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09/08/2026

🎶 This summer, Dr. David Gresham, Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Music Major, traded the Brevard College campus for stages on both sides of the Atlantic, leading students through two extraordinary musical experiences.

In June, David traveled to Paris with members of the Brevard College Chamber Singers and Transylvania Choral Society to perform the European premiere of a new work by acclaimed composer Elaine Hagenberg. The piece was commissioned through a consortium that included Brevard College and TCS, and Hagenberg invited the participating ensembles to Paris for its first performance there.

About 400 singers from across the consortium came together for the performance at Saint-Sulpice, one of Paris’s most celebrated churches. For the Brevard singers, the trip was about more than performing: they rehearsed with Hagenberg, learned about her creative process, explored Paris, and experienced what David describes as a transformative musical opportunity. 🇫🇷

Back home, David spent his summer preparing another major performance as Chorusmaster for Brevard Music Center’s 90th season. For 10 years, he has prepared the chorus for BMC’s season finale, and this year’s performance of William Walton’s “Belshazzar’s Feast” brought together 126 singers, including several BC faculty members, and a double choir for an ambitious work that required meticulous preparation.

And then came the reward: after performing the piece with the BMC Orchestra, the chorus remained on stage for the second half of the program, sharing the stage with legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma. 🎻

For David, opportunities like these are part of what makes music education so powerful. His work with BMC and the Transylvania Choral Society expands what Brevard College students can experience, giving them the chance to perform major works, travel internationally, work alongside renowned artists, and see firsthand what is possible beyond the college campus.

🎓 That’s experiential education in action, and David brings his experiences right back to his students.

📸 credit: Huge thanks to Brevard Music Center, Elaine Hagenberg, and the Brevard College Chamber Singers for photo submissions!

09/07/2026

A calm campus and a day off to enjoy it. ✨

We hope our students are making the most of Labor Day and taking some time to relax before another week begins. 💙🌪️

📸 credit: Jameykay and Arlie Photography

09/05/2026

Before classes, before routines, before we knew where the semester would take us… there was Move-In. 🤍🐿️📸

During Move-In Week, Nado the White Squirrel had a special photo booth, with student-photographers—who also serve as peer leaders and RAs—Isabella Zambuto ’28 and Kendall Hubbard ’28 behind the cameras. New and returning students, families, staff, and even President Andrews stopped by to get in on the Nado photo action.

Consider this a flashback to the beginning of the semester. And if you want to relive all of Move-In 2026, head over to the Brevard College Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brevardcollege/albums/ 💙🌪️

📸 Isabella Zambuto ’28 and Kendall Hubbard ’28

09/03/2026

📚 Every class is a step toward what comes next. 📚

Through Brevard Career Advantage, students connect what they’re learning at Brevard College with where they want to go next. From personalized advising and mentorship to internships, career exploration, and real-world experiences, BCA gives students a four-year roadmap for turning their education into a meaningful next step.

It’s career preparation with a personal touch, and it starts from day one. 🎓

Learn more about Brevard Career Advantage at brevard.edu/career-advantage/

09/02/2026

🌪️ Hired! 🌪️ Congratulations to Logan Sawyer on his job with Broadway Zoological Park!

Have you recently been hired for an internship or job? If you would like for BC to highlight you, please complete this google form with the needed information. https://forms.gle/xUzawfHQE8iu1sJeA

Visit the Office for Career Exploration & Development - Brevard College for more information!

09/01/2026

✍️ While many of us are settling into a new academic year, Dr. Alyse Bensel, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Looking Glass Rock Writers’ Conference, is taking a different approach to the classroom: stepping away from it for a while to focus on her own writing.

Alyse is spending the academic year on sabbatical, with several exciting opportunities already on the horizon. In March 2027, she’ll travel to Vermont Studio Center as the recipient of the Susanna Colloredo Environmental Writing Fellowship. She has also been accepted into the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts for a winter 2027 residency and is a finalist for the Goldfarb Fellowship for writers of creative nonfiction.

