Bridgewater College’s ‘Journey of Lights’ Highlights World Holidays
Students decorated classrooms in Bowman Hall to represent different winter holidays from around the world, all of which are celebrated by at least one BC student. […]
Health & PE Majors Teach at Local Preschool
The 1980s hit “Celebration” by Kool & The Gang plays from a small speaker while eight preschoolers giggle and jump on brightly colored circles on the gymnasium floor. It is a Tuesday morning at Connections Early Learning Center (CELC) in Bridgewater, Va., and three Bridgewater College students are teaching a physical education class to a […]
Grateful for the Professor Who Saw the Spark: Robin Kreher Brown ’82
Robin Kreher Brown ’82 says that she had a wide assortment of excellent professors, but the one that stands out to her even years later is Dr. Thomas Thornley Jr., Professor of Music at Bridgewater College from 1972-1997. “Our paths crossed during summer school between my junior and senior years when I took his introduction […]
Bridgewater College’s Department of Music Presents Annual Holiday Extravaganza
AT A GLANCEBridgewater College’s Holiday ExtravaganzaWhen: Friday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m.Where: Concert Hall, Carter Center for Worship and MusicCost: Free and open to the public Bridgewater College’s music ensembles will perform familiar seasonal songs during two Holiday Extravaganza concerts on Dec. 6 and 7 in the Concert […]
Giving Across the Generations
When talking to alumni about their time at Bridgewater College, a few themes surface again and again. Whether they attended Bridgewater last year or decades ago, alumni speak of the closeness of the community and the relationships they built with their professors and classmates. They talk about the opportunities they had to try new things, […]
BC Screamin’ Eagles Taking Part in Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Bridgewater College Marching Band to Perform at Philadelphia Thanksgiving Parade
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Natural Science School Named for Greg ’70 and Betty Coffman
When Greg Coffman ’70 reflects on his time at Bridgewater College in the late 1960s, he remembers being part of a tight-knit community of hardworking students and faculty who truly cared about each other. “Everybody knew everybody,” he says. “There was a real sense of community.” Greg speaks especially warmly about one professor in particular—longtime […]
Three BC Alumni Named to 10 Under 40
Three alumni from Bridgewater College’s Nolen School of Business and Professional Studies have been named to the Daily News-Record’s 10 Under 40 list for 2024 by the newspaper’s editorial board. Tyler Conley ’14 works as a financial adviser and Certified Financial Planner with Larson Wealth Management and is former president of the Rockingham Rotary Club. […]
Screamin’ Eagles Marching Band to Perform in Philadelphia’s 2024 Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Bridgewater College Screamin’ Eagles Marching Band has been selected to march in Philadelphia’s 2024 Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28. They will perform the classic Christmas carol “Joy to the World.” Philadelphia’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, sponsored by a local ABC affiliate station 6abc and Dunkin’, is the longest-running parade of its kind in […]