David Barnett

Mar 4, 2025 | brenau.edu | David Barnett

March is always a special month for Brenau, as the university was founded in 1878 to provide higher education opportunities to women. While the university became co-educational in the early 1970s, The Women’s College remains a cornerstone of Brenau. It continues to be a place where women can rise to their full potential and flourish personally and professionally.

Feb 16, 2025 | msn.com | David Barnett

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Feb 16, 2025 | theguardian.com | David Barnett

Nadia Odunayo never planned to take on the mighty global juggernaut that is Amazon, but for many book lovers, she has become the hero they didn’t know they needed. For 18 years, bibliophiles have been able to catalogue their reading, leave reviews and star ratings, and get recommendations for their next read on Goodreads, which was set up by two Stanford University alumni from California. In 2013, Goodreads’ founders sold it to Amazon, and the already hugely popular site skyrocketed.

Feb 6, 2025 | brenau.edu | David Barnett

During February, we acknowledge the contributions and sacrifices Black Americans have made throughout our nation’s history. Brenau has evolved throughout our 146-year history, and today a third of our student population identifies as Black. I credit the courage and resilience of Brenau’s first four Black students – Michelle Gray Haywood, Lois Green Harris, Belinda Harrison Sims, and Natalie Roberts – for paving the way for today’s generation of Black students at Brenau.

Jan 26, 2025 | theguardian.com | David Barnett

Leaning on the bar of The Crow’s Nest pub in the northern town of Hawley, Danny Brocklehurst has something to say. “I think our industry should be collectively appalled that only 9% of people who work in it would declare themselves as coming from a working class background,” he says. The industry in question is the world of TV and film, which is not an insubstantial sector: according to the latest British Film Institute figures, it’s collectively worth £12.6bn to the UK economy.