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Staff Feature

Project Manager Josh Dye Making a Difference at BC

by Matti Stokes
Communication • 2021

The Bluefield College Department of Business began the 2018-2019 academic year with a new staff member. Josh Dye joined the staff as the new assistant project manager.

Dye is a welcome addition according to David Hite, assistant professor and chair of the Department of Business. Hite has been the face of the department for the past three years and has big plans for the School of Business and the communities in and around Bluefield.

The responsibilities of the project manager include being the main coordinator of communication between the Department of Business and local clients and business partners. Hite described the job as “a person helping with projects in the community and connecting students with community projects.”

Dye is a 2018 graduate of Bluefield College, who earned a bachelor’s degree in business along with a teaching license. While a student he also worked full time at Walmart in Bluefield, Virginia, where he filled various roles, including remodel associate, cart pusher, produce associate, and produce department manager.

One of Dye’s favorite roles in his new position with BC is the opportunity to help students with internships around the community, which provides intrinsic rewards that he enjoys.

“I connect the students to organizations, follow up with them, and make sure they do their journal entries and final papers,” Dye said. “I like that because seeing students connecting and getting excited about going into the real world is rewarding, because we are preparing them for the real world.”

Hite described Dyes as “very good at understanding the big picture.” He also spoke of his organization skills and his ability to “help us with specific details within each of the projects, communicating and connecting with the community.”

As a BC alumnus, Dye said he wants to help current BC business students get the work experience he was never afforded prior to graduation. Through his work as assistant project manager, he’s creating those opportunities and experiences.

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