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Volume 84, Issue 23 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
March 20, 2019
Woodsman resigns from BORG
By Jeni Welch
Editor in Chief
Business students returned last week from
Spring Break with new faculty teaching their
classes.
On Friday, March 1, Steve Woodsmall
resigned from Brevard College.
“I really enjoyed my time with the students,”
Woodsmall said. “I made some long-lasting
relationships with many of the students that I
had in my classes.”
Woodsmall was teaching five different
courses and had independent studies with
students. Classes included: Business in a Global
Context (ORG 110), Principles of Management
(ORG 203), Business Colloquium (ORG 209),
Leadership Theory and Practice (ORG 280) and
Not-for-Profit Management (ORG 355).
BC senior Brock Tuttle had three classes with
Woodsmall including ORG 209, ORG 280 and
ORG 355.
“Woodsmall leaving completely changes the
classes because he has a certain teaching style
where group discussion is encouraged entailing
either real world problems or chapter material,”
Tuttle said. “Now that he is gone, all three of
these classes consist of different professors with
their own unique styles, so it might be difficult
for both the professor and student to adjust
halfway through the semester.”
While it is not typical for professors to resign
in the middle of a semester, it does happen.
Other professors volunteered to pick up the
classes. Myranda Nash took over ORG 110
and ORG 203, Cameron Austin is now teaching
ORG 209 and President David and Lynne Joyce
are teaching ORG 280 together.
“It might be beneficial to have the perspectives
of many professors rather than just one,” said
Tuttle. “Mr. and Mrs. Joyce are teaching the
Leadership class and they bring a unique style
to the table because of their professions and
relationship.”
The ORG 355 class was recently in the news
for the new Cat Cafe that is opening in Brevard.
Brevard lawyer. Erica Erikson runs Pisgah
Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and was
working with Woodsmall and the ORG class.
She has taken over the management class.
“The school has taken pains to make sure
the students are not negatively affected for the
remainder of the semester,” said Scott Sheffield,
the Dean of Faculty at BC.
All the classes and independent studies have
been picked up and all the students are still on
track to graduate on time and receive credit for
the classes.
The news of Woodsmall leaving the college
was also surprising to former students.
“Brevard College BORG department has been
through a lot of changes since I graduated in
May 2018 as many teachers left or retired, but
Dr. Steve Woodsmall leaving is going to be a
big change for the college,” said BC Alum and
BORG major Florian Peyssonneaux. “He always
dressed in some John Daly-like golf pants, and
his business or leadership classes were full of
anecdotes about his time in the Air Force. Tm
sorry to hear that he left BC because he was a
good professor who was always enthusiastic
about teaching and helping students.”
The college is looking to hire one new
Business and Organizational Leadership
(BORG) professor. Other BORG professors,
Cameron Austin and Brad Bilsky, have also
picked up classes and Professor Allison Turner
will be returning in the Fall.
BCDPC Pride Fest on
Saturday
By Zach Dickerson
Campus News Editor
On Saturday, March 23, the Brevard College
Diversity Pride Club will be hosting a Pride
Festival at Dunham Hall starting at 4 p.m.
The event is being sponsored by the Brevard
College Fine Arts Club and it is free and open
to the public.
The event will have multiple booths consisting
of clubs at the college, community organizations
such as the Rainbow Alliance and a booth where
people can register to vote. There will also be
live music provided by the Fine Arts Clubs as
well as free food including hamburgers, veggie
burgers and hotdogs.
During the course of the event there will also
be guest speakers who will address topics of
their choice that pertain to the event. Inside of
Dunham Hall will be an LGBT+ History Walk
which will focus on figures throughout history
that are or have been involved in the LGBT+
community.
Finally, at 8 p.m., following a panel about
how to handle discrimination and hate of any
kind, there will be a fantasy themed drag show
that will take place in Ingram Auditorium
inside of Dunham Hall. The show will feature
four professional drag performers as well as
two Brevard College students. Dal Davis and
Caroline Vargas.
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