Alyse was selected for the Vermont fellowship based on poems from her unpublished manuscript, “Ecophagy,” which explores ecological destruction, environmental issues, and reproduction. Her writing is deeply informed by her background in both English and environmental studies and her interest in the intersections of ecological research, personal experience, and humanity’s relationship with the natural world. 🌱

Her sabbatical will also give her time to complete a memoir-in-essays that intertwines personal experiences with research on women’s health and changing perspectives within the medical community.

For Alyse, writing and teaching are never entirely separate. She says each continually informs the other: the approaches she uses in the classroom influence her writing, while her writing practice shapes how she asks students to approach theirs.

That exchange is one of the reasons she believes it is important for faculty to remain active practitioners in their fields. The creative and scholarly work faculty pursue beyond the classroom creates new connections and perspectives that ultimately make their way back to their students.

🎓 When Alyse returns to Brevard College, she’ll bring more than new work with her. She’ll bring new ideas about creativity, writing, and how to create spaces where students can develop their own voices. 💙

08/31/2026

There’s a lot to discover at Brevard College. ✨ Take a look at what makes BC such a special place to learn, grow and explore, from the classroom to the playing field and everywhere in between. 💙🌪️

For more information, visit www.brevard.edu.

08/29/2026

🌪️ Some conversations stay with you long after they end. 🌪️

During C.R.E.E.K. (College Readiness & Experiential Education Kick-off) Week, Brevard College students spent time with Jason Ferguson and Dr. Devin Walker, the duo behind R.A.M.P. Up, a powerful program focused on helping students navigate pressure, identity, accountability and the transitions that come with college and life.

Jason, an international best-selling author and speaker, shared his own journey from Division I athletics to a decade-long battle with addiction and, ultimately, rebuilding his life. His R.A.M.P. framework — Radical Accountability, Authenticity, Mission-Driven Habits and Pathological Optimism — grew from that experience.

Dr. Dev brings decades of research and professional experience exploring identity, athletics, equity and student success. And behind it all is a 34-year friendship that began when Jason and Dr. Dev were just seven years old.

The result was a conversation that went far beyond a presentation. Students were engaged, challenged, reflective and, at times, visibly moved.

A powerful way to begin the year. 🌪️💙

📸 credit: Photos by Rachael DuVall

08/27/2026

🌪️ Another year, another reason to celebrate what makes BC special. 🌪️

For the second consecutive year, Brevard College has been named a College of Distinction, earning national, private college, and North Carolina honors for our commitment to engaged, experiential education! 🎉

This year, BC joins an esteemed group of colleges and universities recognized for creating meaningful, student-centered educational experiences, including Carnegie Mellon, Davidson, Emory, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Rice, UNC–Chapel Hill, Notre Dame, and Wake Forest.

With one of the largest enrollments in College history, new programs in Artificial Intelligence Management and Engineering Science, new graduate programs, and an annual undergraduate research conference, the momentum at Brevard College continues.

And at the heart of it all are the Four Distinctions, the key areas used to recognize colleges that create meaningful, student-centered educational experiences: Engaged Students, Great Teaching, Vibrant Community, and Successful Outcomes.

Tyson Schritter, COO of Colleges of Distinction, noted that “Brevard College has built an environment where students are supported and challenged in ways that translate into real academic, professional and personal outcomes.”

That’s what makes Brevard College truly distinct. 💙

For more information and to view Brevard College’s Colleges of Distinction profile, visit collegesofdistinction.com/school/brevard-college

08/26/2026

🌪️ Hired! 🌪️ Congratulations to Casey Wampler on her job with Ballad Health Medical Associates Urgent Care!

Have you recently been hired for an internship or job? If you would like for BC to highlight you, please complete this google form with the needed information. https://forms.gle/xUzawfHQE8iu1sJeA

Visit the Office for Career Exploration & Development - Brevard College for more information!

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