Bluefield State Nursing Program Awarded $10,000 Grant to Improve Dementia Care

Bluefield State Nursing Program Awarded $10,000 Grant to Improve Dementia Care

Dr. Bernadette Dragich and Sheila Gates, Assistant Professor of Nursing represented Bluefield State College AS. to receive a $10,000 grant to improve the quality of care and increase access to comprehensive services for individuals with Alzheimer’s or a related Dementia and their family caregivers.  The awards, payable over a 20 month period, were made available…

BSC hosting Biennial Regional Technology Conference

Institutional administrators, librarians, school media specialists, instructional technology coordinators and other professionals working in the digital age have an opportunity in early April to enhance their digital literacy. Bluefield State College is hosting its 3rd Biennial Regional Technology Conference April 3, 4, and 5 at the Bluefield State main campus, and the Erma Byrd and…

Bluefield State Bio Medical Club Hosts Science Bowl!

Bluefield State Bio Medical Club Hosts Science Bowl!

How do you go about finding a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)?  That’s what guest speaker, Dr. Christyl Johnson, Deputy Director for Technology and Research Investments, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will share with students this Wednesday March 29th, 2017 at the Basic Science Auditorium on the campus of Bluefield State College….

Bluefield State student group  to raise awareness of Veteran suicide

Bluefield State student group to raise awareness of Veteran suicide

Students at Bluefield State College will host a presentation by Ms. Barri Faucett, Director of Suicide Prevention of West Virginia at 11am Wednesday March 29th, 2017 in the Boyd Conference room located in Conley Hall on the BSC Campus. The objective is to help raise awareness of such an important issue.  Recent Veterans face a…

Faculty Merit Foundation names BSC’s Bolton Professor of the Year

Faculty Merit Foundation names BSC’s Bolton Professor of the Year

BLUEFIELD — Bluefield State College School of Engineering Technology and Computer Science Professor Dr. Jeffrey Bolton was selected as 2016 Professor of the Year by the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia on Monday night. West Virginia Faculty Merit Foundation Media spokesman Ken Sullivan said that four finalist were selected for the award. “The Foundation presented the award to Professor…

American Society of Civil Engineers Southern Technical Conference

American Society of Civil Engineers Southern Technical Conference

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Chapter of Bluefield State College invites you to mark your calendars for our 3rd Annual Southern Technical Conference.  The conference will be held on April 13, 2017, in the Basic Sciences Building Auditorium, on the Bluefield State College campus in Bluefield, WV. This one-day conference covers various…

Bluefield State College looks to benefit from executive order

Bluefield State College looks to benefit from executive order

President Trump Signs the HBCU Executive Order. Watch the video here. BLUEFIELD — Bluefield State College may benefit from an executive order signed by Pres. Donald Trump on Tuesday. BSC President Dr. Marcia Krotseng attended the ceremony. That order, Krotseng said, is aimed at providing more help for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). “The President…

Bluefield State expands Metro Rate Tuition Program for neighboring states

Bluefield State expands Metro Rate Tuition Program for neighboring states

Bluefield, WV- The Board of Governors of Bluefield State College unanimously approved an expansion of the metro tuition rate, a discount offered to students in bordering counties in states neighboring WV.  The expansion increases the number of counties eligible for the popular program putting a college education in reach for even more students with savings of…

Your vote could earn Bluefield State $50,000 from The Home Depot

Your vote could earn Bluefield State $50,000 from The Home Depot

(Bluefield)— Bluefield State College has entered The Home Depot “Retool Your School” 2017 competition, and votes are being received in support of the grant application from February 24th through April 16th 2017. There are 57 Historically Black Colleges and Universities participating in this year’s competition with $360,000 in total prize money.  To win, Bluefield Sate…

Hidden History

Hidden History, a half hour special program hosted by Tim Carrico of 59 News and shot on the campus of Bluefield State College will air this week on the WVNS Fox and CBS affiliate stations.  Special thanks to BSU President Dr. Marsha Krotseng, Jim Leedy, Jim Nelson, Mercer County Commissioner Bill Archer and producer Larry…