spring SeasonPlay Ball!

Additional naming opportunities are available. Please visit forevergold.brenau.edu for more

information.

ERNEST LEDFORD GRINDLE ATHLETICS PARK AVAILABLE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

Entire Track & Field Complex - $1 Million

Field - $500,000

Track - $500,000

Track Press Box - $250,000

Trail & Recreational Area - $250,000

Field house - $120,000

Track Grandstand - $100,000

Home Dugout - $50,000

Terraced Green on 3rd Baseline - $15,000

PHASE II

PHASE I