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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 April 1926 - September 1927 September 1927 - March 1930 June 1930 - June 1934 June 1934 - June 1946 June 1946 - June 1972 June 1972 - May 1988 June 1988 - January 1989 February 1989 - June 1996 July 1996 - June 1997 July 1997 - July 2006 August 2006 - June 2007

Dr. J. Taylor Stinson, Interim

Dr. Oscar E. Sams Dr. J. Taylor Stinson Mr. Edwin Wade Dr. Charles Harman Dr. Charles Tyer

Dr. Gary N. Garner, Interim

Dr. Roy Dobyns

Dr. T. Keith Edwards, Interim Dr. Daniel G. MacMillan Dr. Charles O. Warren, Interim

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.

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