Spire Spring 2018

The college celebrated historic admission numbers in the fall of 2017 with the enrollment of 251 new traditional students – the largest traditional incoming class in school history. The 251 new traditional students for fall 2017 surpassed fall 2016’s record number of 239 and far outpaced the 215 new traditional students enrolled in 2015. In addition, with 307 returning traditional students, the college recorded its second highest number of total traditional students in school history at 558, just 17 less than the school record of 575 in 1992. Get more details at bluefield.edu/enrollment17 .

Bluefield College has been ranked among the Top Tier Colleges in the South in U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges: 2018.” Only 59 colleges in the South region made U.S. News’ Top Tier list. Bluefield ranked 41st among the Top Tier schools from 12 Southern states. Nearly 400 regional colleges in four regions of the United States are evaluated in the annual study, including 79 colleges in the South. Schools that make the Top Tier typically score well in student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving with the greatest emphasis placed on graduation and retention rates, peer assessments, and faculty resources. Learn more at bluefield.edu/usnews18 .

The college commemorated the 25th anniversary of its men’s soccer program with a two-day celebration in September 2017, featuring an alumni reunion dinner, a reunion tailgate, current BC soccer action, and an alumni soccer game. BC launched its first ever intercollegiate men’s soccer team in the fall of 1992, and today the program boasts the addition of a women’s team in 2002, a national championship in men’s soccer in 2005, and two other national tournament appearances for men’s soccer in the last three seasons. View dozens of photos from the 25th anniversary celebration at bluefield.edu/soccer25th .

Six local women whose circumstances in life had left them short of their educational goals, low on income, and limited in self-confidence celebrated the beginning of a new chapter of life filled with hope and anticipation during the college’s summer 2017 graduation for the New Opportunity School for Women. Designed to help disadvantaged women from Appalachia confront their circumstances, overcome their conditions, and find direction for a new and better life, the three-week, life-changing residential program includes academic study, cultural experiences, personal development, job search training, college preparation, and leadership development, all free of charge thanks to generous donors. Read more at bluefield.edu/nosw17grads .

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