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Alumni Authors Available at Campus Bookstore
From popular memoirs to historical nonfiction, Brevard alumni are making names for themselves in the publishing industry, garnering awards and critical acclaim along the way. A number of works written by…
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…
Scholarship Established in Memory of Beloved Professor
An endowed scholarship in memory of longtime Religion Professor Dr. Louis Miles Endowed was recently created to support western North Carolina students who are majoring in Fine Arts. The Dr. Louis…
Campus Renovations In Progress
Campus renovations are in full swing this summer! Keep a look out for the following updates and improvements. Plans are underway to update the Underground in Coltrane Commons into a gaming…
Brevard Among Most Affordable Outdoor Colleges
Brevard College is one of the country’s most affordable colleges for students who have a passion for outdoor living, according to GreatValueColleges.net. The popular website for college-bound students included Brevard in…
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…
Science Professor Publishes Book
Brevard College Division of Science and Mathematics Chair Dr. Jennifer Frick-Ruppert has authored a new book exploring the relationships she discovered between humans and nature, and land and sea, while sailing…
Wilderness Leadership Student Secures Alaska Internship
Brevard College student Taylor Perez recently landed a competitive internship with Kennicot Wilderness Guides (KWG) in Alaska’s Wrangell St. Elias National Park Reserve. The Wilderness Leadership and Experiential Education (or WLEE)…
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…
Undergraduate Research Conference an Overwhelming Success
Brevard College marked a major academic milestone with its Undergraduate Research Conference held on Saturday, April 25, a campus-wide celebration showcasing the work of more than 60 students. The event…
Two Paths, One Place: A Brevard College Legacy
Rick Eldridge ’76 and his daughter, Kasey Eldridge Brennan ’04, share many things, a passion for the arts, a love of creative expression, and a deep commitment to what inspires…
Strong Effort Leads Brevard to Win in Series Opener
The Brevard College baseball team (16-18, 5-11 USA South) used a complimentary effort to take the series opener over William Peace (13-21, 5-11 USAS), 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at Gil…
Theatre Presents Mixtape —An Evening of Dance, Capstone Presentations, Current Projects, and Films
Brevard College Theatre will present Mixtape, an evening celebrating student work, on Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at the Paul Porter Center for Performing Arts. This event features two acts,…
Lynne Caudle Joyce
Lynne Caudle Joyce, 66, of Brevard, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2026, surrounded by family and loved ones. A devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, she dedicated more…
Football Releases 2026 Schedule
The Brevard College football program has announced its schedule for the upcoming 2026 season. “Now in our tenth year of participating in the USA South Conference, we look forward to another…
Theatre presents The Mad Ones, April 16-19
Brevard College Theatre is proud to present The Mad Ones, a thought-provoking, life-affirming new musical by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk. The production features Brevard College students Lyric Contarino ‘27, Miranda Burke…
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…
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