Volume 81, Issue 25 VJeb Edition
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March 23, 2016
2016-2017 tuition
information
reieased sooner
than usual
By Sam Blakley
Editor in Chief
BC announced a three percent tuition increase
for the 2016-2017 academic year. This year, the
Office of Business and Finance released the
tuition breakdown sooner than usual.
“Our goal is to help students sooner,” said
Deborah Hall, Vice President for Business and
Finance. “If we can get students thinking about
finances sooner, perhaps we can fashion longer
payment plans or have more time to find other
financial aid options. We want to help, and
hopefully announcing the tuition break down
sooner will allow students to plan for next year
accordingly.”
The predicted total cost to attend BC next
year is $37,650, according to the school
website.
BC Costs are broken down into tuition, room
and board cost, and additional fees. For the
2016-2017 academic year, BC Tuition will be
$27,550, about $750 more than ’15-’16.
Room and Board will cost between $9,650 -
$ 10,500, depending on residence hall selection.
The BC website states that Room and Board
costs include a standard room and a meal plan.
Green Hall is the only residence hall that’s
price won’t increase. All others will increase
by a few hundred dollars. The private room
fee, which is required of Green Hall residents,
decreased by $125, though Hall said this is
probably temporary.
The New residence hall, which is expected to
be open by the fall 2016 semester, will only be
available to upper classmen. Residents in the
new hall will pay the same as Brevard Place
residents, $5,250 per semester.
There are other fees listed, such as “Activity
Fee, ” formerly known as Student Government
Fee, Parking Registration Fee, or the Gradua
tion Fee, and these total to $430. This will vary
from student to student.
According to the Tuition and Fees page of
the brevard.edu website; “Athletics, insurance,
and book fees are separate where applicable
scholarships and grants are available.” From
the Tuition and Fees page you can view a full
beak down of next year’s tuition, fees, room
and board costs.
The Board of Trustees meets every February;
during this time, the board will decide every
thing from next year’s tuition, as part of the
budget, to restructuring the BC brand, which
the Clarion covered in April of 2014. However,
tuition cost information was made available
almost a month earlier than previous years.
“We are making an effort to make sure
students and families are aware of financial
changes prior to being billed for the fall term,”
Caron Surrett, Director of Financial Aid said.
“We will be getting bills out almost a month
earlier than previous years and we encourage
any student who is struggling to return to BC
for financial reasons to come by and speak to
one of us in the Financial Aid Office. We can
review their current financial aid and discuss
options available for other funding.”
Students are also encouraged to file their
FAFSA before the end of April. The College
has partnered with the College Foundation of
North Carolina to verify FAFSA information
this year. So, students should look for email
notification from CFNC.
“I encourage students to have things in place
before they leave for the summer and remem
ber: we’re here to help,” said Surrett.
Body
found
near BC
By Calum McAndrew
Opinion Editor
A dead body was found at about 6:30 p.m.
on the evening of Friday, Mar. 18 near the BC
maintenance building.
The body was discovered by two, as of yet un
identified BC students, who were out walking
when they discovered the heavily decomposed
body. After an autopsy, police have confirmed
that the body is that of a 20-30 year old white
male. This information comes after several days
of uncertainty on the matter.
The victim has not yet been identified, but
there is expected to be a more informative and
detailed announcement later this week.
The College notified students as soon as the
discovery was made in a campus wide email
from Director of Safety, Security and Risk
Management, Stanley Jacobsen. In the email,
Jacobsen explained that an investigation was
taking place by local police, and students were
asked to stay away from the east side of the
campus, where police activity was underway.
Jacobsen has since offered further explana
tion of security measures being taken since the
body’s discovery.
“We’re patrolling that end of campus and
asking students to stay away from the crime
scene,” Jacobsen said. “That area is so far
on the edge of campus there is no reason for
anyone to be back there anyway. We do have
security officers alert for individuals walking
on campus who don’t appear to be members of
the campus community.”
Brevard College President David Joyce has
also weighed in on the matter of student safety
in the light of this recent news. “We take the
safety and security of our students very seri
ously,” Joyce said. “We (will) work closely
with the Brevard Police Department and are
following their lead on this situation.”
Further news on the situation is expected to
arrive later in the week, but there is no current
indication that the situation has anything to do
with any BC student, faculty or staff member.