Volume VII, Issue 11
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I.
FROM THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
EAGLE
CURRENTS WELCOMES THE ALUMNI CLASS OF 2007!
We've
recently updated our alumni database to include the members of the
Class of 2007. On behalf of the Office of Alumni Relations and the BC
Alumni Association we congratulate the newest members of the alumni
association and welcome you to Eagle Currents! If any of your
classmates aren't receiving these emails, let us know their
email address so we can update their alumni records and help keep
them connected and informed.
ALUMNI
SERVICE PROJECT: 2007 EAGLES WE-HAUL
The
BC Class of 2011 will be moving to campus on Friday, Aug. 31, from 8
a.m. until noon. The BC Alumni Association will provide a warm
welcome and some move-in muscle power in the form of "Eagles
We-Haul." Join us in this important service project as we help
new students and their parents get all their "stuff"
moved into the residence halls. FREE lunch for all volunteers and
also FREE "Eagles We-Haul" T-shirts for the first 50
volunteers to register! To register call the Office of Alumni
Relations at (540) 828-5451 or e-mail shottel@bridgewater.edu.
CALL
FOR ALUMNI AWARD NOMINATIONS
The
BC Alumni Association annually presents alumni awards during the
spring Alumni Weekend. To nominate someone for an award, please
review the criteria below and submit your name along with the name
and class year of the nominee, the award they are being nominated for
and details that will assist in the decision process. Email
your nominations by Monday, August 27, 2007 to
alumnews@bridgewater.edu.
The
Distinguished Alumnus Award was
established to annually recognize one alumnus/a of Bridgewater
College for his or her vocational and/or professional achievements.
Attention is also given to recognition the individual has received in
his or her given profession.
The
Young Alumnus Award was
established to annually recognize one or more alumnus/a of
Bridgewater College, who has not yet reached the age of 40, for his
or her vocational and/or professional achievements alumni. Attention
is also given to recognition the individual has received in his or
her given profession. In that regard, the award also is
intended to identify and affirm the potential for even more
remarkable achievements.
The
West Whitelow Humanitarian Service
Award
was
established to annually recognize one alumnus/a who engages in
volunteer acts of service that fall outside the requirements of their
vocation. This award has been created to honor those who improve
their communities - and we define community broadly to
encompass global issues as well -- without consideration for
remuneration or recognition.
The
Ripples Society Medal was
established to annually recognize one or more members of the Ripples
Society -- a 50 or more year alumnus of the College -- who has
expressed loyalty to the college while demonstrating significant
lifetime vocational or professional achievements and/or exemplary
involvement in humanitarian endeavors.
SEPT.
8 -- BC TAILGATE AT SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY
Come
join alumni and parents at the away football game vs. the Shenandoah
University Hornets at 7 p.m. There are two ways you can
tailgate with the BC fans. You can get food from the BC "Stone
Station" (by donation) or bring your own grill and fixings and
setup with BC fans by the "Stone Station" tailgate area -
look for the BC football flag. Parking is $5/vehicle; first
come first served beginning at 5 p.m. If you choose to take advantage
of the food offered at "Stone Station," please RSVP with
the number in your party and bring a side dish/snacks to share with
other BC tailgaters and your own beverages. Call the BC Office
of Alumni Relations at 540-828-5451 or email shottel@bridgewater.edu.
GO EAGLES!!
AWAY
FOOTBALL GAME BUS/VAN TRIPS
The
Office of Alumni Relations will once again coordinate bus/van trips
to the following away football games:
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Sept.
8, at Shenandoah University:
Van Trip at $15/person*
(minimum of 8 required per van). Leave BC at 3:15 p.m. RSVP by
Monday, Sept. 3.
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Sept.
29, at Hampden-Sydney:
Bus Trip at $35/person*
(minimum of 30 required). Leave BC at 9:30 a.m. RSVP by Monday, Sept.
24.
-
Oct.
20, at Emory & Henry:
Bus Trip at $45/person*
(minimum of 30 required). Leave BC at 8:15 a.m. RSVP by Monday,
Oct.15.
*
prices are for transportation only and don't include game
tickets.
The
bus/van trips are on a first come first served basis upon receipt of
payment. Reservations and payments will be accepted until 4 p.m. on
the Monday prior to each game. Each trip will require a minimum
number of participants by the Monday deadline in order to reserve a
van/bus. If the minimum number is not reached, those registered will
be notified of the cancellation by the Tuesday prior to game day, and
payments will be refunded or can be applied to another bus/van trip.
