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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.

Associate Dean Celebrates Completion of Doctorate

Dr. Joshua Wilkey is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for Student Success at Brevard College. From Dillsboro, North Carolina, he joined the Brevard College community in 2016 as an…

Digital Media Professor Curates Interdisciplinary Exhibition

Jordan Whitten began at Brevard College as an Adjunct Instructor in 2019 and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor. A native of Memphis, TN he holds a Bachelor’s of Fine…

Student Spotlight: Timiah McGhee

Brevard College Junior Timiah McGhee is a Business and Organizational Leadership (BORG) major and Criminal Justice minor. From Dover, Delaware, Timiah plans to attend law school to become a criminal…

 17 Tornados Named USA Cycling Academic All-Stars for School Record

A school-record 17 Brevard College Cycling student-athletes have been named USA Cycling Collegiate Academic All-Stars for the Fall 2021 season. To achieve Academic All-Star status, student-athletes had to compete in…

College Hosts Looking Glass Writers’ Conference with New Program for Young Writers

The 2022 Looking Glass Rock Writers’ Conference features award-winning faculty members, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Aimee Nezhukumatahil, and Crystal Wilkinson, who will guide conference attendees through nonfiction, poetry, and fiction writing…

Professor Links Theatre and Experiential, Liberal Arts Education

Abbey Toot is new to Brevard College, having joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Acting and Director in Fall 2021. Professor Toot earned a B.S. in Theatre Performance from…

Professor Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Norway

The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Professor and Director of Teacher Education, Dr. Betsy Burrows has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award…

Theatre Department Presents Mixtape, an evening of a classroom collective of new works, current projects, and performances

Brevard College Theatre will present an evening of work entitled Mixtape which is the collaborative effort of department faculty, staff, and students on April 27 at 7:00pm EST. The evening…

Professor and Olympic Weightlifter Works with U.S. Olympic Committee to Assess Standards

Dr. Stephen Knott recently received tenure, and was promoted from Assistant to Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education at Brevard College. He was also instrumental in the establishment of…

Students Awarded Prestigious Ledford Scholar Undergraduate Research Scholarships

The Ledford Scholars Program and the Appalachian College Association (ACA), a non-profit consortium of 33 private four-year liberal arts colleges, has awarded scholarships to two Brevard College juniors; Christian Humphries…