Bridgewater College recognizes seniors for excellence in history

Three Bridgewater College seniors received Daniel W. Bly–Lamar B. Neal History and Political Science awards from the department of history and political science at the annual awards convocation on May 1. Caroleigh Aaron Newman of Martinsville, Va., Luke Roadcap of Waynesboro, Va., and Dudley Strosnider of Lynchburg, Va., received the Bly–Neal awards. Named for former…

Bridgewater College Alumni Association awards scholarships

The Bridgewater College Alumni Association recognized seven students for excellence in the campus community at the annual awards convocation on May 1. The Alumni Legacy Scholarships are presented to rising juniors or seniors whose parent(s) graduated from Bridgewater College. The scholarships, valued at $2,000 each, rewards loyalty of alumni who encourage their children to attend…

Bridgewater College approves strategic plan through 2020

A strategic plan to guide Bridgewater College through 2020 has been approved by the college’s board of trustees. “BC 2020: The Strategic Plan for Bridgewater College” identifies key areas that are critical to the success of Bridgewater in the next eight years and presents strategies for achieving goals within those areas. Areas addressed in the…

Bridgewater College exhibition focuses on ‘Faces of Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley’

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The men and women whose lives were forever altered by the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley are the focus of an exhibition to open at Bridgewater College on April 17. “Faces of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley” will be in the J.I. Baugher Special Collections Room of the Alexander Mack Memorial Library….

Bridgewater College March 2012 events

Tuesday, March 13  7:30 p.m., Debate, Cole Hall, Bridgewater College Topic: “The American Way of Higher Education – Does It Need Reforming?” Debators: Claudia Dreifus and Richard Hersh – Dreifus is a veteran New York Times reporter,  academic and co-author of Higher Education? Hersh has served as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and…

To kill or not to kill: Death penalty topic of debate at Bridgewater College

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Bud Welch, whose daughter, Julie Marie, was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995, and Jeff Jacoby, a long-time proponent of the death penalty, will debate “The Death Penalty” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. The debate is sponsored by the Anna B. Mow Endowed Lecture Series…