Dr. Sudhakar Jamkhandi was among three higher education faculty members invited to attend US Senator Joe Manchin’s Iran town hall in Charleston, January 10. The roundtable discussion focused upon recent U.S. military involvement in the Middle East and Iran. Dr. Jamkhandi is BSC’s Director of International Initiatives and is also a Professor of English.
(Bluefield)—Four former student-athletes will be saluted during Bluefield State College Athletic Hall of Fame “Class of 2016” induction ceremony and Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon October 8 (1 p.m.) in the Harris-Jefferson Student Center on the College campus. This year’s inductees include basketball standout Ed Seward, women’s basketball All-American Lola Jones Baker, multisport star Sammy…
Bluefield State College student Michael Goforth’s summer internship at Argonne National Laboratory not only sharpened his insight into global economic and environmental issues. “This internship gave me the opportunity to work on meaningful research that can change the world,” the Bluefield, WV native said. Goforth, a senior majoring in both mechanical and electrical engineering technology,…
(Bluefield)—The Nordson BUILDS Scholarship Program has awarded Bluefield State College student Brittney Deveaux a $4,000 scholarship for the 2016-17 academic year. Deveaux, an international student from Nassau, Bahamas, is a standout student-athlete at the College. Rebekah Hatch, Career Internship Coordinator at BSC, alerted Deveaux to the Nordson scholarship program, which focuses upon (at the baccalaureate…
(Bluefield)—A very busy schedule and hard work don’t bother James Day. The Bluefield State College senior maintains an outstanding grade point average while playing for the Big Blues basketball team. Day, A Business Management major, spent his summer working in an internship for Zenetex, a U.S. Department of Defense Contractor, at the Patuxent River Naval…
The Big Blues Athletic Department is pleased to announce that it has joined the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), effective at the start of the Fall 2016 semester. “We wish to express our thanks to the USCAA and its member institutions for the opportunity join this prestigious organization,” noted Bluefield State Athletic Director John…
On Monday, October 24, 2016, the Bluefield State International Student Organization (ISO) hosted its first annual celebration of United Nations Day in the Othello Harris-Jefferson Student Center marking the 71st anniversary since the 1945 enactment of the UN Charter which acts as a fundamental basis for the law of nations in order to better manage…