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2017 fall enrollment
by the numbers
26 ACT average
19 states (including
Alaska and Hawaii)
3.7 GPA average
5
52.8% male 47.2% female
have alumni parents
or grandparents 7%
Three received
honorary degrees
BSC bestowed honorary degrees upon three long-standing
members of the college community at its 158th spring
commencement ceremony in May.
William “Bill” Raines Battle III, a former BSC trustee and the
father of collegiate athletic licensing, received an honorary
Doctor of Law for his impact on higher education in Alabama
and nationwide. Bill Battle Coliseum is named for his father,
William Raines Battle Jr., who was BSC’s athletics director from
1952-74; his support made possible the Hall of Fame Room,
Battle Field at Panther Stadium, and more.
Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire ’40, who when she was a junior
at BSC met and married the future revolutionary president
of Costa Rica, received an honorary Doctor of Humanities
to acknowledge her lifelong promotion of social change and
equality. As rst lady of that emerging democracy, Boggs-
MacGuire pushed for suffrage for women and other key
measures; she later returned to the U.S. and was active in civil
rights, women’s rights, and labor activism.
Derry Brice Bunting ’69, a BSC trustee who has generously
supported BSC’s service-learning program and the college as
a whole, received an honorary Doctor of Law for her lifelong
commitment to service. Since the founding of the Bunting
Center for Engaged Study and Community Action a decade ago,
hundreds of BSC students have experienced engaged service
through their coursework, with community partners, and across
the world during Exploration Term. (Read more about the
Bunting Center on p. 29.)
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Bunting with President Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith
The Class of 2021 arrived on the Hilltop in August. Here’s a
look at the newest stats.