
Bridgewater College honors outstanding alumni
Bridgewater College has honored three alumni for their achievements and humanitarian service.

Bridgewater College has honored three alumni for their achievements and humanitarian service.

Laura Toni-Holsinger, executive director of United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County since January 2014, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.

Bridgewater College is recognizing academic achievement during a period of activities dedicated to showcasing excellence. ASPIRE (A Celebration of the Arts, Scholarship, Performance, Innovation and Research Excellence), will be held April 14-24.

Carrie Morgridge, vice president and chief disruptor of the Morgridge Family Foundation, will provide the Bridgewater College 2018 commencement address on Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m.

Sexual violence happens everywhere, and no community is immune to it. This April, a local partnership will provide visual displays with the goal of raising public awareness about sexual violence and educating communities on how to prevent it.

Bridgewater College will celebrate 138 years of its founding on Tuesday, April 3, and will present three awards during the 11:15 a.m. convocation in Nininger Hall.

Dr. Oscar Arias, a two-time president of Costa Rica and winner of the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize, will present an endowed lecture on March 15 at Bridgewater College.

How the Civil War and the people who fought it have been remembered in monuments is the topic of the 11th-Annual Bridgewater College Civil War Institute, to be held Saturday, March 17 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

A group of Bridgewater College students and a faculty member will trade suntan lotion and swim suits for hammers and tool belts as they spend spring break volunteering as construction workers with Habitat for Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge Spring Break 2018.

Children’s and young adult literature author Linda Sue Park, winner of the 2002 Newbery Medal for her book, A Single Shard, will present a public lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, in the Carter Center for Worship and Music at Bridgewater College.
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