Tag: Bob Jones University

News Roundup

Hutchison Appointed President of Virginia Highlands Community College

With over 20 years of higher education experience, Dr. Adam Hutchison was named the next president of Virginia Highlands Community College. He will begin his new position at the start of 2020. Hutchison previously served as provost of Texas State Technical College. He holds both an associate and bachelor’s degree from Bob Jones University, a […]

October 8, 2019

Faculty & Staff

Bob Jones University to Cut 50 Jobs After Overshooting Budget

South Carolina’s Bob Jones University (BJU) announced in a statement that it’s cutting its staff by 50 people after it came up $4.5 million short in its budget. BJU, a Christian university located in Greenville said the overshoot comes from “increased health care costs and a larger demand for student scholarships,” university spokesman Randy Page […]

August 28, 2018

Students

Bob Jones University Earns Accreditation After 6-year Effort

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Bob Jones University officials say the school’s new accreditation status should boost recruitment and open doors for graduates. The Greenville News reports the Christian fundamentalist school earned accreditation Thursday from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, after shunning the designation for most of its existence. President Steve Pettit […]

June 18, 2017

Students

Bob Jones U to Get Tax-exempt Status Back After 30 Years

GREENVILLE, S.C. —A conservative Christian university in South Carolina is getting its federal tax-exempt status back 30 years after losing it over a ban on interracial dating. Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit told The Greenville that the ban was dropped in 2000 and a former university president apologized for discrimination eight years later. But […]

February 19, 2017