Brevard College

|- |Name|| Brevard College |- |Location|| Brevard, North Carolina, USA |- |Established|| 1934 |- |President|| Drew L. Van Horn |- |Community|| Suburban |- |Type|| Private |- |Students|| Coeducational |- |Accreditation|| Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |- |Mascot|| Tornados |- |Colors|| Blue and White |- |Motto|| Cognosce ut prosis ("Learn in Order to Serve") |- |Enrollment|| 700 |- |Faculty|| 56 |- |Website|| www.brevard.edu |colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:ffffff;"| |}

Brevard College is a small, private, United Methodist, liberal arts college in Brevard, North Carolina. The college currently grants the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Music degree. Current enrollment is about 700 students.

History

Founded in 1934 from the merger of Rutherford College and Weaver College, Brevard flourished as a junior college for many years.

During the infamous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast in 1938, five students fainted and panic gripped the campus for a half hour. Many students fought for telephones to inform their parents to come and get them.

Increasing competition led the college to become a four-year institution in 1996. Brevard awarded its last Associate's degrees in 2006.

Campus

The Brevard College campus is located within the city of Brevard, in close proximity to the city center. The city is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, whose beauty attract many to the school. The college is located in close vicinity to the Pisgah National Forest and the Blue Ridge Parkway, which both serve as important resources for many of the school's programs relating to art, ecology, environmental issues, and wilderness leadership.

The campus is comprised of mainly brick buildings with large greens and abundant trees. Some of the more famous residents of campus are white squirrels. Although commonly mistaken for albinos, the white squirrels found on campus are simply color varaints of the typical Eastern Gray Squirrel. The city of Brevard is famous for its white squirrels, and the college campus contains them in large numbers.

|- |Name|| Brevard College |- |Location|| Brevard, North Carolina, USA |- |Established|| 1934 |- |President|| Drew L. Van Horn |- |Community|| Suburban |- |Type|| Private |- |Students|| Coeducational |- |Accreditation|| Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |- |Mascot|| Tornados |- |Colors|| Blue and White |- |Motto|| Cognosce ut prosis ("Learn in Order to Serve") |- |Enrollment|| 700 |- |Faculty|| 56 |- |Website|| www.brevard.edu |colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:ffffff;"| |}