Birmingham Conservatory of Music
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| Motto | Pro Christo et Republica (Latin) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1856 |
| President | Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith |
| Undergraduates | 1305 |
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
| Campus | 192 acres (0.78 km2) |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Affiliations | SAA (NCAA Division III) |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Website | www |
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Birmingham–Southern College (BSC) is a private liberal arts college in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1856, the college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). More than 1300 students from 33 states and 16 foreign countries attend the college. Birmingham–Southern has a 13:1 student-faculty ratio, and 96% of full-time faculty hold a doctorate or the highest degree in their field.
Birmingham–Southern College is the result of a merger of Southern University, founded in Greensboro, Alabama, in 1856, with Birmingham College, opened in 1898 in Birmingham, Alabama. These two institutions were consolidated on May 30, 1918, under the name of Birmingham–Southern College. Phi Beta Kappa recognized Birmingham–Southern in 1937, establishing the Alabama Beta chapter. Only ten percent of the nation's institutions of higher education shelter Phi Beta Kappa chapters, and Birmingham–Southern College is one of only three sheltering institutions in the state of Alabama.
On March 21, 2011, General Charles Krulak was named the 13th president of Birmingham–Southern College. Krulak officially retired on June 1, 2015 and was succeeded by Dr. Edward F. Leonard, III, the 14th president of the College.
A delegation from BNU-HKBU United International College was invited by the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS), a consortium of 16 liberal arts colleges in the US, to explore collaborative ties. UIC visited three of the ACS member institutions between 17 and 25 April. The delegates discussed exchange opportunities and collaborative projects with Birmingham–Southern College.
According to such diverse and national measures as Colleges That Change Lives and the Princeton Review's Best 377 Colleges, Birmingham–Southern is one of America's best liberal arts colleges. As determined by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation, four of Alabama's “Best Professors” in recent years teach at BSC, with Prof. Laura Stultz being named Professor of the Year for 2013. And each year, Birmingham–Southern ranks no. 1 in Alabama and among the nation's best in percentage of graduates accepted to medical, dental, and health-career programs; the college also ranks high nationally in graduates accepted to law school. In addition to its academic excellence, the college was highlighted by Reader's Digest as the nation's top liberal arts college for safety preparedness.
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