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a new Visual Arts Center; improved technology on campus; completed renovations to the
dining hall, campus store, Dome Gymnasium and residence halls; and strengthened its
commitment to the integration of faith and learning.
Dr. David W. Olive became president in 2007. During his presidency, the College has
reinstated intercollegiate football for the first time in 70 years; constructed the school’s
first new residence hall in 30 years; developed an apartment complex; completed major
renovations to other campus facilities; opened a new missions center, and a new academic
support center; launched new academic programs in instrumental music, forensic science,
early childhood development and nursing; developed the school’s first-ever online degree
programs; and initiated the College’s first Master’s program in Teacher Education.
Bluefield College’s Nine Presidents:
Dr. R. A. Lansdell
September 1922 - April 1926
Dr. J. Taylor Stinson, Interim
April 1926 - September 1927
Dr. Oscar E. Sams
September 1927 - March 1930
Dr. J. Taylor Stinson
June 1930 - June 1934
Mr. Edwin Wade
June 1934 - June 1946
Dr. Charles Harman
June 1946 - June 1972
Dr. Charles Tyer
June 1972 - May 1988
Dr. Gary N. Garner, Interim
June 1988 - January 1989
Dr. Roy Dobyns
February 1989 - June 1996
Dr. T. Keith Edwards, Interim
July 1996 - June 1997
Dr. Daniel G. MacMillan
July 1997 - July 2006
Dr. Charles O. Warren, Interim
August 2006 - June 2007
Dr. David W. Olive
July 2007 - present
THE CAMPUS
Bluefield College is located on 82 acres in Bluefield, Virginia. The physical facilities
include (see campus map on page 224):
Lansdell Hall
, the main administration building, is named for R. A. Lansdell, the
first President of Bluefield College. It houses administrative offices, faculty offices, and
classrooms.
Harman Chapel and Performing Arts Center
is named in memory of Charles L.
Harman, President of Bluefield College from 1946 to 1972. It contains large and small
auditoriums, the Music and Theatre Departments, classrooms, and rehearsal space.
The Dome
gymnasium provides game courts, weight rooms, a training room, spectator
seating, classrooms, offices, and a stage area.
The Science Center
, completed in 1992, houses the Science, Math, and Business
programs as well as classrooms and computer labs.
The Donald and Maria Cox Visual Arts Center
houses the Art Department with
facilities for drawing, painting, ceramics, and sculpture. Part of the structure was the
original boiler building for the campus. It was redesigned and augmented to its current use
and was dedicated in October 2000.
Easley Library
is named in memory of Frank Smoot Easley and David Milton
Easley who were among the citizens who went to Bristol to persuade the Baptist General
Association of Virginia to establish the College in the Bluefield area. Its facilities include a
curriculum laboratory, faculty offices and the Teacher Education Program.