25 Facts About Brenau University

Brenau University is a private university with its historic campus in Gainesville, Georgia.

Brenau University was founded in 1878 as a private institution for the education of women.

Brenau University College remained privately owned until 1911 when a board of trustees assumed stewardship of the college, as remains the case today.

In 1928, Brenau University created a female, residential, college-preparatory school serving grades 9 through 12.

Brenau University offered its first online programs in 2002 to meet needs of students who, because of professional or personal responsibilities, were unable to attend classes on campus.

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Brenau University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schoolsand several subject-specific accrediting organizations.

Women's College of Brenau University continues the tradition of education for women, serving both residential and commuter students.

At the beginning of the 21st century, following the first decade of operations as a master's level university, graduate programs at Brenau represented a small percentage of the student body.

Brenau University Academy was formed in 1928 when Pearce told his wife that some of the first-year college students were having trouble with their course work.

Former teacher Charles Wesley Agner of Brenau University Academy was accused of fondling his 16 year old student on campus sometime between August and December of 2009.

Brenau University's curriculum emphasizes professional preparation informed by the liberal arts.

Brenau University offers doctoral, master's, specialist, bachelor's and associate degrees, as well as professional certifications, in more than 50 areas of study.

Brenau University has one of the oldest Greek systems in the United States.

Brenau University is one of only four women's colleges in the United States that has Greek life, and with eight sororities active on campus, Brenau University has the most chapters.

Every woman at Brenau University who is a member of a sorority becomes a member of the campus' Greek Council, the governing body over all sororities on campus, both NPC and NPHC.

Lochstampfor came to Brenau after serving as the director of the Men's and Women's Soccer programs at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.

Brenau University teams have regularly been named NAIA Scholar Teams, or those teams with a minimum GPA of 3.

Brenau University maintains day, evening, weekend and online programs at the main campus in Gainesville, and in Norcross, Georgia.

Brenau University Galleries, located on the campus of Brenau University in Gainesville, feature one of the finest university art collections held by an educational institution in the state of Georgia.

Until 1985, when John S Burd became president of the university, Brenau lacked a designated art gallery; student and faculty work was displayed in various buildings across the campus.

The second art gallery director, Jean Westmacott, was appointed by the university that year and Brenau held its inaugural art exhibition, featuring Jasper Johns's prints from the Leo Castelli Collection, at the Simmons Visual Arts Center in March 1991.

The Brenau University galleries have featured such group exhibitions as the women artists from the Vogel Collection.

In 2010, Brenau University entered a partnership with the Atlanta High Museum of Art.

Today, the Northeast Georgia History Center at Brenau University is a not-for-profit institution dedicated to promoting and displaying historical artifacts and displays from the northeast Georgia area from the past 150 years with on-site education programming for school groups, families and adults.

Brenau University Learning and Leisure Institute offers non-credit classes for mature adults looking to stimulate their thinking and expand their knowledge.

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