Spire Magazine 2021

Spotlights

Baseball returned to the Bluefield community in summer 2021 with the Appalachian League and the Bluefield Ridge Runners. Three members of the Bluefield University baseball team played for the Ridge Runners. BU assistant baseball coach Garrett Shilling '16 served as the player development coach and head coach Mike White and assistant coach Chris Allen served as field crew. Strength and conditioning coach Rodney Kasey '15 and several BU students also served for the Ridge Runners over the summer.

Sherelle Morgan has been named the inaugural Coordinator for Belonging at Bluefield University. The Coordinator for Belonging plays a crucial and strategic college-wide role by providing support, organization, and education to foster and promote a campus culture that minimizes bias and recognizes and addresses systemic inequities.

The Bluefield University Department of Theatre performed Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the first production since the pandemic, May 1-2, 2020. “We feel very grateful to be doing live performances again,” said Reese. “The pandemic has been a very challenging time for performing artists all over the world. But with the roll-out of the vaccine there was the chance for a careful return to the theatre."

Each spring, Bluefield University invites alumni and friends to show their support during its annual day of giving, BC Giving Day. The 2021 theme was “Zoom- ing Forward” with a goal of 200 donors. That goal was surpassed with 234 donors and over $148,000 raised. The Class of 2020, perhaps one of the classes with the hardest end to their college career, placed second by total givers in this year’s giving day.

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