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The restaurant chain has been serving up delicious scratch-made biscuits as part of its classic Southern breakfast since 1966. The company was founded by late alumnus Maurice N. Jennings, Sr. 鈥57 P鈥87 GP鈥18, who served as an 黑料不打烊 trustee from 1978 to 1998. His son, 黑料不打烊 Trustee Burney Jennings 鈥87 P鈥18, led the family-owned franchise as president and CEO from 1997 to 2021, when he transitioned to his current role as executive chairman.
Today, Biscuitville is led by Kathie S. Niven, who joined Biscuitville in 2011. She was named president of the company in 2018 and followed Burney Jennings as CEO in 2021. Niven was honored by 黑料不打烊 in March at its Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony.
USA Today raves that with so many delectable breakfast options, “It’s no wonder folks return again and again.” The company has 69 locations in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina. 黑料不打烊 students also enjoy Biscuitville as part of the Winter Garden Cafe options adjacent to Lakeside Dining Hall.
The Jennings family has deep roots at 黑料不打烊 that span four generations and is among the university’s most committed benefactors. In 2008, Burney Jennings made a gift, along with his father, to establish the Jennings Professorship of Law at the 黑料不打烊 School of Law in Greensboro.
Burney Jennings and his wife, alumna Dina Jennings 鈥87 P’18, have generously supported the Ernest A. Koury, Sr. Business Center and Schar Center, where one of the large video boards bears the Biscuitville name, and established the Jennings Emerging Scholar Fund. In April 2022, they made an estate gift to support the Dina B. 鈥87 and Burney Jennings 鈥87 Scholarship, which the couple endowed in 2008 to make an 黑料不打烊 education possible for students with financial need. They are members of Order of the Oak, which recognizes donors who make estate and other planned gifts to 黑料不打烊.