Please meet the alumni bus at the west end parking lot of E. College
Street no later than 5 minutes prior to leave time. To register for
one of the bus/van trips contact the Office of Alumni Relations at
540-828-5451 or email shottel@bridgewater.edu.
45th
REUNION FOR THE CLASS OF 1962
The
Class of 1962 is planning its 45th reunion the weekend of
September 15. BC will host the Ferrum College football team
that Saturday afternoon. The class is planning a pre-game buffet and
also an informal post-game event at the North River Grill. A
get-together and service are also in the works for Sunday morning.
Watch your mailbox for the letter with more details and registration
information. Mark your calendar now and plan to attend your 45th
reunion!
HOMECOMING
2007 - "BRINGIN' SPIRIT BACK!"
Be
sure to mark your calendars for Homecoming 2007 on Oct.
12-14.
Contact your friends and make your plans now to return to campus to
be part of this fun-filled weekend featuring the annual alumni and
friends golf tournament, Hall of Fame Banquet followed by pep rally
and fireworks, pre-game festival on the mall, Young Alumni Tailgate,
parade, football game vs. Guilford College, and Alumni Party at North
River Grill. Class years celebrating their reunions are: 1972, 1977,
1982, 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2002. Click
here for a detailed schedule of the weekend's events and a
downloadable registration form.
35TH
REUNION FOR CLASS OF '72
The
Class of 1972 is planning its 35th reunion on Oct. 13th,
2007. In addition to on-campus reunion events, there will be a trip
to Blue Hole following the football game and a party at the Ramada
Inn in Harrisonburg at 7:30 p.m. There will be door prizes, trivia,
nick-names recalled, and a '60s-'70s dance demonstration.
For more details, contact Jim Dixon at 540-746-5205.
FAMILY
FRIENDLY ROANOKE ALUMNI EVENT -- OCTOBER 25
6:30
- 8:30 p.m. at the Science Museum of Western Virginia, One Market
Square, Roanoke.
Cost: $5/person or $10/family (includes
refreshments & museum entrance).
Join
us for a family friendly night at the Science Museum of Western
Virginia. Fun for adults and kids of all ages. The museum will be
closed to the public so come out and explore the exhibits (including
a living river and a neon exhibit), reconnect with the College,
rekindle your school spirit, and meet other BC alumni families in the
Roanoke area. Special guests: President Phillip C. Stone will provide
campus updates, and Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Joseph Crockett, will
be available to answer exhibit questions. Light hors
d'oeuvres/refreshments will be provided as well as door prizes.
Questions? Call the BC Office of Alumni Relations at 540-828-5451 or
email shottel@bridgewater.edu.
II.
CAMPUS NEWS AND UPDATES
BRIDGEWATER
COLLEGE WELCOMES 13 NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
Bridgewater
College welcomes 13 new faculty members for the 2007-2008 academic
year - one associate professor, six assistant professors and
six visiting professors. The faculty members, who will arrive on
campus in late August for faculty meetings prior to the start of
classes on Sept. 4, will join the departments of biology,
communication studies, health and exercise science, history, music,
philosophy and religion, sociology and psychology. Click
here for the complete story and details about these new faculty
members.
BRIDGEWATER
COLLEGE PURCHASES EQUESTRIAN CENTER
President
Phillip Stone announced the purchase of Oak Manor Farms, a 75-acre
farm located in Weyers Cave, Va. Oak Manor, which has been renamed
Bridgewater College Equestrian Center, has hosted the College's
equestrian program for the past seven years. The farm will continue
to be the site for equestrian competitions and boarding of College-
and student-owned horses. Purchasing the farm gave Bridgewater
College the opportunity to ensure the continuation and growth of this
very popular program. Acquiring this property demonstrates the
College's commitment to building upon the program's
successes, which include a conference championship last year,
national awards, as well as multiple rider recognitions, and to
providing a high quality, college-owned facility that can be used for
generations to come. The farm includes two barns with 50 stalls in
total, fully-equipped classrooms and offices, and one indoor and two
outdoor arenas. This is a world-class facility that has enabled the
College to establish and grow a highly successful equestrian program,
and the College greatly appreciates the support of Oak Manor Farms
over the years. Sarah Irvine will continue to direct the equestrian
program.
SUMMER
BC ALUMNI CHOIR CONCERT - AUGUST 26
The
concert of the second annual Summer BC Alumni Choir will be held at
the Bridgewater Church of the Brethren at 4 p.m. on Sunday, August
26. The 24-voice ensemble is comprised completely of
Bridgewater College alumni and current students. The ensemble was
organized by Dr. Jesse E. Hopkins, the Edwin L. Turner Distinguished
Professor of Music, who is also an alumnus of the College.
