Bluefield State College student Ryan Heimer has developed an innovative business plan that has been selected to advance into the semifinal round of the West Virginia Collegiate Business Plan Competition. Heimer, a BSC senior majoring in Engineering Management with a minor in General Business, was encouraged by BSC Engineering Technology and Business faculty to…
BSC Faculty Members Speak to James Monroe High Schools Students An audience of 450 James Monroe High School students and employees welcomed Bluefield State College faculty members Dr. Debjani Chakrabarti and Colin Cavell to its campus, December 3. Dr. Chakrabarti, BSC Assistant Professor of Sociology, and Dr. Cavell, BSC Professor of Political Science,…
Richlands High School won a suspense-filled title round match with Giles High School to win the championship trophy in the 7th annual Humanities Challenge at Bluefield State College. The Richlands and Giles teams won several rounds of the tournament-format event before reaching the finals, with the Blue Tornado outlasting the Spartans, 4-3, in the…
BSC News Bits, Bytes, and Teasers November 2019 11/1 Bluefield State College second year Associate Degree Nursing students from both the Bluefield and Beckley campuses, accompanied by BSC Nursing faculty, attended a daylong Pediatric Symposium sponsored by the Charleston Area Medical Center. CAMC provided the educational component and the lunch for BSC’s students. 11/4 Sandra…
A Memorandum of Understanding between Bluefield State College and Istanbul Medipol University to promote student and faculty exchanges, collaborative research and information exchange was signed on December 3, 2019 by BSC Provost Dr. Ted E Lewis (seated/left) and Fulbright Scholar from Istanbul Medipol University Dr. Murat Culduz (seated/right). Also in attendance were Dr. Stephen Rowe…
Artist Dr. Dotty Heady recently donated to Bluefield State College President Robin Capehart a beautiful quilt,celebrating the 125th anniversary of BSC’s founding in 1895. Dr. Heady’s quilt was given to the College in honor of her friend Dr. Robert Francis Hayes. BSC Counselor Tamara Hill (left) and Dr. Sarita Rhonemus, Director/Multi-Locations and RBA Program,…
The biomedical research work of Bluefield State College students was featured during poster sessions at national biomedical research conferences during November. BSC students Brianna Punturi, Shomonique Hankins, Courtney Rolen, and Raenel Crenshaw participated in the Southeast Regional IDeA Conference (Louisville, KY), November 6-8, 2019. Students Shomonique Hankins and Raenel Crenshaw took part in the…
Bluefield State College faculty member Dr. Sean Connolly is wrapping up an active calendar year. He was promoted to Chair of the Department of Humanities in June, following his participation in the American Comparative Literature Association’s annual meeting at Georgetown University. At the ACLA meeting, he chaired a panel and presented research with Prof….
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation announced that Bluefield State College and 58 additional providers from 24 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have earned accreditation for their educator preparation programs (EPPs). The CAEP Accreditation Council held its fall 2019 review this past October, during which BSC’s Department of Professional Education…
Bluefield State College Radiologic Technology faculty attended the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology’s (JRCERT) 50th anniversary education conference, November 4-5 in Chicago, IL. JRCERT is the accreditor for the BSC Radiologic Technology Program. Conference lectures were presented by nationally known Imaging professionals. Topics included assessment, admissions review, working with clinical agencies, ethical responsibility of the educators…
Jason McCown, Director of Human Resources at Warrior Met Coal Company, discussed Warrior Met’s summer internship and career opportunities with students from Bluefield State College’s engineering technology programs. Bluefield State College engineering technology alumnus Jack Richardson is the Chief Operating Officer at Alabama-based Warrior Met. “The employment market for our Engineering Technology graduates is very,…
The Bluefield State College Radiologic Technology program hosted its annual Modality Day for BSC and Southwest Virginia Community College RadTech students on November 19 on BSC’s campus. Fifty-six students joined faculty from both programs at the event. “The information from these speakers correlates with our Radiographic Procedures III and Clinical Internship courses providing information to the students…
Fulbright Visiting Lecturer Dr. Jackob Nimrod Keynan discussed “The effect of stress on the brain and brain-computer interfaces for treatment of stress-related psychopathology” during a presentation at Bluefield State College. “When we understand the brain, we can understand the human mind,” Dr. Keynan explained. “We are exploring how to harness the brain in a…
Bluefield State College Student Ambassadors Kylah Webb (left) and Darren Crump (right) are pictured with BSC Provost Dr. Ted Lewis at the Conley Hall welcome & information desk. Dr. Lewis reestablished the Student Ambassadors program this semester. Students in the program greet visitors, BSC students and staff upon their arrival at Conley Hall. “We…
BSC Student Jeannie Dalton Awarded a Judith A. Herndon Fellowship For WV Legislature’s 2020 Regular Session Bluefield State College student Jeannie Dalton has been awarded a Judith A. Herndon Fellowship with the West Virginia Legislature for the 2020 session. Each year, only 10 students from West Virginia institutions of higher education receive the…