Conducted a 17-event Homecoming '97 celebration during
the week of October 12-18
BSC criminal justice student was presented the West
Virginia Association of Probation Officers' annual scholarship
award
BSC student team won the International Student
Competition at the International Society of Measurement &
Controls Convention in Anaheim, CA, beating teams from
institutions of higher education from the United States, Canada,
and Russia
Conducted open house for 198 prospective students,
along with their families, October 15
BSC chapter of the national service honorary Gamma Beta
Phi hosted the organization's West Virginia State Convention
Proceeded with work on a variety of campus improvement
projects, finalizing work on campus signage and placing into
operation an elevator at administration building, thereby making
all campus buildings handicap accessible Work continued on the
renovation/relocation project at BSC's Greenbrier Community
College Center
BSC Greenbrier Community College Center SGA sponsored
picnic for students, faculty, and staff
Conducted ongoing internal training for faculty/staff
at BSC--areas covered include: Diversity and Supervisory Training,
Computer Training, Customer Service, Course Development, Academic
Advising, Using the Library & Internet for Research, E-
Mail/Sending and Receiving Files, Banner, Stress Management, and
Financial & Retirement Planning
BSC's Counseling and Advising Center hosted "Pick a Major
Day," designed to help students select academic majors. More
than 80 students and nearly 50 area business/industry
representatives took part in the program
Partnership Activities
BSC hosted a meeting or RBA coordinators from
throughout West Virginia
CONSOL, Inc. presented $5,000 gift to assist BSC's
mining engineering technology program. CONSOL has now given
$148,000 to BSC over the past 20 years in support of its academic
programs
Director of Campus Life has been voted "president-
elect" of the WV Association of Student Personnel Administrators
More than 20 BSC engineering technology students toured
the Greater Bluefield Westside Sewage Treatment plant to study
new treatment processes
Another group of BSC engineering technology students
took a field trip to the Mercer County Solid Waste Authority's
county landfill to study state-of-the-art methods of solid waste
disposal
BSC business division faculty member has accepted
invitation to serve as a consultant to an educational publishing
firm which is revising its business law textbook
BSC adjunct history instructor and coordinator of
campus publications was a featured presenter at the national
meeting of the Descendants of Mexican War Veterans
BSC Center for Economic Enhancement has presented
workshops on "Grammar and Usage" and "Effective Business Writing"
Telecast throughout Bluefield-area cable system two
Bluefield City Board of Directors' meetings and the monthly
Mercer County Board of Education meeting Produced and broadcast
two 15-minute video features on BSC-TV, spotlighting Greater
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Chief Operating Officer and BSC's
new associate degree aquaculture program
BSC RBA program coordinator met with students from the
Greenbrier Valley who are already in the program, along with
individuals interested in the program
BSC Center for Economic Enhancement and Educational
Outreach hosted the second of five "Travel & Adventure Series"
film narratives hosted by BSC and presented as a public service
in partnership with First Century Bank, AAA-The Bluefield
Automobile Club, Bluefield Regional Wellness Center, and
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Center for Economic Enhancement presented a free small
business seminar, "How to Respond to a Proposal (RFP)"
Center for Economic Enhancement & Educational Outreach
began a customized training program on desktop publication to be
taught on-site at Pemco, Inc. (Bluefield, VA)
Began customized performance evaluation training for
Turner Vision (Bluefield, WV). Training will continue into 1998
and will provide assistance to the company in the implementation
of a new performance evaluation program
Conducting training needs assessment for Triple S
Manufacturing, Inc. (Beckley, WV)
Developing schedule for supervisory training for EWA
Manufacturing Services, Inc. (Bluefield, VA)
Developing customized Statistical Process Control
training program for DS Parts (Bluefield, WV)
Completed initial skill assessment and testing for
potential new employees of Federal News Service Agency
(Bluefield, WV)
Developing advanced customized training in Microsoft
Office for employees at First Century Bank (Bluefield, WV). Will
also provide beginning training for new employees at First
Century Bank
Completed planning session, attended by 35 persons, for
the purpose of developing steering and curriculum committees for
the Creative Retirement Center Plans have begun for BSC's
observance of World AIDS Week, December 1-4. Executive director of
the South Central AIDS Network has met with BSC associate
professor of nursing and Director of Campus Life to coordinate
plans for the event's observance at Bluefield State College
BSC Center for International Understanding presented
and coordinated three-week training program, "Organizational and
Management of Enterprises and Regional Economic Development
Organizations" for three economic development officials from
Hungary
BSC CIU organized and presented a three-week training
program, "Rural Social Services in a Market Economy" for 14
Russian officials
CIU has submitted proposals for "Public Relations"
training program for Latvian official (November 15-30, 1997), and
"Tariff Setting and Regulations" for 14 Russian officials (November 25-
December 1, 1997)
CIU has placed nine young entrepreneurs from Novgorod,
Russia in fiveweek internships in a variety of businesses
throughout southern West Virginia, and has also placed them with
several host families, in a United States Information Agency
program entitled "Community Connections")
CIU is continuing preparations for a trade mission to
Russia, May 30 - June 30, 1998
CIU is negotiating relationships, through its
Washington D.C. Bureau, with foundations and development
organizations in Europe for development projects and
international trade
Negotiations are underway to establish CIU offices in
Saratov, Russia and Bombay, India. CIU is also forming a
partnership with the Hungarian Enterprise Foundation in Nograd
County, Hungary to promote development projects and trade between
West Virginia and Hungary
CIU delivered on the CIU's role in globalizing the West
Virginiasouthwest Virginia economy through international and
trade investment, as well as export assistance services, for
delivery at the second International Economic Conference in
Bratislava, Slovakia (October 8-1 0)
CIU is preparing two presentations for a November, 1997
regional conference of NAFSA in Baltimore. Presentations are
entitled "Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Implementing Short-term
Training Programs," and "Delivering Cost-effective, Quality
Short-term Technical Training Programs"