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MOU Opens Greater Opportunity for BSU Students
A Memorandum of Understanding between Bluefield State University and the Harding University College of Pharmacy (HUCOP) offers a process for qualifying B-State students to be admitted into the HUCOP doctor of pharmacy degree program after successfully completing an on-site or virtual interview with HUCOP. A just-signed agreement between BSU and HUCOP will expand the selection…
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Bluefield State University establishes a chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma
Bluefield State University has been accepted into the National College Athlete Honor Society as the West Virginia Eta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma (XAΣ), which recognizes student-athletes from accredited four-year NCAA, NAIA, USCAA, or NCCAA institutions who excel in both the classroom and competition. Chi Alpha Sigma was founded in 1996 by then-DePauw University head…
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“Leadership WV” Program a “Door Opening Experience” for BSU’s Tim McKenzie
Bluefield State University administrator Timothy McKenzie recently completed a seven-month “Leadership West Virginia” program that prepares and mobilizes leaders to move West Virginia forward. Forty West Virginians were selected to take part in the program, whose focus is developing a cross-section of leaders to invest their talents into improving the business environment and quality of…
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Bluefield City Board Honors BSU Chancellor Garry Moore
The Bluefield City Board of Directors has honored the Reverend Garry Moore for his service to the city, the region, and Bluefield State University. Moore recently became the first Chancellor in BSU’s 127-year history. At its November 22 meeting, Board Vice Mayor Peter Taylor read, then presented to Moore, a resolution that…
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West Virginia secures $210,000 federal grant to expand international education opportunities at West Virginia State University and Bluefield State University
The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Commission), West Virginia State University (WVSU) and Bluefield State University (BSU) have received a $210,00 two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help carry out programs to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages in West Virginia. The grant, combined with the…
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B-State Student-Athletes Assist Read Aloud WV “Snuggle & Read” Program
It’s a special moment, some would say “magical,” when an adult reads aloud to a young boy or girl. Recently, more than a dozen Bluefield State University student-athletes helped the “magic” happen by assisting in the Read Aloud WV of Mercer County’s “Snuggle & Read” program. Young children (ages 2 to 5) and their…
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BSU Radiologic Technology Student Teams Compete in State Conference
Two Bluefield State University student teams competed in the West Virginia Society of Radiologic Technologists’ (WVSRT) annual conference at Canaan Valley Resort earlier this month. The annual conference featured a diverse program covering current trends in medical imaging to enhance professionalism and optimize patient care quality. BSU Bluefield campus RadTech students Ethan Hill, Katelyn Miller,…
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BSU Seminar Focuses on Culturally Competent Care for the LBGTQ Community
More than 250 Bluefield State University nursing students and health care professionals attended a recent seminar devoted to the importance of affirmative and Inclusive health care for the LGBTQ people. Scott Pitt, chair of LGBTQ initiatives at BSU, Julie Orr, BSU Associate Professor of Nursing, and a BSU School of Nursing and Allied Health planning…
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President Capehart Delivers “State of the University Address”
“Accept the challenge.” That’s the oft-repeated phrase that provided the central theme for Bluefield State President Robin Capehart’s recent “State of the University Address” to the BSU community. Capehart opened his address by reviewing the progress at Bluefield State since 2019. “Three years ago, enrollment was in a free fall and our financial condition was…
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BSU Faculty Member Dr. Jeffrey Yeager’s Thesis Cited in the Steinbeck Review
Students in Dr. Jeffrey Yeager’s American and World Literature classes at Bluefield State University will benefit from their faculty member’s expertise into the life and works of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist John Steinbeck. An excerpt from Yeager’s master’s thesis, which was published in the journal the Steinbeck Review, was cited in Combating Injustice: …
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B-State Student Awarded IBTTA Scholarship
B-State Student Awarded IBTTA Scholarship WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bluefield State University student Patrice Sterling has received one of five $5,000 scholarships from the International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) Foundation. Of the five IBTTA scholarships, one was allocated for a student attending a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Sterling, a Kingston, Jamaica resident,…
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Garry Moore Becomes First Chancellor in BSU History
Garry Moore Becomes First Chancellor in BSU History Garry Moore has observed and participated in the life of Bluefield State for most of his life. As Pastor of Scott Street Baptist Church and as former mayor and member of the City of Bluefield Board of Directors, he thoroughly understands that the future of Bluefield…
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Bluefield State University Student Peyton Whitt Recognized as BSU’s “Top Engineering Technology Freshman”
Peyton Whitt has been selected as Bluefield State University’s top Engineering Technology Freshman for the 2021-2022 Academic Year as the recipient of the “Claude B. Dalton Scholarship.” He is a Mechanical Engineering Technology major and has a 4.0 cumulative GPA. Whitt, a Peterstown, WV resident, is a James Monroe High School graduate. “I am blessed…
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WV Governor Praises Establishment of Pocahontas Land Coal Producers Endowed Professorship
During a program attended by WV Governor Jim Justice and many coal industry leaders, Pocahontas Land and Bluefield State University announced that they’ve partnered to establish the Pocahontas Land Coal Producers Endowed Professorship. The goal—to re-establish the Mining Engineering Technology program at BSU. Warrior Met Coal Company COO Jack Richardson, a 1984 Bluefield State Mining…
