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Volume 76, Issue 12 SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935 Nov. 19, 2010
Van Horn, Hardt hold campus forum
By John M. Climer/ Daniel Heyman
Editor in Chief / IVIanaging Editor
The recent visit by members of tlie Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools on campus
was a success, according to Dean of Faculty
John Hardt. His presentation was part of a larger
campus forum held by President Drew Van Horn
Wednesday afternoon.
An audience of three students and more than
two dozen faculty members were in attendance
as Van Horn addressed several questions
submitted since the last campus-wide issues
forum, including the college’s recruitment
strategy, faculty retirement annuities and the
direction of service initiatives.
According to Hardt, the SACS visit to campus
was just one part of a multi-faceted accreditation
process. “From our perspective, the visit went
quite well,” Hardt said.
In order to receive reaccreditation, each SACS
member must comply with approximately 80
standards as outlined by the association. In
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Campus News:
Hunger and Homelessness Address.. 2
White Squirrels in Winter 2
Native American History IVIonth 2
News:
Spiers Senior Art Show 3
Sports:
Football Wins At IVIars Hill 4
Women's Basketball 5
Opinion:
Cyber-Bulllying 6
Arts & Life
Review: ‘Unstoppable’ 7
Review: ‘Due Date' 7
Chef Boy-ar-Dave 7
Odds and Ends:
Your Horoscope 8
American Hero 8
Cartoon by Karam Boeshaar 8
addition, each member must show, in most
cases through documentation, how they are
compliant.
Prof Helen Gift was in charge of assembling
the compliance report for BC. According to
Hardt, “she did an excellent job.”
Additionally, the SACS requires each member
institution to develop a Quality Enhancement
Plan. “It is a five-year plan which proposes an
initiative that relates to what the SACS agrees to
be a quality improvement,” said Hardt.
BC’s initiative is aimed at faculty development,
and more specifically, increasing the levels of
student engagement in the classroom. The QEP
will go into effect beginning next fall.
Van Horn outlined the college’s plan for
increasing student enrollment. BC is focused
on the area where it can be most competitive,
according to Van Horn, saying the college
will aim to reach the traditional undergraduate
student. Growth will be focused in the “Brevard
experience,” which includes engagement,
service, and environmental awareness.
Dr Len Griffiths, an instructor of economics at
Brevard College, died in his home on Saturday,
Nov. 13. He was 72.
Bom Jan. 7, 1938, in London, England, he
earned his Ph.D. in economics at the University
of East Anglia in England and came to the
states to work as a materials scientist for a UK
company in the 1960s.
He moved back to England until 2000 and in
2004 settled in Brevard. Dr Griffiths became
president of the Pisgah Group of the North
Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club and served
for two years. He had a love for gardening.
We will remember him best as our economics
professor, subtly making fun of the students not
paying attention and for his dapper wardrobe.
He is survived by his wife, Ann Griffiths, of
Brevard; son Robert Griffiths and wife Cindi
of England; daughter Leslie Rodrigues and
husband David of New Hope, Pennsylvania; two
granddaughters and two grandsons.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 23,2010, at St. Philips Episcopal
Church with the Rev. Robert Field officiating.
The family will hold a reception following the
The goal for spring 2011 enrollment is 581,
according to Van Horn. This includes 523 pre
registered current students, 14 paid deposits
for new students in the spring and a number of
active applicants.
Adult education has been discussed, but it is
not likely BC will develop a program anytime
soon. The demographic adult education serves
is already being reached in the area, and requires
a large investment that probably wouldn’t yield
high returns, according to Van Horn. “Expansion
of programs is something we will continue to
investigate,” he said.
Campus life is exploring options to fulfill
the duties of the current Director of Service
Initiatives when the current AmeriCorps VISTA
worker, Jessica Blanford, leaves in July. The
position will not be filled by another VISTA
worker because Brevard is not eligible for
another one to fill the same job.
The next campus issues forum will be set
sometime in the spring.
Dr. Len Griffiths
service.
The family has asked that instead of flowers,
memorial contributions may be made to Bread
of Life, 248 South Caldwell St., Brevard, NC
28712.
A register book is available online for family
and friends at www.thosshepherd.com
Beloved prof. dies at 72