Professional Writing Student Explores Worldbuilding
Professional writing major Elizabeth Burzumato ’25, a rising senior from Harrisonburg, Va., has a love for storytelling that goes far back into her youth. To prepare for a career as a fantasy novelist, Burzumato is using her summer break to explore the creation of new fictional worlds by working with Associate Professor of English Dr. […]
Engineering Student Studies Fluid Movement
Engineering major Isaac Plange ’27 hopes to be an aerospace engineer one day. Specifically, he says, he’d like to design space shuttles. To prepare for this future career, Plange is spending the summer working with Dr. Derli Amaral, Assistant Professor of Engineering, on a research project entitled “Pump Suction Data Measurement and Turbulence.” “One challenge […]
Bridgewater College Offers New Master of Arts & Certificate Programs in Nonprofit Management
New graduate programs in nonprofit management at Bridgewater College will help current and future leaders develop the skills necessary to lead sustainable nonprofit organizations. Beginning in May 2025, BC’s Rev. Wilfred E. and Dr. Joyce A. Nolen School of Business and Professional Studies will offer a master of arts in nonprofit management and a graduate […]
Bridgewater College Announces New Criminology and Game Design Majors
Two new undergraduate programs in criminology and game design will be available to current and prospective Bridgewater College students beginning fall 2024. Both programs will be offered in the Bonnie Forrer and John Harvey Rhodes School of Arts and Humanities. CriminologyBuilding off the College’s existing crime and justice minor in the Department of Sociology, the […]
Alumni Spotlight: Alex Kettering ’06, “There’s More to Every Story”
As a history and political science major at Bridgewater College, Alexander Kettering ’06 studied important events and political movements in the history of the United States. Little did he know that someday he would receive recognition from the U.S. Congress for his role in a history-making event in the nation’s capital. On April 24, Kettering […]
Harris May Sway Youth Vote, Professor Says
Bridgewater College political science professor Bobbi Gentry, who specializes in youth voting behavior, said that Kamala Harris being nominated as Biden’s replacement is likely to sway some young voters in the Shenandoah Valley. […]
Democratic Party Shake-up Could Energize Young Voters
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Two Alumni Follow Path from BC to the Lab
When Nick Sherman ’90 was an undergraduate student at Bridgewater in the late 1980s, his professors in the Department of Chemistry drilled into him the three pillars of scientific research: measurements, data analysis and dissemination. Or, in Sherman’s recollection, “Science needs to be precise, and none of it matters if you can’t explain what you […]
Bridgewater College Honors Outstanding Students with College-Wide Awards
Bridgewater College honored nine students for their outstanding achievements as part of the campus community during the annual College Awards ceremony on April 20, 2024. Katelin Carter received the Philomathes Society Love of Learning Scholarship. The scholarship recognizes Carter for demonstrating intellectual curiosity through an individual project while at BC. Haleigh Deem received the Philomathes […]
Bridgewater College’s Nolen School of Business and Professional Studies Honors Outstanding Students
Bridgewater College’s Rev. Wilfred E. and Dr. Joyce A. Nolen School of Business and Professional Studies recognized 11 students for their outstanding achievements during the annual College Awards ceremony on April 20, 2024. Department of Economics and Business Administration Jillian Rife received the Outstanding Senior in Economics and Business Administration Award for being the most exceptional […]
