MONTEVALLO, Ala. ( WIAT ) — The first day of class is an exciting time for many college students, but for former Birmingham-Southern College students, the occasion is bittersweet as they have to start new schools.
“It’s been an adjustment period, but I’m always looking for, like, a new experience,” said Jay Gillispie, a University of Montevallo basketball player and grad student who transferred from BSC.
Many people say when you pick a college, you’re picking your home for the next four years. Some students thought they had found their home at BSC until the school closed for good in May. Now, those students are having to find their home once again on a new college campus.
“Montevallo really felt like home to me,” said Taylor Barrow, a senior at Montevallo who transferred from BSC.
“I just felt like on my visit here, coach made me feel at home and it’s just the place I wanted to be,” Gillispie said.
Fifteen former BSC students are starting their first week at the University of Montevallo.