New Eagles to Watch
Bridgewater College welcomed 375 first-year students to campus last month, including 174 student-athletes and 30 members of the Screamin’ Eagles Marching Band. As they settled into their new classes and residence halls, a few students took time to share what brought them to Bridgewater and what they’re most looking forward to in the months ahead. […]
Bridgewater College Alumna to Showcase Retrospective Art Exhibition
AT A GLANCE “An Artist’s Journey” by Beverly Perdue, AWS, TWSA When: On display Monday, Sept. 30 – Wednesday, Oct. 30. Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, with an artist’s talk at 5:30 p.m. Where: Beverly Perdue Art Gallery, first floor of the John Kenny Forrer Learning Commons Hours: The gallery is open from 7:30 […]
Bridgewater College Football Fans Tailgate Before First Home Game
Students, alums and players’ families gathered for a tailgate Saturday on Family Weekend ahead of Bridgewater College’s football game against Southern Virginia University. […]
Place Matters: Transforming Space Facilitates Connections
The first time Rachel Cubbage ’23 toured campus in the spring of her senior year of high school she decided Bridgewater College would be the place she spent the next four years. “I looked at my mom and said, ‘I think this is it,’” Cubbage said, adding that she was looking for a college with […]
Bridgewater College Welcomes New Faculty Members in 2024-2025
Bridgewater College welcomes three new full-time faculty members for the 2024-2025 academic year. They join the School of Natural Sciences and the Bonnie Forrer and John Harvey Rhodes School of Arts and Humanities. The new faculty members, announced by Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Leona Sevick, are: Lorinda Cullip, who joins the Department of […]
Special Care
Micaela Weaver ’09’s path to excelling as a surgeon wasn’t always a straight line Before she was named to the Association of Women Surgeons’ 40 Under 40 Outstanding Women Surgeons list in 2022, Micaela Weaver ’09 took what she describes as a circuitous path to medical school and becoming a surgeon. Not only did she […]
From BC to Law School: Katelin Carter ’24
Katelin Carter ’24 always knew she wanted to go to law school, so she didn’t want to take on lots of student loans for her undergraduate education. During her senior year of high school, Carter applied to 20 different colleges—and was accepted to most of them—but Bridgewater College offered her the best financial aid package. […]
BC Offers Transformational Experiences
[Story originally published in Bridgewater magazine (spring/summer 2024) as: Transformational Experiences: Making the Foundational Connections in Teaching and Learning.] What makes the Bridgewater experience special? It’s the first-year student who gets the chance to work on a research project with her professor outside of class. It’s the faculty mentor who inspires hundreds of students, some of whom go […]
Longtime Division I Athletic Director Got Start at Bridgewater College: Jeff Bourne ’81
As a teenager growing up in Salem, Va., Jeff Bourne ’81 had his sights set on a career as a veterinarian. The principal of his high school persuaded Bourne to take a look at Bridgewater College. Like many students who have chosen Bridgewater over the years, Bourne was sold after he visited campus. “I was intrigued […]
Eagle Fund Bridges the Gap for BC Students
One hundred percent of this year’s incoming class is receiving some form of scholarship aid from Bridgewater College, according to Michael Post, Vice President for Enrollment Management. These scholarships are in addition to any federal or state financial aid for which the students and their families qualify. Bridgewater President Dr. David Bushman said that this […]
