Birmingham-Southern College

Birmingham–Southern College is a private liberal arts college located three miles northwest of downtown Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1856, it is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Approximately 1400 students from 30 states and 23 countries attend the college. BSC has a 12:1 student-faculty ratio, and 98% of full-time faculty hold a doctorate or the highest degree in their field. Birmingham–Southern College was created from the merger of Southern University, of Greensboro, Alabama, founded in 1856, with Birmingham College, opened in 1898 in Birmingham,... Alabama. Birmingham-Southern has been ranked among the best liberal arts colleges in the United States and was profiled in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives. On March 21, 2011 Birmingham Southern named General Charles Krulak as their 13th president. In 2006, three BSC students were charged with burning down nine Alabama churches. Within 24 hours the college president, Dr. David Pollick, committed the college to rebuild all nine churches with the institution's human resources of faculty, staff and students.
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