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Page 2 The Clarion August 24, 1986 Dr. Harry Langley named new Dean Brevard College has named Harry Michael Langley as the new Dean of the College. Langley succeeds religion Professor Charles Teague who served as acting dean since last year when Dean Morris Wray left the post to become president of An drew College in Cuthbert, Ga. “Dr. Langley is a highly motivated pro fessional,” said Brevard College President Dr. William T. Greer. “He has just the right mix of the academic and ad ministrative skills, and will make the days ahead terribly exciting for all of us. Our .search for a Dean of the College was a na tional search and we are honored to have attracted leadership of the caliber of Dr. I^ngley.” A Columbia, S.C., native, Langley earn ed his bachelor’s degree in Biology with a minor in chemistry from Texas Lutheran College in 1966. He earned both his master’s degree in entomology in 1968 and his doctorate degree in Zoology in 1972 from Clemson University. Most recently, Langley was chairman of the division of general studies and associate professor Biology at Brunswick Junior College in Brunswick, Ga. From 1971 to 1981 he was assistant and then associate professor of math and science at Brenau College in Gainesville, Ga., where he Uught general biology, principles of chemistry, organo-biochemistry, biochemistry, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, cell biology, histology, and genetics. He is also the author of numerous scholarly monographs that sf>an his in terest in entomology, zoology and college administration. In the last two years, Langley’s essays and articles on subjects such as “Effective Academic Advising,” “Faculty Evaluation by Modified Manage ment by Objectives,” and “Personalizing Instruction and Assessing Teaching Effec tiveness,” has been presented to regional and national conferences on higher educa tion, and widely read in publications such as “Issues in Higher Education” and “Resources in Education.” A popular professor at both Brenau and Brunswick Junior College, Langley receiv ed teaching honors from students. He was one of five nominees picked for Professor of the year at BJC in 1983 and 1984, and was named Male Teacher of the Year at Brenau in 1977-’78. Last summer Langley was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Fellowship to India where for six weeks he studied the roles of education, women, faculty and change in various regions of India. The new dean thinks Brevard College has great potential for growth. “I’d like to see Brevard College become if not the best - then at least one of the top two or three colleges of its kind,” he says. “Brevard has a good reputation and a good faculty. We could design a model pro- New Dean of the College, Dr. Harry Langley gram that would attract top students. There are a lot of opportunities for serving as a role model for other colleges, Langley says. Langley and his wife, Barbara, live in Brevard College faculty • housing. Mrs. Langley holds a master’s degree in dance from New York University, and was formerly the director of ballet at Brenau. Welcome to Brevard With its vital and popular new president, Dr. Billy Greer, spearheading the pursuit of excellence, Brevard College has entered a new phase in its long history of academic achievement and community involvement. Along with his committed and active wife, Fann, Dr. Greer has a fresh vision for Brevard College. “We have attracted some of the brightest teaching faculty in the Southeast to Brevard and many of our students are among the most talented in the South,” he says. “We need now to find ways to link up our liberal arts curriculum and life experiences.” When this happens. Dr. Greer asserts, “lives are changed and one’s way of viewing life and the world and society are enriched.” It is that element of an enriched life that has long been Brevard Col lege’s hallmark. A private, two-year liberal arts college dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, intellectual growth, moral development and creative expression, the College is owned and operated under the auspices off the Western North Carolina Annual Conferene of The Unit^ Methodist Church. As a church-related college, Brevard affirms the dignity and worth of every individual, and strives to perpetuate those values which derive from the Christian faith. Students are encouraged to establish patterns of personal integrity, self-discipline and social responsibility. This is en sured by a highly-qualified administration and faculty, and a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio. The faculty consists of 48 full-time members, with 40 percent holding a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their field. There are also 20 adjunct faculty. They serve a campus community consisting of over 700 students from 25 states and several foreign countries. The ratio of men to women is about even. Recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding two-year college, Brevard is noted for its excllence in academic and fine arts programs. A new state-of-the-art computer science program established two years ago offers students hands-on learning experiences with 69 Digital ter minals, several printers and two central computer units. Classes are of fered in computer programming, graphics, computer literary, word processing and more. Students may earn an Associate in Arts, Associate in Fine Arts, or the Junior College Diploma. The intent is to provide a two-year, university- parallel academic program designed for qualified freshmen and sophomores who plan to transfer Lu seiuui colleges and universities — as well as for students who will terminate their post-secondary studies upon graduation from Brevard. In the university-parallel program, students are offered a solid academic background,with faculty advisors ensuring optimal transferability of credits from Brevard to the four-year college of the student’s choice. More than 90 percent of Brevard graduates go on to further study at America’s leading universities and colleges. Brevard College is also noted for its outstanding intercollegiate athletic program. Highly-respected men’s soccer and basketball teams have made a name for Brevard College among their opponents in the National Junior College Athletic Association. And the achievements of the men’s cross-country team, under outgoing veteran coach Norm Witek and his successor Dave Rinker, are practically legendary. Brevard’s runners have won the national championships for the last four years. Located on a beautiful 140-acre campus in the heart of Brevard, the College promotes an atmosphere of creative artistic expression and educational questing in a picturesque setting that is conducive to learn ing and growing on a human scale. This has been the enduring legacy of Brevard College. Its early history traces back to three institutions: Weaver College of Weaverville, and Rutherford College — both of which were started in 1853; and Brevard Institute, which was organized in 1895 as Epworth School. After the community was able to support its own public school system, Brevard Institute closed. When the two sister schools fell on hard times during the Depression, the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist church ordered the merger of the Weaver and Rutherford Colleges and designated the facility at Brevard to be the new campus. Thus Brevard College was formed in 1934. Brevard College President Dr. Billy Greer believes that the College has “a mission to match the mountains.” He promises, “In the days ahead, you will see Brevard College doing much, much more to enhance the values, beliefs and standards that make life meaningful.” Dr. Greer envisions a college that will “be among the elite in the very finest sense of the word — an institution that has the courage to break away from the herd and offer educational leadership that not only pro vides its students with facts, but also a perspective on the world so im portant for survival.”
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