Volume VII, Issue 7
I.
FROM THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
RECOGNIZE AND THANK TWO RETIRING
BIOLOGY PROFESSORS
Two Biology
Department professors, Dr. L. Michael Hill and Dr. Sarah Swank, are retiring at
the end of this semester. Dr. Hill came to Bridgewater in 1972, and Dr. Swank
came in 1981. Honor them and all their years of outstanding service and
dedication to the College by sending pages for a "book of letters" for each of
them. Recognize and thank them for their service and the impact they had on your
life, or simply wish them well in their future endeavors. Mail individual flat
8.5x11 pages to: Office of Alumni Relations, College Box 40, Bridgewater
College, Bridgewater, VA 22812. Or email us your pages at alumnews@bridgewater.edu. In
addition, you are invited to make a special gift in honor of Drs. Hill and
Swank. All money collected will be used for special projects within the
Biology Department. You may enclose your gift with your letter if you wish
to make a donation. Questions? Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at
540-828-5451 or email alumnews@bridgewater.edu.
SHOW YOUR
SCHOOL PRIDE WITH A VIRGINIA BC LICENSE PLATE!
Bridgewater College
has a Virginia license plate available. This plate is a revenue- generating
plate which means that after the first 1,000 plate sales, $15 of the annual $25
DMV fee for every plate sold will be transferred back to BC for scholarships.
What are you waiting for? Put your pride where it counts. Help us get over the
1,000 plates mark to help generate scholarship funds. Get BC plates on all your
vehicles today! The BC Virginia license plate can be ordered online by visiting:
www.bridgewater.edu/plate.
ALUMNI TO
MEET IN CLEVELAND
Bridgewater College
alumni and friends are invited to a luncheon at noon on Sunday, July 1, as part
of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference in Cleveland. Tickets are $15
each and can be ordered through the denomination's Web site, www.brethren.org/ac/, or by mailing your
check, payable to Bridgewater College, to Church Relations Office, College Box
186, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA 22812. President Phillip C. Stone will
be the featured speaker for the event, which is scheduled in the Dolder/Hassler
Room on the 6th floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cleveland. The conference's
Sunday worship service will begin at 10 a.m. in the Cleveland Convention Center,
and all are welcome!
CAMDEN YARDS, HERE WE
COME!
SAVE THE DATE: The
Office of Alumni Relations has secured tickets for the Orioles game at 1:35
p.m., Sunday, Aug. 12, against the Boston Red Sox and reserved the Garden
Terrace for our annual pre-game picnic in Baltimore. Details and reservation
information will be mailed in the next month or so.
II.
CAMPUS NEWS AND UPDATES
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT STONE ON
VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY
April 18, 2007 -- To
the Bridgewater College Campus Community:
Our attention and
emotions have been focused for the past two days on the horrible shooting
incident at Virginia Tech. Because many of us have connections with that school,
including friendships with students, faculty and staff, we feel a very personal
loss. As members of an academic community ourselves, we empathize, almost to the
point of despair, over the wanton death and destruction. The whole world weeps
over the loss of life and the pain inflicted on families, friends and
colleagues.
On behalf of all of
us, I have written to my colleague, Dr. Charles Steger, President of Virginia
Tech, to express our sympathy to their entire campus community and to assure
them that they are in our thoughts and prayers.
Shortly after we
learned of the tragedy, we issued a public
statement and posted it on our Web page, expressing our concern and
sympathy. Monday evening, the Stone Chapel was open for those who wished to
light candles and to pray. Later that evening, Chaplain Miller led us in a
service of prayer and support. Today, many of us wore colors as close as
possible to Tech's school colors to express our solidarity with that school.
Others on campus started a fundraising effort to assist the victims of the
shootings. Many of you have expressed your sympathy, concern and sorrow in other
ways. Truly, our community feels intensely the sadness of the events in
Blacksburg. For complete
message from President Stone click here. To the view the "BC Crisis Plan Summary"
click here.
BC
ANNOUNCES NEW VICE PRESIDENT AND DEAN
Bridgewater College
President Phillip C. Stone has announced that Dr. Carol Scheppard, associate
professor of philosophy and religion, has been appointed vice president and dean
for academic affairs, effective July 1. Dr. Scheppard succeeds Dr. Arthur C.
Hessler, who earlier this year announced his retirement on June 30. The College
conducted a national search to fill the position.."Dr. Scheppard not only had
the enthusiastic endorsement of the search committee, but also strong support
from the faculty and the other vice presidents," said Dr. Stone. "Because of my
own high regard for Carol, I am personally delighted to have her become the
College's chief academic officer. I know she will be a great colleague." Click here for
complete story.
THE
BRIDGEWATER FUND COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN!
Just a couple months
are left until the end of our fiscal year, June 30, 2007. That means there
is still time to help Bridgewater College meet this year's alumni participation
goal of 28 percent by making a gift to the Bridgewater Fund. Meeting this
goal is important because these gifts, regardless of size, are used for BC's
highest priorities. Once there, you can use the blue Click &
Pledge button to make your own gift and be counted with your classmates who have
already made a gift. Thanks!
