BC Welcomes 500+ New Students to Campus

Bridgewater College welcomed more than 500 new students to campus this fall. This is the second cohort of students who were able to take advantage of BC’s tuition transparency initiative, which reset the published undergraduate tuition price to one that more accurately reflects the real cost of a private college education. In addition, 100 percent […]

BC Receives $25,000 to Advance Civic Pluralism

Bridgewater College has received a $25,000 grant to advance civic pluralism on campus. The funding from the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia and Interfaith America will help advance the College’s ongoing work to create a campus culture where groups and individuals with distinct identities can live and learn in community. According to Dr. Leslie […]

BC Students Study Non-Western Design

“Design is always taught through the Western lens,” says Ron Alabanza, Senior Practitioner in Residence Art. “There are almost no academic resources on the subject [of non-Western graphic design].” Alabanza is working with three Bridgewater College students to develop such a resource thanks to The Research Experience @ Bridgewater (TREB), a donor-funded initiative that supports […]

BC Hosts Future Scholars Institute

BC Hosts Future Scholars Institute

Standing face-to-face in the front of a Bowman Hall classroom, divided by a podium holding their laptops, a pair of local high school students debate whether the U.S. government should ban TikTok or not. “Platforms like TikTok have been used for spreading misinformation,” says Salma Almassad, a rising senior at Rocktown High School in Harrisonburg, […]

Summer Research Projects Underway

Summer Research Projects Underway

Bridgewater College students are spending their summer working with faculty on research projects on topics ranging from biochemistry to food insecurity. This year the College awarded more than $100,000 in funding, supporting the largest number of students in program history. Funding for the 26 student recipients was provided by the Dr. John W. Martin Summer […]