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Students took time out from classes and books to celebrate
the culmination of another academic year with the school’s
38th Annual Mud Pig Day, April 28. The 2016 version featured
the traditional mud pit and waterslide, along with inflatable
games, mechanical bull riding, corn hole, and a Mud Pig Day
first, a color throw, where students gathered in mass to throw
colored powder in the air, creating air art and as it fell body
art. View hundreds of Mud Pig Day photos, even videos at
bluefield.edu/mpd16 .For a month this spring, 22 current students telephoned
more than 3,000 former students soliciting $43,000 in gifts
and pledges to the 2016 Phonathon and the BC Fund
for Scholarships. Among the students who called: Jean-
Emmanuel Ahouman, Lee Harris-Brown, Victoria Doyle,
Daniel Griffin, Eli Hairfield, Allie Higgins, Tyra Jackson, Cobie
Marotske, Patrik Martin, Cade Mullins, Scott Murray, Courtney
Oxford, Janan Perkins, MyKenzie Roach, Garrett Schilling,
Darius Scott, Benjy Slator, Alexis Thompson, Haley Thompson,
Olivia Thompson, Mark Winstone, and Brady Womble. More
details at
bluefield.edu/phonathon16 .Bluefield College alumni took time away from their work and
family to invest in the lives of current BC students during a
spring Ram-2-Ram Alumni Career Seminar on campus. The
former students gave career advice, discussed topics related to
life after college and in the work place, and answered questions
asked by current BC students. Among the alumni participating:
Caleb Bittler (’13), Casey Palmer Taylor (’12), Kyle Neal (’11), and
Katie Warren Waugh (’11). Read more or sign up for the next
Ram-2-Ram at
bluefield.edu/ram2ram .Bluefield College celebrated the history, people, music, food
and traditions of Appalachia with its annual Appalachian
Festival, April 9, featuring daylong old-time music, along with
local craft and food vendors with handmade and homemade
goods. The festival also included storytelling, lectures, local
authors selling and signing books, a writing contest, and
historic tours. View dozens of photos and videos from the
event at
bluefield.edu/appalachia .