CONCORD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A historically Black college in Concord, Barber-Scotia College, is reopening its campus to students for the first time in almost 10 years.

“The energy has been amazing,” said President Chris Rey.

The Barber-Scotia Sabers are back.

“When I saw the first student walk in with their box and basket full of stuff, I did get emotional,” said Rey.

Rey has been the president of the college for two years.

The college lost accreditation in 2004, and the buildings fell into disrepair over the years.

Rey is working to settle the debt, gain reaccreditation, and bring the buildings of the college, which started in 1867 as an all-women’s school, back to life.

“I just did not want their legacy to disappear to where there is a marker that said, ‘Here once stood Barbe

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