clarion s .^i88e»wir^ ®5W Brevard College was turned into a winter wonderland by two late January snowfalls, making the campus a great place for building snowmen and igloos, going sledding at all hours and having snowball fights on the way to class at Mclarty-Goodson. See page 4-5 for more pictures. (BC News Bureau Photo) Brevard College, Brevard, NC Volume 54 Number 8 Wednesday, February 4, 1987 Brevard College receives re- accreditation After an exhaustive two-year process of self-evaluation, Brevard College was re accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) at their December meeting in Atlanta. Dean of the College Dr. Harry Langley praised the college faculty and ad ministration as well as the chairman of the self-study steering committee, Randy Jackson, who wrote the self-study this past summer. “They really did an excellent job,” Langley said. The accreditation, which must be renew ed every 10 years, involved a visit by the SACS evaluating committee which made specific recommendations that the college had to address in the self-study. “You have to show that planning, assessment and evaluation is taking place," Dean Langley said. “That way you can get measure of your effectiveness.” Langley said, “The whole purpose of ac creditation is to encourage the institution to do self-assessment and then to hold them accountable for areas where there’s a definite need for improvement.” The SACS committee left behind 24 recommen- —Turn to Page 8 Four BC ad. staff changes announced Brevard College President Billy Greer announced four administrative staff changes this week, effective June 1. Don Scarborough, for nine years the col lege’s Dean of Student Affairs, has been named Athletic Director and Associate Director of Development. Scarborough will continue as Men’s Soccer Head Coach. Scarborough, who earned his bachelor’s degree from UNC-Asheville and his master’s degree from Western Carolina University, is currently working on his doctorate in Higher Education Ad ministration at Vanderbilt University. The change will allow him more time to work on his Ph.D., according to Scarborough. Norm Witek, the present Athletic Direc tor and coach-emeritus of the highly- successful BC cross-country program, will move from the position of A.D. to become the new Dean of Student Affairs. Witek says he welcomes the challenge of the job and thinks that the many years of coaching and counseling championship athletes will help him with his new duties. Witek, who has been with the college since 1968, earn ed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physical education from the University of Tennessee. Lisanne Masterson, currently the Assis tant Director of Financial Aid, will become the Director, succeeding Ed Cunningham, the financial aid administrator since 1975. Cunningham will stay on the staff in a part-time capacity in order to help make the transition in the Financial Aid Office. Masterson earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a teaching certificate from the University of Tennessee in 1981, and is scheduled to complete her master’s degree in education from Western Carolina University by December 1988. She has worked and taught at Brevard Col lege since 1983. President Billy Greer says of the changes, “I am personally pleased with these new assignments and I believ the people involved are pleased as well.” -•■••rw- Norm Witek Lisanne Masterson mm- Ed Cunningham

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