
Bridgewater College celebrates Founder’s Day on April 3
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.

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.

Governor Ralph Northam today announced additional powers to expand the Commonwealth’s ability to protect clean water.

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.

Virginia Tech is leading a five-year U.S. Bureau of Reclamation-funded effort to collect data on the reliability of the nation’s aging water pipelines and then to establish an infrastructure database for resilient and sustainable water systems.

The Virginia Department of Environment Quality announced that it has received a final document detailing Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC’s proposed compliance methodology for meeting Virginia’s post construction water quality and quantity requirements.

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.

Running the water to wait for it to get hot is a huge waste of water. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading non-profit green group, upwards of 10 percent of all the hot water drawn for showering in a typical single-family home is wasted waiting for hot water to arrive.

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.

Actor and writer David Mills will perform his interpretation of some of Langston Hughes’ works at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Carter Center for Worship and Music at Bridgewater College.
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