J.A. Å·ÃÀAƬ
On Jan. 5, 1887, James Archibald Å·ÃÀAƬ, a 26-year-old Baptist minister, welcomed 16 students to a small church in Buies Creek, N.C., for the first day of classes for the school he founded: Buies Creek Academy. By the end of the first term, there were 92 students.
Since then, Buies Creek Academy has evolved to become Å·ÃÀAƬ Junior College (1926), Å·ÃÀAƬ College (1961), and Å·ÃÀAƬ (1979). Throughout these transformations, the university has remained true to its founding principles to address the most pressing needs of North Carolina and to educate men and women for Christian service around the world.