
Jerry Coulter to exhibit work at Bridgewater College
Harrisonburg artist Jerry Coulter will exhibit “Select Paintings” in the Cleo Driver Miller Art Gallery Sept. 2 – Oct. 1 at Bridgewater College.

Harrisonburg artist Jerry Coulter will exhibit “Select Paintings” in the Cleo Driver Miller Art Gallery Sept. 2 – Oct. 1 at Bridgewater College.

Bridgewater College welcomes four new full-time faculty members for the 2013-14 academic year. The faculty members, who will arrive on campus in late August for meetings before the start of classes on Sept. 3, will join the departments of chemistry, English, mathematics and computer science, and philosophy and religion.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Friday that a new deposit of over $31 million will be made to the Commonwealth’s Water Quality Improvement Fund (WQIF) as a portion of the most recent budget surplus, the fourth in the four years of the McDonnell administration.

The Bridgewater College Alumni Choir will present a concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Bridgewater Church of the Brethren located at 420 College View Drive.

Following a vote of the league’s coaches, the Bridgewater Eagles football team was tabbed to finish third in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) during the 2013 season according to a press release from the league office.

One merit of home garden blackberries is that picking them can be safer than picking along the side of a road. “These plants can be a great addition to the home garden,” said Chris Mullins of Virginia Cooperative Extension. “A home grower can probably get 10 to 20 pounds of fruit from each plant over the growing season, and they’re a perennial crop so they’re going to be here for a long time in the garden.”

Shattering a number of long-lived myths is one of the goals of this year’s Virginia Private College Week, which will be observed at Bridgewater College July 29-Aug. 3.

Director of Athletics Curt Kendall has announced the hiring of former Wilkes University assistant coach and interim head coach Danielle Hawkins as the head coach of the Bridgewater College women’s lacrosse program.

Bridgewater College’s student- and faculty-maintained community garden will expand its growing and production season thanks to a $500 Thirty in 30 grant from Keep Virginia Beautiful (KVB).

As the days get warmer, people begin heading to Virginia’s local beaches, lakes, streams and nearby swimming pools and water parks to cool off. The Virginia Department of Health reminds everyone to avoid illness and injury while enjoying the water.
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