SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22105137D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

18 IE Offered February 7, 2022 N Commending Bluefield University.

TN ––––––––––R Patron––HackworthAgreed Rto ––––––––––by the Senate, February 10, 2022 WHEREAS, Bluefield University, a private higher education institution in Tazewell County, has O provided outstanding opportunities for academic and personal growth to students for 100 years;

and WHEREAS,L in 1915, during the annual session of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, a resolution was approved to appoint an advising committee on the establishment of a school for young L men in Southwest Virginia of the same quality as Virginia Intermont College located in Bristol;CandBristol; WHEREAS, on September 20, 1922, Bluefield College opened its doors to 100 students as a coeWHEREAS, in 1974, Bluefield College became a four-year baccalaureate institution with expanded degree programs centered in the liberal arts tradition;

and DE WHEREAS, inon 2019,September Bluefield20, College1922, joinedBluefield a network of schools, including the Edward Via College ofopened Osteopathicits Medicinedoors andto the100 Appalachianstudents Collegeas ofa Pharmacy,D tocoeWHEREAS, meet healthcare needs in Appalachia1974, andBluefield theCollege southeastbecame Uniteda Statesfour-year bybaccalaureate preparinginstitution graduateswith toexpanded servedegree ruralprograms communitiescentered andin communitiesthe ofliberal higharts need;tradition;

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and,now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Bluefield University hereby be commended on the occRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to David W.