Dr. Thomas McDowell (third from left) delivered Bluefield State College’s Spring 2012 Convocation message.  Pictured (left-to-right) are Micah Blanks (President/BSC Campus Ministries student organization), Mrs. Barbara Stephens McDowell (Dr. McDowell’s wife), Dr. McDowell, and Dr. Felica Wooten Williams (BSC Executive Director of Academic Outreach Programs and the Advisor of the BSC Campus Ministries student organization).  Dr. McDowell (a BSC alumnus/Class of 1986) focused on the theme, “A Hope-Filled Future,” during his convocation address.  He is the Lead Pastor at Christ/St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Parkersburg, WV.