Goodness & Light Alumni Award

Bluefield University is accepting nominations for the 9th Annual Dr. Donna Watson Goodness and Light Alumni Award, which will be presented as a part of Homecoming and Family Weekend and the Education Department’s 50th Anniversary Alumni Reunion on Friday, October 16 at 4 P.M. in Easley 101.

After bidding farewell to Dr. Donna Hardy Watson at the close of the 2016-2017 academic year, Bluefield University took steps to ensure that her legacy would remain by creating the Dr. Donna Watson Goodness and Light Alumni Award.

Created collaboratively by the School of Education and Social Sciences and the Office of Alumni Relations, the Goodness and Light Alumni Award is designed to recognize teacher education graduates who are “doing great things in our schools and classrooms.” The award is given annually to recognize an alum who embodies Dr. Watson’s mantra of spreading goodness and light in education. This year, the award is being extended to recognize alumni in all areas of the School of Education and Social Sciences. Nominations are being accepted for alumni for Bachelor’s in teacher education, Bachelor’s in early childhood education, Bachelor’s in psychology and human services, and Master’s in counseling.