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| New Season of Educational Entertainment at Bluefield State College | Monday, August 18 1997 | New Season of Educational Entertainment at Bluefield State College | "TRAVELOGUES," a "Travel & Adventure" film series, begins its tenth season at Bluefield State College in September. The season will include five of the most popular travel films in the industry. Millions of people each year enjoy travelogue presentations in more than 400 communities throughout the United States and Canada. The travel and adventure films scheduled for the 1997-98 academic year at BSC include: (September 22, 1997) "Nova Scotia," (October 20, 1997) "Turkey--Where East Meets West," (November 10, 1997) "Czech/Slovakia: Land of Beauty and Change," (April 13, 1998) "Europe's Wild Gem--Iceland," and (May 11, 1998) "Belize and Guatemala--The Legacy of the Maya." The travelogue series at Bluefield State College is a co-sponsored community service project with free admission to all five of the travel film presentations. The travel series is sponsored by The First Century Bank of Bluefield, AAA-The Bluefield Automobile Club, The Bluefield Regional Medical Center, and the Bluefield Regional Wellness Center. For a complete travel and adventure film series schedule, contact the BSC Center for Economic Enhancement and Educational Outreach at (304) 327-4071. West Virginia residents may call toll-free at 1-800-344-8892, and out-of-state residents may call 1-800-654-7798. | |
| Travel & Adventure Series Slates First Presentation of Season | Monday, August 18 1997 | Travel & Adventure Series Slates First Presentation of Season | "" | |
| Belcher Recertified by Society for Human Resource Management (w/photo) | Tuesday, August 12 1997 | Belcher Recertified by Society for Human Resource Management (w/photo) | Elizabeth Belcher, Bluefield State College Director of Human Resources, has been recertified by the Soceity for Human Resource Management (SHRM). In a recertification letter to Belcher, Cornelia Cont, SHRM Manager/Program Administration, noted, "Your activities to keep current and updated in the field of human resource management most visibly demonstrate your individual professionalism." | |
| BSC Conducts Two New Orientation Sessions for Nearly 500 New Students | Friday, August 08 1997 | BSC Conducts Two New Orientation Sessions for Nearly 500 New Students | Nearly 500 students and family members took part in two new student orientation sessions at Bluefield State College this summer. The day-long orientation sessions, June 27 and August 8, were designed to welcome students and their families to BSC. The College's admissions office coordinated the event, which included sessions on advising, student support services, the counseling and advising center, job placement, financial aid, academics, library services, computer services, and campus activities. Students and their families were the guests of BSC during a cookout. BSC President Dr. Robert Moore met with parents, who also took a walking tour of the campus and participated in a program structured to answer their questions about the college experience. | |
| Lodging Operations Degree Program Enters Second Year at GCCC | Friday, August 08 1997 | Lodging Operations Degree Program Enters Second Year at GCCC | Students in the associate degree Lodging Operations program at the Greenbrier Community College Center of Bluefield State College are preparing for their second year of classes. The Lodging Operations program is designed to provide enrollees with knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential in the sound, profitable operation of lodging enterprises like hotels, motels, resorts, and bed & breakfast and country inns. The program responds to the need for employees in the hospitality industry, a primary segment of the Greenbrier Valley economy. David Perkins, lodging program student advisor and director of GCCC, notes quality customer service, a vital element of any business, is particularly important in the hospitality industry. "Because money spent in hospitality is discretionary, and because tourism is a very competitive business, if clients don't get good service, they simply don't come back," he observed. "GCCC's Lodging Operations program was designed by lodging practitioners--owners, operators, or managers--and is taught by people who work in the industry. It has a practical focus, getting jobs done right and serving lodging clients." Mark Feury of Ronceverte has already discovered the value of this education. "I received a promotion at my place of employment during my first year in the program, and I look forward to further advancement following graduation," he said. Lodging Operations program courses taught in the Fall Semester 1997 include those for first year students--"Introduction to Hospitality" and "Food & Beverage Operations," and those for second year students--"Groups and Convention Planning" and "Sanitation & Safety." Students will also be placed in internships in lodging establishments in 1997. In addition, such support courses as "Introduction to Business," "English Composition," and those in sociology, management, and marketing are also being taught. Registration at the Greenbrier Community College Center of BSC will be conducted August 14-15. Classes begin August 18. Prospective students and employers may obtain additional information by calling the GCCC Student Services Office at 645-3303. | |
| BSC Chosen to Participate in Distance Learning Pilot Project | Thursday, August 07 1997 | BSC Chosen to Participate in Distance Learning Pilot Project | Bluefield State College is one of four West Virginia public higher education institutions chosen to participate in a distance learning pilot project implemented by the Southern Region Education Board (SREB). The project, the Electronic Common Market, is designed to meet the changing needs of students within the SREB region by offering quality academic courses and programs through distance learning. "Programs like these make higher education more accessible to today's busy students," State College System Chancellor Clifford Trump noted. "I am pleased that West Virginia will play a key role in helping to establish this innovative education program." In addition to BSC, Marshall University, West Virginia University, and West Virginia Northern Community College have been selected to participate in the 1998 project. For the pilot, each institution will offer one course that can be completed through distance education technology by any student living in the 14-state SREB region. | |
