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Brevard College, Brevard, N.C.
Wednesday, March 2, 1994
Volume 62 Numher2
At Spring Convocation
J. Thomas Bertrand installed as BC’s 10th president
Brevard College installed its 10th
president, J. Thomas Bertrand, during
Spring Convocation ceremonies on
Friday, Feb. 11. Bertrand took his oath
of office from former president Dr.
Cameron P. West, with Board of
Trustees Chairman F. Crowder Falls
witnessing.
The ceremony was held despite an
lee storm that struck Transylvania
County the night before, causing power
outages throughout campus. In fact,
every building on campus was without
power except for Boshamer
Gymnasium, where the ceremony was
held.
“Our numbers are small, but we are
a hardy crew,” Bertrand told the
assembled audience as he welcomed the
students, faculty, trustees and staff of
Brevard College and guests including
U.S. Congressman Charles Taylor,
representatives from colleges and
universities throughout the U.S., high-
ranking officials from the United
Methodist Church and Bertrand’s own
friends and family.
Bertrand urged those in attendance
to take the College motto, “Learn so
that you may serve,” to heart. It is
through service to others, he noted, that
the world will be saved from what some
observers are calling a future of anarchy.
Bertrand was welcomed to his new
presidency by a host of dignitaries,
including Bishop Bevel Jones III of the
United Methodist Church, Congressman
Taylor, Student Government
Association President Paige Tarr,
President of the Brevard College Alumni
Association Robert Boggan, and Dr.
BC President Tom Bertrand
Clyde Carter to head Brevard Colleges
new School of Wilderness Education
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by Angie Clark
Clarion Asst. Editor
Located in the Blue
Mountains near the entrance
Ridge
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Pisgah Forest, Brevard College is in an
ideal location for the students to take
advantage of the vast natural resources
that surround them. Seizing this
ODDortunitv around them, Brevard
Clara Wood, Senior Vice-President and
Dean of the Faculty of Brevard College.
This year’s Spring Convocation,
which traditionally is the ceremony
which opens the new semester, also
celebrated the history of Brevard
College. The exercise commemorated
the 140th anniversary of the founding of
Rutherford College, which merged with
Weaver College in 1933 on the grounds
of Brevard Institute. As part of the
ceremony, several graduates of Weaver
College received honorary Brevard
College diplomas.
Another ceremony honoring part of
Brevard College’s past was held later in
the day when the stone fence and gate at
the front corner of campus was dedicated
as a site on the National Register of
Historic Places.
BC Inslmctor in Outdoor Recreation, Clyde J'g^^a'McCraclsen)
new School of Wilderness Education (Clarion photo by Synda mcu
College has decided to form the new
School of Wilderness Education.
This new program will offer a two-
year Associates of Arts degree in
outdoor leadership. Classes will center
around the Junior College Diploma
reQuirements with a concentration of 22
hours in two areas, “Adventure”
education, such as rock climbing,
mountain biking, kayaking, and
“Environmental” education with classes
in forestry and sociology as well as
psychology.
This new school will be headed by
the head of outdoor recreation of Brevard
College, Clyde Carter, who feels that
“Wilderness Education will benefit any
student regardless of their major.” In this
program Carter strives to challenge his
students physically, mentally in dealing
with their fears, socially in learning to
depend and trust on one another, as well
as spiritually.
This new program will be located
in the duplex behind the gym. Within
this duplex is a classroom downstairs
and office space and equipment storage
facilities upstairs. Moving into the
duplex will enable the program to
expand even further.
With interest in the program
thriving, students will learn and gain an
understanding of self-confidence and
hands-on life experiences. It also enables
the students to learn how people affect
the environment and how the
environment affects them.
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