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 navigates rising tuition costs with alternative approach
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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
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, […]
Bridgewater professor and student team up to recreate classic game
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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 […]
Bridgewater College Exceeds $35M Connections Campaign Goal
Connections: The Campaign for Bridgewater College has concluded, exceeding its goal and raising $36.7 million from more than 1,100 donors. The five-year campaign that ended on June 30 was centered on raising funds to support three strategic priorities for the College: current-use scholarships, teaching and learning initiatives, and capital projects. “The success of the Connections […]
BC hosts 28 students in Future Scholars Institute program
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Supporting Science Research at BC: Chastity and Matthew Whitaker ’99
Dr. Chastity Shaffer Whitaker ’99 and Matthew Whitaker ’99 met at the beginning of their first year at Bridgewater College and the rest, as they say, was history. “Everyone was meeting everyone else in the first few weeks on campus,” Matthew recalls. “Chastity and I started dating right away, and we never stopped.” When the […]
Basketball Players Keep Fit in the Off-Season at Local YMCA
To the cheers of more than 50 fans, two Bridgewater College Eagles helped lead the Cobras to a 64 to 59 win over Hoosier Daddy in the championship game of the Staunton Men’s Basketball League last month. Recent BC graduate Keiman Dillon ’24, M’25 and rising senior Mason Ramey ’26 have played in the men’s […]
