Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s mother once told him: “If you want to be right, be a pessimist. If you want to do right, be an optimist.”

Growing up in Zion Crossroads, Candice Clowater was bitten by the computer bug at an early age.

Movement toward enhanced student life — through
governance, clubs, athletics — is giving Piedmont’s
attendees more of the college experience