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Pearce Auditorium, a renovated Victorian theater built in 1887, is used by Brenau and the community for various performances, lectures, recitals and concerts.

Trustee Library includes 90,000 volumes, nearly 1,000 periodicals and numerous microfilm and audiovisual resources. The library also features two student computer labs, a rare books room, a special collections room and Thurmond-McRae Lecture Hall.

John W. Jacobs Jr. Business and Communication Arts Building - a 22,000 square-foot, tri-level educational facility that features satellite communications and downlink capabilities to all classrooms, meeting rooms and reception areas.

Simmons Visual Arts Center features two galleries that offer art exhibits, including works by internationally known artists Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.

WBCX 89.1-FM is a 3,000 watt radio station operated by faculty, staff, and students. It features a jazz-classical format and a weekly talk show, Brenau News Forum.

Publications by Brenau authors
The Greeter (2005) by Mary Ellen Cooper
The Genocidal Temptation (2004) by Dovile Budryte
Taming Nationalism?  (2005) by Dovile Budryte

Learning Center  offers extensive tutorial services for students with diagnosed learning disabilities.

The Fitness Center includes the newly-renovated gym, olympic-size swimming pool and exercise room, open to all faculty, staff and students.

The Lessie Bailey Smithgall Tennis Center includes six outdoor and two indoor courts used by faculty, staff and students as well as Brenau’s tennis team, the 1999 NAIA national champions.

The Wheeler Alumni House, Bailey Hall/Pearce Auditorium, Feldman House and Simmons Memorial Hall are among the buildings registered on the National Register of Historic Places.

Center for Leisure Studies (BULLI)
The Brenau University Learning and Leisure Institute offers non-credit classes for mature adults looking to stimulate their thinking and expand their knowledge.

Firespark!
A co-educational program for students form all over the world who are gifted in  theatre, dance, music, art, and communication.


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