Spire Spring 2018

The college honored 25 members of its class of 1967 with induction into the school’s Golden Graduate Society during Homecoming festivities, and the Golden Grads returned the favor by announcing the creation of a Class of ‘67 Endowed Scholarship Fund starting at $50,000 in gifts.

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“Special.” This was the word used by Bluefield College alumni when asked to describe the activities of Homecoming and Family Weekend 2017, October 20-22. It was the same word they used when reflecting on their days as a student at BC during the traditional fall alumni reunion gathering. Alumni Director Josh Grubb welcomed former students, current students and their families to the 2017 version of Homecoming and Family Weekend, which featured not only special reunions, but also a career seminar, auction, dinner theatre, dancing, campus tours, a photo contest, alumni awards, tailgating, football, fireworks, and worship. Among this year’s Golden Graduate Society inductees: Barry Bailey (’67), John Betterton (’67), Loretta Carty (’67), Danny Collins (’67), Patricia Keatley Collins (’67), Jerry Dickerson (’67), Elaine Martin Dietz (’67), Nancy Camper Hicks (’67), William Higgins (’67), Robert Houck (’67), Melissa Lukins Klanecky (’67), John Lippincott (’67), Linda Smith Lively (’67), William Lively (’65), Jane McClung Lookabill (’67), Betty Davis Mason (’67), Lewis Mason (’66), Peter Mays (’67), Raymond Rowland (’67), Carolyn Jenks SPECIAL Hundreds of Alumni Return to Campus for Homecoming 2017 “We’re thankful for you spending this weekend with us,” Grubb told a group of 1967 grads who helped kick off the festivities with a Golden Graduate Society Dinner on day one. “We appreciate your commitment to get together and to maintain your friendships.” Twenty-five members of the class of 1967 and beyond came back for the Golden Grad induction ceremony – the largest group of inductees since the prestigious group was created in 2009 to honor and preserve the legacy of alumni from the Golden Anniversary era. Eighty-six alumni and friends in all attended the celebration, which included dinner and the presentation of the beloved southern comedy-drama Steel Magnolias , featuring a BC Theatre cast and crew of current and former students, like Jennifer Bohannan (’11), Cameron Botts Burton (’95), Tiffany Carter (’01), and Heather Sharp (’17).

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