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Twenty-nine BC students participated in a day of service,
January 14, as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National
Day of Service and Remembrance. The annual MLK Day of
Service is a day set aside for communities to come together
to change the status quo by lending a helping hand and
volunteering in the community. Toward that end, BC students
served at the Bluefield Union Mission, Wade Center, Salvation
Army, Second Chance Cats, Open Heart Ministries, and
New Opportunity School for Women. Read the full story at
One hundred ten seniors accepted diplomas during the
school’s 24th Annual Winter Commencement, December 12,
in a program that featured a keynote address from
Dr. Thomas Brewster, superintendent of Pulaski County
Schools and former chair of the BC Board of Trustees. The
event also included remarks from President David Olive,
greetings from trustee Becky Beckett, and special music by
alumna Elizabeth Decker. For complete coverage of Winter
Commencement, including dozens of photos and a list of
graduates, visit
More than 30 BC students, faculty, staff and friends gave back
to the local community in September during a day of service
called Operation Bluefield, a fall outreach program that took
the BC family to the Wade Center to paint, the Bluefield
Union Mission to serve meals, and the City of Bluefield’s
Mitchell Stadium to clean. View photos and videos from the
day of service at
A former officer with the Bluefield Police Department whose
career helped inspire the Netflix series “Narcos” spoke on
the campus of Bluefield College in November about the hunt
for narco-terrorist Pablo Escobar. Retired Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) officer Steve Murphy and his partner
in Colombia, Javier Peña, shared their experiences with
dismantling the Medellin Drug Cartel and ending the career
of Escobar, the world’s first narco-terrorist. Read the full story
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