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Class of 2014 Commencement Exercises

Proud parents, family and friends gathered under sunny skies to watch members of Brevard College’s Class of 2014 receive their diplomas on Saturday, May 3. Approximately 126 students participated in Brevard…

Cycling Wins First Individual National Road Championship, Second Overall

Brevard College’s Allison Arensman became the first-ever Tornado to capture an Individual Championship at a Road Nationals with a victory in Sunday’s 2014 USA Cycling Collegiate Road Nationals Road Race and a…

Tornados Advance to SAC Tournament

The Brevard College softball team has earned the sixth seed in this week’s Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament, which is being held on the campus of Lincoln Memorial University…

Professor Receives Prestigious National Research Grant

Brevard College Professor of Religious Studies, Dr. Mary Louise Bringle, has been awarded a prestigious Louisville Institute Sabbatical Grant for Researchers.  Bringle’s award is one of only 10 such grants conferred…

Professor Published in International Science Journal

Brevard College Geology Professor Dr. James Reynolds has had a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences titled “Tectonic controls on the evolution of the Andean Cenozoic…

Hrobak, Joyce Named Student-Athletes of the Month

Brevard college softball sophomore Jamie Hrobak and baseball junior Zac Joyce have been named the Sports Spot Student-Athletes of the Month for February. The award is presented by Sports Spot…
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Voice Students Advance to Statewide Singing Regionals

Four Brevard College voice students were among the best student performers at the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NC NATS) Auditions held recently in Greensboro, N.C.…
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Baseball Defeats Lenoir-Rhyne 6-2

The Brevard College Tornados scored four runs in the 11th inning on their way to a 6-2 win over the Lenior-Rhyne Bears in a non-conference matchup Wednesday evening at Bears Field.…
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Basketball Teams Practice with Special Olympics

The Brevard College men’s and women’s basketball teams continued their tradition of practicing with athletes from the Transylvania County Special Olympics in Boshamer Gymnasium on Monday evening.  “We’ve been doing this…

Brevard College Women’s Soccer Earns Academic Honor

The Brevard College women’s soccer team has earned a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award for the 2012-2013 academic year. This marks the eighth time that the Tornados have…

Brevard Splits Salem DH with Dominant Game One; Game Two Features Near Seventh-Inning Comeback

The Brevard College softball team (9-13, 1-3 USA South) made its first appearance at the BC Softball Field in 18 games, competing in a USA South Conference doubleheader against Salem…

Carnes and McKnight Represent Men’s Basketball on CSC Academic All-District Team

Two Brevard College men’s basketball student-athletes, Jadon Carnes and Brock McKnight, were selected to represent the Tornados on the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. Carnes, a senior from Concord, N.C., and McKnight, a…

Baseball: Ten-Run Fifth Leads to Massive Run-Rule Win over Piedmont

The Brevard College baseball team (13-6) scored a whopping 10 runs in the fifth inning and 12 total unanswered runs to surge past (RV) Piedmont (12-7), 15-4, in seven innings…

Brevard College and Comporium Partner to Deliver Transformative High-Speed Internet Upgrade for Students and Campus Community

Brevard College students will soon benefit from faster, more reliable high-speed internet in their residence halls and throughout campus through a new partnership with Comporium Inc. to significantly upgrade internet…

Women’s Basketball Team Score 100 points in Semifinal Win over Pacers

The Brevard College women’s basketball team (23-4) reached 100 points for the first time in 2025-26, sinking its most single-game free throws in more than 10 years while hitting 12…

Big First Half for Tornados in 13-8 Conference-Opening Win

The Brevard College women’s lacrosse team (1-1, 1-0 USA South) secured a well-deserved victory in its USA South Conference opener, defeating N.C. Wesleyan (0-3, 0-1 USAS), 13-8 on Tuesday afternoon…

CHAMPS!!! Brevard Clinches First USA South Regular Season Title with Senior Day Triumph

Brevard College Earns Top Seed in 2026 USA South Conference Tournament The Brevard College women’s basketball team (21-4, 16-2 USA South) captured the program’s first USA South Conference Regular Season…

Tornados Win NCAA-Era Record 19th Regular Season Game

The Brevard College women’s basketball team (19-4, 14-2 USA South) cruised past Greensboro (9-14, 6-10 USAS) 85-61 on Tuesday evening at Haynes Gymnasium to complete the season sweep of the…

Historic Night for Men’s Basketball

Senior forward Jadon Carnes dropped a career-high 33 points, while senior guard KK Horton became the seventh member of Brevard College men’s basketball’s NCAA-era 1,000-point club as the Tornados (9-14, 3-10 USA…

Banff Mountain Film Festival Returns to Brevard College

The internationally acclaimed Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour returns to Brevard College this spring, bringing a curated selection of the world’s most inspiring mountain and adventure films to…

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The Clarion has been the student newspaper at Brevard College since 1935. The student staff members are responsible for content, editing, advertising sales, and production and distribution of the newspaper on the Brevard College campus and throughout the surrounding community.

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