History with a Mission

Guardhouse Museum renovation breathes new life into an original Arsenal building.

Value Added: Wellons’ Story

The words no parent wants to hear were spoken more than 30 years ago: “Your child has cancer.” For the next several years, Elizabeth and Dudley Jervey focused solely on the fight for their daughter’s life. It was almost...

A Legacy of Love (Col. Vera Nolfe Anderson)

It was a July day in 2007 when Vera Nolfe Anderson’s husband, Andy, helped her prepare for the arrival of a guest, the family pastor. Preparation was no small matter. Vera was in the late stages of amyotrophic lateral...

Today, Everest

Thoughts racing, pulse pounding, Brandon Arant (BS ’13) watched the credits of a movie flurry by like flakes of snow in a blizzard. The year was 2015, and the film was Everest—a biopic adapted from the memoirs of Beck...

More Than a Room

On August 13, 2016, Augusta University ushered in a new era by welcoming the first class of undergraduates to the 412-bed Oak Hall, the university’s first true undergraduate residence hall.

Value Added: ‘I have been so fortunate’

These are unexpected words from a woman diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer four years ago who is still in active battle against the disease. But in the face of the physical and emotional challenges inherent in her...

Secret Lives: Mark Patishnock

Day job: Director of Augusta University Student Counseling and Psychological Services Secret life: Baseball memorabilia collector One of the most striking things about Dr. Mark Patishnock, director of Augusta University...

For nearly 200 years, Augusta University and its legacy institutions have been centers of learning and drivers of discovery and innovation in Augusta, the state of Georgia and beyond. Our community of alumni, students, faculty and friends are amazing people living incredible lives and making invaluable contributions to our world.

We are pleased to publish four magazines in which we get to tell their stories: