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.
Faculty Member Composes Symphony Work
Brevard College graduate and adjunct faculty member Jason DeCristofaro has been invited by the Symphony of the Mountains (SOM) to compose a work for its Chamber Ensemble. DeCristofaro will be…
Chemistry Professor to Present VOR River Findings
Brevard College Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. Melanie Heying will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the local chapter of the scientific research society Sigma Xi on Thursday, September…
First Year Students Gear up for Adventure
Five first year students started their adventures at BC by gearing up for school with a Wilderness Orientation experience. The week-long trip offered new students the opportunity to be immersed in…
BC Announces Faculty Tenure and Promotions
Brevard College is pleased to announce that two faculty members were recently granted tenure or tenure with promotion by the College’s Board of Trustees. The Board awarded tenure to Dr. Barbara Boerner,…
Students Begin School Year by Helping Community
Members of Brevard College’s incoming class spent their first Monday on campus giving back to the community that they now call home. Groups of new BC students could be found painting, sprucing up…
Brevard College Voted Top Adventure College
Brevard College was recently crowned Top Adventure College among small schools in the Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine hosted a bracket-style contest among 32 schools that “go above and beyond…
Junior Receives Research Award
Brevard College junior Brandon Milet recently received an Undergraduate Research Program award to research the practical chemistry of home-brewing. Milet was one of the five students chosen to receive the award…
Faculty Member Hosts Asheville Composer’s Concert July 21
Brevard College faculty member Jason DeCristofaro will host the Asheville Composer’s Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday July 21 at St Matthias Episcopal Church in Asheville. The concert is free to the public, with a suggested…
Brevard College Announces New Faculty
Brevard College is pleased to announce the hiring of two new faculty members for the upcoming fall semester. Dr. Caroline Mann has been named the College’s new Assistant Professor of Psychology,…
Professor Wins Independent Publishing Award
The Waterhouse, a collection of short stories written by Brevard College Associate Professor of English Jubal Tiner, was recognized as a top regional fiction book in the 2013 Independent Publisher…