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1978-79 Brevard College School Brevard, North Carolina The Pertelote Yearbook
Brevard College
Brevard College is a private college in Brevard, North Carolina. The college grants the Bachelor of Arts. Bachelor of Science, and Master of Science degrees.
Brevard College
Former names
Weaver College (1853–1934)
Rutherford College (1853–1934)
Brevard Institute (1895–1933)
Motto Cognosce ut prosis
Motto in English
Learn in Order to Serve
Type Private college
Established
1853; 170 years ago (predecessor)
1934; 89 years ago (as Brevard College)
President
Bradley Andrews
Academic staff
55
Administrative (fall 2020)
Colors Royal Blue & White
Nickname Tornados
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III – USA South
Mascot Tornado
Brevard College Campus
Brevard College was named for Ephraim Brevard, a teacher and one of the local leaders that produced the Mecklenburg Resolves/Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence in 1775. Brevard College traces its origins to three institutions: Weaver College, a two- and four-year school, which was founded in Weaverville, Buncombe County, in 1853 by the "Brothers of Temperance;" Rutherford College, which was founded as the Owl Hollow School in 1853 in Burke County (and gave its name to Rutherford College, North Carolina); and the Brevard Institute, a high school inaugurated in 1895 by Asheville businessman Fitch Taylor and his wife, Sarah.
In 1933, the Western North Carolina Annual Conference decided to merge Weaver and Rutherford Colleges to create a single coeducational Methodist Junior college on the site of the old Brevard Institute. In fall of 1934, Brevard College was established after five Weaver faculty and 30 Weaver students moved to the new location as part of an opening that included 24 faculty and 394 students.
The Brevard College Stone Fence and Gate was erected by the Works Progress Administration in 1936-1937 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993
