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J.A. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø
On Jan. 5, 1887, James Archibald Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø, 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 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Junior College (1926), Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø College (1961), and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø (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.