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On Tuesday, Dec. 6, the goalball team from Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind will play a goalball exhibition game at halftime of the Bridgewater College women’s basketball game in Nininger Hall. Bridgewater College students in the Adapted Physical Education and Recreation class are hosting the event. Goalball is a sport for the blind…
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Kyle Theirmann, a 21-year-old professional surfer with a passion to affect change through short films on current issues, will speak on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. The program, sponsored by the W. Harold Row Endowed Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. Combining surfing with producing…
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Bridgewater College tipped off its season Saturday evening with a 95-52 loss at Division I High Point University. The Panthers jumped out to a quick 16-4 lead and pushed the margin to 19 points before a 10-0 run by the Eagles cut the margin to nine. High Point closed the first half with a 12-3…
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Award-winning author, speaker, coach and consultant Dr. Jarik Conrad will present “Hard Core Soft Skills: Transform Your Exceptional Potential into Extraordinary Performance” on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. The program, sponsored by the office of multicultural services, is free and open to the public. “Each person has tremendous…
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Extreme storm chaser Reed Timmer will speak at Bridgewater College on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carter Center for Worship and Music. The program, sponsored by the Harold H. Hersch Endowed Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. Timmer’s storm chasing career began at the age of 12, when he…
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A former Iraqi investigative journalist, working through a Bridgewater College student as his interpreter, is giving a select group of Bridgewater students an immersive – and free – introduction to the Arabic language. Maged Mahdi, a native of Baghdad who now lives in Harrisonburg, Va., is teaching “Arabic for Beginners” as part of what he…
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Bridgewater College – in conjunction with the Old Dominion Athletic Conference – will participate in the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County area Special Olympics this year with an initiative designed to make selected participants an “Eagle for a Day.” Bridgewater’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will have each of the college’s sports teams adopt a Special Olympian for…
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Tracey Michael joins the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum as the new museum educator. Michael will be responsible for developing and presenting programs for students, expanding outreach to schools, and coordinating general public programming. She will continue and expand the work of recent staff retirees, Karen Church and Ellen Abernethy. Don Wilson, President and…
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The first five volumes of a 19th century publication detailing the work of the Church of the Brethren have been digitized and made available for free viewing on the Internet by Bridgewater College and the Brethren Digital Archives Project. The mission of the project is to digitize Church of the Brethren periodicals produced from 1851…
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Daniel Seddiqui will speak on his mission of completing 50 jobs in 50 states in 50 weeks during Family Weekend at Bridgewater College. The program will be held on Friday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. in Cole Hall. Sponsored by the Harold H. Hersch Endowed Lecture Series, the convocation is free and open to the…
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