- Location: Gainesville, Georgia
- Setting: Small/Midsize City
- Affiliation: Independent
- Founded: 1878
Points of Pride
Brenau University envisions a very different learning experience than currently offered at other educational institutions. Melding into Brenau’s existing liberal arts and pre-professional educational approach is a new and richer means of understanding and relating to our world. We describe this evolutionary learning experience as Brenau’s “Portals of Learning” – doorways or entries into transformational environments where individuals experience (not just learn) understanding of, adaptation to and prospering in a faster paced, information-centric, scientifically demanding, and culturally diverse global society.
History
Founded as a private institution for the education of women, Brenau began life in 1878 as Georgia Baptist Female Seminary. In 1900 H. J. Pearce purchased the institution and renamed it Brenau, a linguistic blend formed from the German word brennen, “to burn”, and the Latin aurum, “gold”.
Location & Contact
Brenau University
500 Washington Street, SE
Gainesville, GA 30501
United States
Office of Admissions
Degrees Offered
Areas of Study
- Accounting
- Art/Studio
- Biology
- Business Administration and Management
- Dance
- Education/Early Childhood/Elementary
- Education/Middle and High School
- English
- History
- Human Resources
- Interactive Media Design/Digital Technology
- Interior Design
- Marketing
- Music
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Organizational Leadership
- Political Science/Government
- Psychology
- Public Relations/Applied Communications
- Special Education
- Theater