Bluefield State College Robin Capehart recently delivered the State of the College address to an in-person audience in the Hebert Gallery/Student Center and to a virtual audience online. Since Capehart’s arrival at BSC in 2019, the College has reversed a significant enrollment decline and is now the fastest growing public college in West Virginia. …
Bluefield State College faculty member Sherri Williams is the College’s “Faculty of the Year (2020-2021) Award recipient. The “Faculty of the Year” award is selected by BSC faculty and presented to recognize the honoree’s contributions to student learning inside and outside the classroom, as well as their contributions to academic and community initiatives. …
Bluefield State College officials have announced that more than $870 thousand dollars in COVID-related funding will be distributed to BSC students this month. “Every student registered for classes when the Fall 2021 Semester began on August 12 will receive a direct payment,” noted College President Robin Capehart. The payments will be tiered, based upon each…
For Bluefield State College faculty member Dr. Debjani Chakrabarti, the wait was worth the experience. The current Associate Professor of Sociology was chosen to take part in the competitive and prestigious Summer Institute for Israel Studies Summer 2020 Fellowship, under the auspices of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. But…
BSC’s mission of preparing students for global citizenship will be realized with new languages and cultural studies offerings in 2021-22. Awarded three Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants by the US Department of State, Bluefield State College can now offer students Arabic, Portuguese, and Russian as well as the opportunity to study the cultures, norms,…
The Credit Bureau of the Virginias Foundation recently presented a $10,000 check to Bluefield State College to provide scholarship assistance for BSC students. Jimmy Welch, Executive Director, Credit Bureau of the Virginias Foundation, delivered the scholarship donation to Dr. Ted Lewis, Bluefield State College Provost, and Tammy Martin, BSC Financial Aid Manager, during a…
Eighth-grade students from Mercer, McDowell, and Monroe Counties with an interest in the nursing profession will have a chance to spend time working alongside real nurses in real hospital environments during the three-day West Virginia Junior Nursing Academy at Bluefield State College and Princeton Community Hospital, July 27-29. Students in the academy will attend classes…
The life and legacy of the late William B. Robertson will be celebrated during a memorial service, July 29, 2021 beginning at 1 pm in the Basic Science Auditorium on the BSC campus. Robertson, a BSC alumnus, was recognized in 2019 when the Bluefield State College library was renamed in his honor.
The Coal Institute Presents Scholarship Award to Bluefield State College Bluefield State College has been selected as one of eight institutions of higher education to receive a $2000 scholarship from The Coal Institute. One BSC student will be awarded the scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year. Joe Frye, Jr., Chairman of The Coal Institute’s Educational…
Responding to the increasing number of positive COVID cases in this region, Bluestone Health Association, Inc. and Bluefield State College are partnering to offer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations at BSC on July 29 and August 6. Three weeks following the first vaccine (August 20 and 27, respectively) a second vaccination session will be conducted…
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) has recognized Bluefield State College for its commitment to student success as demonstrated by the successful completion of the Persistence and Completion Academy. Dr. Sarita A. Rhonemus, BSC Academic Affairs Administrator and HLC Liaison Officer, explained, “The “project evolved far beyond the original scope and will continue to be a…
The Bluefield State College Foundation today announced that the American Electric Power Foundation has awarded it a $250,000 grant. The gift is part of the AEP Foundation’s Delivering on the Dream: Social and Racial Justice Grants program, which is a five-year, $5 million commitment to fund organizations with programs dedicated to advancing social and racial…
A Statement from Bluefield State College President Robin Capehart, Following Today’s Death of William B. Robertson, Distinguished BSC Alumnus “Bluefield State alumnus William Bernard Robertson has passed away. He dearly loved his alma mater and often shared how, when he was a student here, BSC President Henry Lake Dickason and faculty members like Othello Harris-Jefferson made…
Bluefield State College has entered into a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ESCUELA ESPECIALIZADA EN INGENIERIA ITCA FEPADE in El Salvador. BSC Provost Dr. Ted Lewis, Interim Dean of the BSC School of STEM Dr. Jan Czarnecki, the College’s Computer Science Chairman Dr. Bill Bennett, and Dr. Sudhakar R. Jamkhandi, Director/International Initiatives…
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has again recognized Bluefield State as one of 20 institutions nationwide designated a “Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leader 2019-2020.” In a statement, ECA noted, it is saluting Bluefield State College “for its success in helping your students and faculty connect with and benefit from…