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Faculty Spotlights & Academic Life at Brevard 

Brevard College professors are highly engaged in the classroom and within the wider academic community. Faculty are active scholars within their academic fields and are masters of making their highly-specialized knowledge accessible to the students.

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Brevard College Opera Ensemble Presents Fantastic Tales

Brevard College’s opera ensemble will present their Fantastic Tales scenes program on Sunday, November 2 at 3:00 p.m. in Dunham Music Building’s newly renovated Ingram Auditorium. The program for Sunday’s performance draws mostly from fairy…

Nov 7: Brevard College Hosts Adventure Education Conference

Brevard College’s Wilderness Leadership and Experiential Education (or WLEE) department will host the 22nd annual Adventure Education Conference on Friday, November 7 on the Brevard College campus from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The…

Oct. 21: English Department Co-hosts Former NC Poet Laureate

The Brevard College English Department and the Grace Creech West Lectureship are pleased to welcome former North Carolina Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti to Brevard on Tuesday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. Bathanti will give…

Oct.7: Brevard Professor to Present on “Seeing the Forest Around You”

During a special presentation on Tuesday, October 7, Brevard College Division of Science and Mathematics Chair Dr. Jennifer Frick-Ruppert will encourage campus and community members to see the forest around them. The 7…

Exercise Physiology Speaker Presents “Exercise as Medicine”

Brevard College, the Brevard Health and Racquet Club, and Perfect Balance Physical Therapy will co-host guest speaker Dr. Jim Skinner, a world-renowned Exercise Physiology presenter and Indiana University Kinesiology Professor Emeritus.…

American Political Economist Robert Reich to Speak on Campus Sept. 18

  The Transylvania County Library Foundation in partnership with Brevard College will welcome American Political Economist Robert Reich as its 7th Annual J.R. McDowell Speaker on Thursday, September 18. Reich’s presentation will…

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Sept.10: Ecology Professor Presents at Scientific Research Society

Brevard College Associate Professor of Ecology and Environmental Studies Robert Cabin will discuss the emerging paradigm of ecological restoration during a meeting of the local chapter of the scientific research…

Brevard College Professor Explores Educational Methods at England’s Oxford University

Brevard College Assistant Professor of Business and Organizational Leadership Michael Oliphant recently traveled to England to explore the educational methods used at Oxford University. Oliphant was among a group of faculty…

Recent Grad to Compete on National Stage

Recent Music graduate Blake Ellege is among the country’s top student performers invited to compete at the National Association for the Teaching of Singers (NATS) first-ever national auditions in Boston…

Faculty Member/Alumnus Presents at Harvard Conference

Brevard College adjunct Music faculty member and alumnus Jason DeCristofaro, along with UNC-Asheville humanities professor and Asheville Ballet director Ann Dunn, recently presented at the International Journal of Arts and…