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Piedmont University president James Mellichamp announced that he will retire as soon as his replacement is found, Now Habersham reported. Mellichamp’s future at Piedmont has been uncertain since Provost Daniel Silber quit two weeks ago. Silber said that planned budget cuts were “morally wrong,” writing, “I refuse to be a party to terminations that are carried out in such an

Citing concerns of possible retaliation, Piedmont University's faculty leaders want trustees to remove the president and his spouse while allegations of misconduct are investigated.

The Leading Edge Group Jewellers buying group has named new ‘all-in-one’ jewellery retail support service Troy Australia as a preferred supplier as part of a new “reciprocal arrangement”.

A “Guitar Named Sue,” with its mix of smooth and charred wood, exemplifies the sin and search for redemption in Johnny Cash’s art. “The Cartographer” encodes a tribute to a grandfather in the topography of a river. “Cerberus” is “nothing but a shred machine and built for heavy metal.” The three axes are just a sampling of the many influences that Industrial Design students at Auburn University ...

ASHLAND A senior at Boyd County High School was honored on Thursday for 13 years of perfect attendance at school.

Brand battle: Pandora, Alex and Ani to fight it out 19.8 k views | Posted January 18, 2016 | By Coleby Nicholson The battle between Pandora Australia and Alex and Ani appears to have escalated, with the matter garnering attention from the wider jewellery industry and mainstream media. As first reported by Jeweller in December 2015, the trouble started when Pandora Australia and New Zealand president Brien Winther advised the brand’s retail stockists against simultaneously stocking US j...

Buying Groups through the Pandemic - 2020 State of the Industry Report: In-depth update of Australias jewellery buying groups over a decade 3.2 k views | Posted January 11, 2021 | By Jeweller Research Following a year of unprecedented upheaval, Jeweller revisited the four jewellery industry buying groups profiled in our March report to explore how they have adapted and supported members throughout COVID-19. BY THE NUMBERS Buying groups offer retail jewellers a myriad of benefits, beyond su...

POCATELLO — A recent donation of about 1,000 pounds of dog and cat food to the Bannock Humane Society in Pocatello was a godsend for the organization, according to society President Danielle Ekstrom. Animal activist Shannon Leavitt of Pocatello, who has for the past eight years sat in the entry to Albertsons supermarket during the holidays and collected cat and dog food for the Bannock Humane Society, recently collected the pet food and delivered it to the society’s building on Barton...

Trade Update: Australian jewellery sales data during COVID reveals surprising trends Posted December 04, 2020 | By Arabella Roden • Editor Sales reports indicate Australian consumers have embraced jewellery spending over the past four months, with diamond-set pieces the leading product category. Data compiled by Retail Edge Consultants, a retail management and POS software firm, jewellery sales across products and services increased 20 per cent in November when compared with the s...

Buying groups throw support behind new industry Trade Day events Posted December 21, 2020 | By Jeweller Staff As a sign of unity to ensure the 2021-year begins on a positive note following a year of upheaval, the jewellery buying groups have thrown their support behind the upcoming Expertise Events Trade Days. Scheduled across Australia early in the New Year, Nationwide Jewellers, Showcase Jewellers, and Independent Jewellers Collective (IJC) have organised a variety of activities surro...