"Continuing fiscal issues plague BV, and Jones' hopes to establish an endowment do not materialize, especially after the Stock Market crash of 1929. Coe College looks to subsume BV, but the community rallies and manages to keep BV an independent…
BVC becomes BVU. The opening of the new Information Technology Center coincides with the inauguration of BV's 17th president. A new science center is dedicated in 2004.