| BSC Men's Basketball Team to Play Marshall, November 22 | Thursday, August 07 1997 | BSC Men's Basketball Team to Play Marshall, November 22 | Bluefield State College will face Marshall University in a regular season men's basketball game, Nov. 22, at Marshall. Game time is 7 p.m. "We know this game will be a challenge, but we're looking forward to it," veteran BSC coach Terry Brown noted. "Marshall plays an exciting, uptempo brand of basketball and the game will provide our program the opportunity to gain some statewide exposure." Brown and Marshall head basketball coach Greg White are no strangers. White was head coach at the University of Charleston in the early 1990s. Both UC and BSC are members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and have met in regular season home-and-home series on an annual basis for several years. ugust 7, 1997 | |
| Carpenter Named National President-Elect of Gamma Beta Phi (w/photo) | Wednesday, August 06 1997 | Carpenter Named National President-Elect of Gamma Beta Phi (w/photo) | J.D. Carpenter, Director of Campus Activities at Bluefield State College, has been named national president-elect of Gamma Beta Phi, an honor and service society with more than 40,000 members and over 125 chapters at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. He is attending the society's annual planning and budget meeting in Knoxville, TN. Carpenter, who had served as Gamma Beta Phi chapter advisor at Concord (1994-95) and chapter co-advisor at Salem-Teikyo (1995), was instrumental in the establishment of the society's BSC chapter during the 1995-96 academic year. More than 70 BSC students are members of the College's chapter. "I'm gratified that I have been selected to serve as a national officer of Gamma Beta Phi," Carpenter said. "Gamma Beta Phi is well known for its commitment to service as well as scholarship. We are seeking to increase the college-going rate among adults in the nation." The BSC chapter played a central role in the selection of a "national issues forum" as a primary statewide focus of Gamma Beta Phi at institutions of higher education throughout West Virginia. "The West Virginia Department of Culture and History has provided the training to help participants learn to conduct structured debates on current issues. This is a true education service project," Carpenter said. Carpenter will serve as Gamma Beta Phi's national President in 1998. | |
| Fall 1997 General Registration - August 14 and 15 | Tuesday, August 05 1997 | Fall 1997 General Registration - August 14 and 15 | Fall semester 1997 general registration will be conducted at the main campus of Bluefield State College August 14-15. Registration hours Aug.14 will be 9 a.m.-noon, 1 p.m.-4 p.m., and 6 p.m.-8 p.m., with Aug. 15 registration scheduled from 9 a.m.-noon, and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. General registration at BSC's Greenbrier Community College Center will be conducted during the same schedule as the institution's main campus. In Welch, general registration will be held Aug. 18, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. on the third floor of Mount View High School, and at BSC's Beckley Campus in the Harper Industrial Park, general registration will take place Aug. 14, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. | |
| GCCC/BSC Announces Continuing Education "Certificate of Completion" Program for Legal Office Assisting | Tuesday, August 05 1997 | GCCC/BSC Announces Continuing Education "Certificate of Completion" Program for Legal Office Assisting | The Greenbrier Community College Center of Bluefield State College has announced the establishment of a continuing education "certificate of completion" program for Legal Office Assisting. This program addresses the educational needs of two groups of students--secretarial/administrative support personnel who currently work in legal offices, and students wishing to prepare specifically to work in a legal office. Flexibility in the ways students can demonstrate required knowledge and skills make it possible to serve each group. The new program consists of three categories of courses. In the first, courses concentrate on secretarial and office procedure skills, and on general office knowledge. A group of such general education skills courses as writing, general math, and human relations comprise the second category. The third category of courses teaches knowledge and skills related specifically to work in the legal office. These include classes like business law, legal research, criminal justice writing and communication, and civil litigation. The legal office assisting continuing education certificate program is shorter than a legal assisting degree program, but provides more depth than the typical legal secretarial program. It is innovative in that a working legal secretary may receive a waiver of the secretarial courses if his or her employer affirms that the student's knowledge and skills in identified areas of study are satisfactory. Students not receiving such waivers must take the corresponding course or courses. David Perkins, GCCC Director, observed, "The legal office assisting program represents a unique opportunity for area employees in law offices to upgrade their knowledge and skills, and for secretarial students to prepare specifically for legal office work." Perkins also added, "Many of the courses in the continuing education certificate program are required in Bluefield State College's Legal Assisting associate degree program, and may be transferred into it." A panel of attorneys, legal assistants, and a paralegal assisted GCCC in developing the legal office assistant continuing education program. Courses offered in the Fall Semester 1997 include "Legal Assisting," "Business Law," "English Composition," "Criminal Justice Writing & Communication," "Human Relations," "General Mathematics," and a number of secretarial courses required as prerequisite skills for awarding the certificate. One course costs $257, excluding books. Classes begin August 18. Registration at GCCC will be conducted August 14-15. Students or employers may receive additional information by calling the GCCC Student Services Office at 645-3303. |
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