Toccoa Falls College

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name = Toccoa Falls College


motto = Where Character is Developed with Intellect
established = 1911
type = Private Christian Liberal Arts College
president= W. Wayne Gardner
city = Toccoa
state = Georgia
country = USA
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nickname = Eagles
colors = Blue and Gold
affiliations = Christian and Missionary Alliance, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Association for Biblical Higher Education,National Christian College Athletic Association
website= http://www.tfc.edu

Toccoa Falls College is a liberal arts Christian college, located in Toccoa, Georgia, on the edge of the Piedmont Plain and in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. The campus is 1,100 acres, bordering the Chattahoochee National Forest. It is affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Association for Biblical Higher Education.

History

In 1907, Toccoa Falls College was founded by Richard A. Forrest in Golden, North Carolina as the Golden Valley Institute. On January 1, 1911, Forrest bought the Haddock Inn and 100 acres (400,000 m²) of land. In October, he relocated the school to near Toccoa, Georgia in order to be near a mainline railroad. He renamed the school Toccoa Falls Institute and added secondary school courses to the theological classes.

In 1913, the Haddock Inn, which was the classroom and residence building, was destroyed by fire. After living in tents for a time, the school built a new campus.

In 1928 the secondary courses were reorganized and the state of Georgia accredited it as Toccoa Falls High School, which remained open until 1976. In 1937, the state of Georgia chartered the four-year college program and allowed it to grant the degree Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Education.

On November 6, 1977, the Kelly Barnes Dam, built up and used by the college for electrical power since the Toccoa Falls Institute days, collapsed and the 40-acre (162,000 m²) lake it impounded drained through the lower part of the campus. The resulting flood killed 39 people and injured 60 more, as well as destroying much of the on-campus married student housing, and damaging part of the men's dormitory. The dam was never rebuilt. With the destruction of the dam, and the draining of the lake, there exists no possibility of a similar flood.fact|date=April 2008In the fall of 2006, due to an increase of beaver activity upstream of the waterfall, the "falls" output of water was greatly reduced. The school decided to take action and have the beavers removed but the Georgia Widlife Commission prevented the removal of the rodents and the college was forced to accept the beavers' presence. The motto of the school is "Where character is developed with intellect".W. Wayne Gardner became the sixth president of the college in 2004.

Academics

Toccoa Falls College consists of nine schools with a total of 25 majors and 36 minors. The Vice-President of Academic Affairs is Barbara Bellefeuille, Ed.D. (Virginia Tech).

Schools of study include: Arts and Sciences, Bible and Theology, Business Administration, Christian Education, Communication, Counseling Psychology, Music, Teacher Education, and World Missions.

Campus life

On-campus student housing consists of single-sex dormitories, a large men's dormitory, two women's dormitories, and some smaller, suite-style dormitories, as well as various cottages, and trailers, including married student housing.
* Forrest Hall- Men's dorms
* Letourneau and Fant Halls- Female dorms
* Valley Court- Female Trailers
* Married Student Apartments- for Married StudentsThe college's student-run radio station is WTXR The Eagle 89.7

Famous Alumni

*Aaron Shust, Contemporary Christian Music artist

External links

* [http://www.tfc.edu Toccoa Falls College Official Website]