Bestselling Author to Speak on Moral Courage

New York Times bestselling author and educator Irshad Manji will present an Endowed Lecture on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. Her talk is entitled “Moral Courage: How to Make a Difference in a Messy World.” Manji is the founder of Moral Courage College, an organization that equips people worldwide […]

Bridgewater Community to Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 19

Members of the community are invited to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Bridgewater College during its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, “Celebrating the Dream, Continuing the Journey,” in partnership with the town of Bridgewater. The celebration will begin on Monday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. at […]

January Photo Exhibit Features Native Bees

The next exhibition in the Beverly Perdue Art Gallery at Bridgewater College will feature color photographs and short videos of Virginia bees, as well as the locals who work to protect them. “Pollinator Friendly: Celebrating and Conserving Virginia’s Native Bees” by Scott Jost, BC professor of art and Harrisonburg resident, will show from Jan. 7- […]

Eagles Add Women’s Flag Football

Bridgewater College and Director of Athletics Curt Kendall are excited to announce the addition of women’s flag football as the College’s 26th intercollegiate sport. The new program will begin competition in the 2026-27 academic year. Women’s flag football is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States, with nearly 70 NCAA institutions sponsoring the […]

Zigler Believes in the Value of Hands-on Learning

Whether you went to college in the 1960s or 2020s, opportunities for hands-on learning and the mentorship of your professors are often keys to future success. Dr. Sam Zigler ’68 and Tony Lucy ’27 can both attest to this from a vantage point many decades apart. For Zigler, whose parents, Jacob Zigler ’39 and Leah […]

Adamson Pays it Forward Through the Eagle Fund

Connections: The Campaign for Bridgewater College raised more than $8.1 million for the Eagle Fund, Bridgewater’s current-use scholarship fund that provides immediate financial aid to students. All donations to the fund go directly to students, and donors can give any amount to make an immediate and lasting impact. Dr. Cory Adamson ’91, BC Trustee, was […]

New Connected Learning Curriculum Launched

First-year students who arrived on campus this fall are embarking on an educational journey that will be grounded by a new general education curriculum designed to help them make and share connections. The new Connected Learning (CL) curriculum, developed over the past four years by Bridgewater College faculty, is intended to give students the knowledge […]