Jul. 1—BLUEFIELD — At the stroke of midnight Thursday, a local institution of higher learning made the transition from college to university. Bluefield State College, now Bluefield State University, ...

Bluefield State earned a top‑five placement in a newly released statewide college ranking, a recognition of the college’s ...

Sep. 5—BLUEFIELD — Bluefield State College is looking at a "record-setting" increase in fall enrollment. College officials said that as of last week, the total number of students enrolled in the ...

Bluefield State College’s new Master Plan has been unanimously approved by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, the final step required in order to embark on some very exciting ...

The championship game of the Black College World Series took place Saturday and it was a chance for redemption for Bluefield State. Just one day after falling to Talladega College in the winner's ...

BLUEFIELD, W.Va.—- Bluefield State University has a new president. The university’s Board of Governors selected Dr. Darrin Martin at a special meeting on Thursday afternoon. Martin will serve at the ...

As the signing day announcements scrolled by on Twitter last week, the name of an unfamiliar school kept popping up in the feeds of Lowcountry players. Bluefield State. The historically black college, ...

The median family income of a student from Bluefield State is $51,100, and 14% come from the top 20 percent. About 1.2% of students at Bluefield State came from a poor family but became a rich adult.

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A new interim president has been chosen to lead the troubled Bluefield State College. The college’s Board of Governors announced Thursday the selection of Dr. Robin Capehart for the ...

BLUEFIELD, W. Va. — Bluefield State beat Livingstone’s men’s basketball team 94-79 on Saturday with 130 fans looking on at Ned Shott Gymnasium. Bluefield State (5-3) beat Livingstone (6-3) for the ...

On Monday, the folks over at Reddit were kind enough to have my colleague Shereen Marisol Meraji and me on to do an Ask Me Anything on our recent reporting on Bluefield State College in West Virginia.

It opened in the late 19th century as the Bluefield Colored Institute, created to educate the children of black coal miners in segregated West Virginia. Although it still receives the federal funding ...