CLARION
P-1 A T Brevard College, Brevard, N.C.
f I / \ |-^ II I |\^ I Volume 55 Number 1
Wednesday, August 19, 1987
Greer: It’s going to be a very good year
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ThU Slurtml Government Association Officers stepping out confidently; President Allen Brooks,
centernaLed by Social Board Vice President Nick Embrey, left, and Judicial Board Vice President Don
Rett, right. (Clarion photo)
It’s going to be a very good year.
If college presidents could give the
academic counterpart to the State of the
Union address, that would be the title of
Brevard College President Billy Greer’s
summation.
Every year about this time he likes to
throw his feet up on the desk and have a
“fireside chat.” Anybody who’s spent any
time around Brevard College’s infectious
chief administrator knows that he lives,
eats and breathes Brevard College and
when things aren’t right you don’t have to
have a degree in psychology to tell.
And when things are going right, it’s all
over him. In his own words, he’s “juiced.”
He doesn’t mince words about this com
ing year: “I’ve never looked forward to
the beginning of an academic year as
much as I am this year. It’s impossible not
to be excited. First of all, we’ve got an im
mensely talented freshman class coming
in, plus a wonderful core group o^ return
ing sophomores, and marvelous seasoned
faculty, and an administration which now
has some experience under its belt — it all
adds up to a very positive experience for
everybody.”
Greer says, “The invitation will definite
ly be out to every student to get involved
and to stay involved, both in thfe classroom
and out. There really is a sense of family
here and I don’t think it will take the new
freshman class long to ^et infused with
that spirit. These young people are in for a
treat.”
Greer is excited about the level of stu
dent involvement with responsible govern
ing. He’s got high hopes for this year’s
SGA piloted by President Allen Brooks and
Social Board Vice President Nick Embrey
and Judicial Vice President Don Rett.
Greer says Rett wrote him a letter this
week that was “so upbeat and mature and
positive that it made me want to jump up
and charge through the wall.”
This year’s Orientation activities have
been beefed up to help the college com
munity gel. Greer points to increased
transfer counseling, a campus-wide
assembly and pep rally Sunday, Aug. 23.
when BC athletes will be introduced, and
the Freshman Outing at Camp Greenville,
Saturday, Aug. 22.
Greer lists other major developments:
The enrollment picture for this year is
strong. The president says “the dor
mitories are going to be full this fall for the
first time in six years.”
And there is a real possibility that there
may be a groundbreaking in January for a
new 7,500 square foot addition to the pre
sent Coltrane Art Building, which will
become the new Student Center, allowing
the Art Department to swap buildings with
the present Sims Student Center.
This year also, the new Uniform
Guidelines, which are designed to place
more responsibility on the students, go into
effect. President Greer says, “1 think if
students look carefully at the Uniform
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