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Piedmont College Alumni Association awards 4 graduates
Piedmont Alumni Awards
Piedmont College Alumni Association award winners include, from left, Bryan Schroeder, Pacesetter; Laura Lord Boswell, Excellence in Education; and Mike Williams, Alumni Service; Janice Barden, who accepted the Distinguished Alumni Award for her late husband, Michael Barden; Lisa Black, emcee and a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors; and Piedmont President Dr. James F. Mellichamp.

The Piedmont College Alumni Association presented awards to four graduates at a special dinner April 9 at the Demorest Campus.

• The late Michael Barden, class of 1977, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award for his service as a longtime member and president of the Alumni Association. Janice Barden accepted the award for her late husband.

• Bryan Schroeder, class of 2003, won the Pacesetter Award for exhibiting outstanding achievement early in his career.

• Laura Lord Boswell, class of 2003, won the Excellence in Education Award.

• Mike Williams won the Alumni Service Award for his time and effort given to Piedmont since graduating.

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