SYMPHONIC
BAND TO GIVE SPRING CONCERT
The Bridgewater
College Symphonic Band will present a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in
the Carter Center for Worship and Music on the College campus. The concert,
under the leadership of Dr. S. Daniel Galyen, assistant professor of music and
director of instrumental music at Bridgewater College, will focus on several
special features. The program will feature Andrea Semke, the 2007 Student
Soloist Competition winner. The concert marks the premiere of a special
transcription of the work for clarinet and band accompaniment by Tim Galyen,
band director at Northside High School in Roanoke, Va. The concert also will
feature guest conductor Alan Shull, a 1980 graduate of Bridgewater College and
band director at Fort Defiance High School. The concert is open to the public at
no charge. Click
here for complete story.
III.
ATHLETIC NEWS AND UPDATES
EQUESTRIANS WIN ODAC
CHAMPIONSHIP!
The Bridgewater
College riding team won the program's first Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Championship on Friday (April 6) at Sweet Briar College. The Eagles finished the
show with 19 points, edging Randolph-Macon Woman's College by two points for the
championship. The BC program swept the conferences major awards for the 2006-07
riding season. Lindsay Clark, a freshman from New Paltz, N.Y., took top
conference honors when she was named ODAC Rookie of the Year and ODAC Rider of
the Year. C.J. Caniglia, a junior from Waldorf, Md., also grabbed top honors
when he was named the ODAC Equestrian Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Head coach
Sarah Irvine was named the ODAC Riding Coach of the Year for the 2006-07 season.
Joining Clark on the All-ODAC team was last year's ODAC Rookie of the Year,
Patti Ann Thornton, a sophomore from Verona, Va.
BC
ESTABLISHES VARSITY WOMEN'S SWIM TEAM
For the first time in
its history, Bridgewater College has established a varsity women's swim team
that will compete with seven other institutions in the Old Dominion Athletic
Conference. Curt Kendall, BC's athletic director, said the team grew out of a
swim club that, over the last three years, has become "self sustaining" in terms
of student involvement. "Until that happened, we couldn't consider it as a
potential varsity sport," Kendall said. "Now we can. The interest is there, the
sport is in place and the search for a head coach has begun." He said the new
team will most likely start with between 10 and 15 members. Click here for
complete story.
SOFTBALL
IMPROVES RECORD TO 30-4
04/14/2007 --
The Bridgewater College softball team swept its ODAC doubleheader Saturday
at Randolph-Macon College, winning the first game 10-0 and taking the second
game 13-1. In the opener, Lisa Rhodes pitched a complete-game, five-inning
three-hitter to lead the Eagles to the victory. Rhodes is now 13-1 on the season
and the shutout was her eighth of the season. She struck out three and walked
one. In the second game, freshmen Lindsay Lam and Ashley Gills combined
on a 3-hitter in the 13-1 victory. Lam worked three innings and allowed the
three hits and one run. Gills picked up the win with four innings of hitless
relief. Gills struck out six batters. Bridgewater is now 30-4 overall and
13-1 in the ODAC. Click
here for complete story.
GOLFERS
SECOND AT W&L TOURNAMENT
04/16/2007 --
Bridgewater College placed second at the Washington & Lee Buck Leslie
Invitational played Monday at the Lexington Country Club. The five-team event,
originally scheduled for 36 holes, was shortened to 27 holes due to the weather
conditions. The Eagles finished with a team score of 461, two strokes behind
Washington & Lee. Click here for complete
story.
WOMEN
PLACE 2ND AT MESSIAH TRACK INVITATIONAL
04/14/2007 --
The Bridgewater College women's track team placed second and the men
finished third at the Messiah Invitational on Saturday. The women finished with
101.5 points to place second in the 13-team field. The men tallied 99.5 points
to place third out of 16 teams. Click here for complete
story.
IV.
UPCOMING EVENTS
April
20-21 - ALUMNI WEEKEND
2007.
April
20-22 - BC SPRING THEATER
PRODUCTION "We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!"
April
30 - JAZZ BAND CONCERT:
8 p.m., Cole Hall
May
3-8 - FINAL
EXAMS
May
13 - BACCALAUREATE: 10
a.m., Nininger Hall, Dr. L. Michael Hill, Harry G. M. Jopson Professor of
Biology will be the featured speaker.
May
13 - COMMENCEMENT: 2
p.m., Campus Mall, Olza "Tony" Nicely, '64, CEO of Geico, will be the featured
speaker.
July
1 - ALUMNI LUNCHEON at
Church of the Brethren Annual Conference: Noon, Cleveland,
Ohio.
Aug.
12 - PICNIC IN THE PARK
AT CAMDEN YARDS, Baltimore: Picnic in Garden Terrace at noon; Orioles vs. Boston
Red Sox, 1:35 p.m.
Sept.
1 - EAGLES
WE-HAUL.
Oct.
12-13 - HOMECOMING WEEKEND
2007.
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