BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College has achieved something only one other college in Virginia has done: garnered an “A” rating from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni for an outstanding general education program, a prestigious recognition reserved for only…
Bluefield College’s football team gears up to battle hunger in community with ‘Sack the Quarterback’
BLUEFIELD, Va. — The Bluefield College Rams and a local grocery store will kick off the 2013 Sack the Quarterback hunger relief program with a special Rams Football Day at Food City in Bluefield on Aug. 17. From noon to…
With new partnerships, Bluefield College aims to better equip ministry leaders
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College is partnering with the Christian Leaders Link and the Network for Theological Education to train and better equip ministers and laypersons for more effective ministry and leadership in churches and communities. The college signed agreements…
Christmas at Bluefield features community orchestra in two performances
BLUEFIELD, Va. — More than 130 singers from three Bluefield College voice ensembles and six local church choirs, along with 25 instrumentalists in BC’s Community Orchestra combined to perform the season’s most “amazing,” “moving” and “inspiring” Christmas production, Dec. 1…
Appalachian women struggling with poverty, lack of education find hope in new Bluefield program
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Women in Appalachia without access to higher education or whose circumstances have left them in poverty now have hope for a new beginning through a program developed at Bluefield College. The New Opportunity School for Women at…
Bluefield College trustees begin process to name board of directors for new dental school
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College’s trustees began a process to name a board of directors for its new dental school during their recent annual fall meeting. Bluefield's campus is about three miles from the site of its proposed dental school….
Protect and live Baptist values, Bluefield College students told during annual heritage celebration
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Protect, guard and live Baptist heritage, Bluefield College students were told during the school’s annual Baptist Heritage Day recently. “This is your heritage,” said keynote speaker John Upton, executive director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia…
Bluefield College sees banner year in contributions
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College celebrated a banner year of giving as contributions to the Baptist-affiliated school hit the $3.3 million mark for the 2011-2012 fiscal year — the highest annual gift total in Bluefield’s history. Total gifts to the…
For Bluefield student, providing clean water is mandate
BLUEFIELD, Va.—“Every time you take a sip of clean water, someone dies of unclean water somewhere in the world.” That’s the statement that stirs the heart of Bluefield College student J.D. Taylor. So much so, he’s doing something about it…