Class Notes, fall 2025

Class Notes, fall 2025

We love hearing from you! Let us know your latest news — new jobs, degrees, children, marriages, recognitions and achievements — by submitting a class note. See notes submitted in previous years here. Search By Decade 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 1950s 1959 Carlyle Whitelow was posthumously inducted into the inaugural class […]

Opening the Library Vault: Papers of Jacob A. Garber 

Opening the Library Vault: Papers of Jacob A. Garber 

Read local news from the 1920s to the 1940s and you are likely to find mention of Bridgewater College’s 1899 alumnus Jacob A. Garber. An educator, banker, farmer and civic leader in his native Rockingham County, Garber also served one term each in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Virginia House of Delegates. He was remembered by historian and fellow BC Class of 1899 alum […]

Scholar Speaks on Biology, History of Breastfeeding

Dr. Katie Hinde, an expert in evolutionary biology and associate professor at Arizona State University, gave an endowed lecture last week on a topic that might seem a bit out-of-place on a college campus: breastfeeding. But Hinde’s wide-ranging talk on the history, science and politics of breastfeeding held the attention of more than 120 students—plus […]

Nan Covert: The Open-Door Professor

Professor Nan Covert’s office sits in the oldest building on campus and holds just enough room for her desk, some bookshelves and a comfy, old chair for her guests. She has taught studio art and art history at Bridgewater College for 29 years. On this day, her office is full of the scent of hyacinths […]

Class of 1975 Presents Record Class Gift

The Class of 1975 presented a donation of $1.68 million to Bridgewater College President Dr. David Bushman earlier this month, marking the largest class gift in BC’s history. Given in celebration of their 50th reunion, this gift will name the third floor of Bowman Hall in honor of the Class of 1975. The gift was […]