Other alumni conductors will be Curtis Nolley and Betty Karol
Wilson. Soloists will be Phyllis Wine, Jolene Flory and Abigail
Hostetter. The program will include works by Orlando
Gibbons, Johannes Brahms, several contemporary American composers,
and spiritual settings by Moses Hogan and Warren Martin. All are
invited to attend; there is no charge for the concert.
TRAVEL
WITH BRIDGEWATER CHORALE TO HUNGARY/AUSTRIA
The
Bridgewater Chorale will travel to Hungary and Austria in May 2008 to
present a series of concerts. There will be performances in
Budapest, Vienna, Salzburg and other smaller cities. There is
room for a limited number of additional travelers. If you are
interested, please contact Dr. Jesse Hopkins as soon as possible at
jhopkins@bridgewater.edu
or 540-828-5303.
HAPPY
NEW YEAR FROM THE BRIDGEWATER FUND!
July
1, 2007, marked the beginning of a new fiscal year with a goal of
$725,000 to reach before June 30, 2008. We also seek to raise
our alumni participation rate to at least 28%. We can
definitely do it, but not without you! Your gift to the Bridgewater
Fund is one of the most important contributions you can make each
year, providing resources to address needs and opportunities not
covered by tuition, grants or endowment. Bridgewater College
students benefit immediately from gifts to the Bridgewater Fund.
To be counted among the first participating alumni for this year,
visit: www.bridgewater.edu/give and make your secure online gift
today!
BC
FUNDRAISING GENERATES $7 MILLION
Gifts
to Bridgewater College during fiscal year 2006-2007, which ended June
30, totaled $7,004,000, reflecting an increase in nearly all
constituent groups. According to Brenda B. Duncan, vice president for
institutional advancement, the year-end receipts included a $100,000
Jessie Ball DuPont grant for assessment, a $100,000 pledge from the
Daily News-Record to support the general operations of the College,
and a $100,000 gift for scholarships from the Lettie Pate Whitehead
Foundation. Duncan also noted that the Bridgewater Fund exceeded its
goal of $700,000, raising $712,000. The total raised last year was
$657,593, reflecting an overall increase of 8.5 percent. Alumni
participation through June was 27.4 percent, compared to 26 percent
at the same time last year. The biggest increase among alumni
occurred in the 1980 and 1990 decades. Alumni participation has risen
5 percent in the past two years. Parent giving was up 21.5 percent
from the previous year, with more than 600 donors.
III.
ATHLETIC NEWS AND UPDATES
FOOTBALL
RESERVED SEATING OPPORTUNITY
Thanks
to the generosity of some special donors, the College has a new
football press box as well as several rows of covered seating for our
fans. (Click
here to see installation photos of the press box). The bench-back
seating will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Admission and covered seating for all five home games is $100 per
seat. Purchases may be made for family members only. You
will receive a season pass for your seats. To the extent permitted by
NCAA regulations, the preferred seating will be offered to regular
season ticket holders for playoff games. Purchase of the
covered seating is not included in Eagle Club memberships and is not
tax deductible. Seating options may be viewed by visiting the
College's Web site at
http://www.bridgewater.edu/index.php?id=1469.
To purchase tickets, please call 540-828-5700, Monday - Friday,
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Walk-ins are also welcome during the
same hours at the Athletic Office in Nininger Hall. Ticket orders
will be processed in the order they are received, and available
seating will be updated on the Web site daily. You are
encouraged to purchase your tickets with a credit card (MC and VISA
accepted) to secure your order.
ODAC
ANNOUNCES 2007 ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
In
what is one of the largest lists in recent memory, the Old Dominion
Athletic Conference is proud to announce the 2006-07 ODAC
All-Academic Team. This year's squad honors 1,076
student-athletes, among the 14 competing schools (including Catholic
for football), who had outstanding seasons not only during their
athletic campaigns, but also showed the same perseverance and
excellence in the classroom. Eligibility for the ODAC All-Academic
Team is open to any student-athlete who competes in a
conference-sponsored sport, regardless of academic class. He or she
must achieve at least a 3.25 grade point average for the year to be
considered for an All-ODAC Academic Award. Washington & Lee
University placed the most student-athletes on the list with 238
individuals on the academic team. Bridgewater College and Lynchburg
College also boast more than 100 student-athletes on the list with
119 Eagles and 108 Hornets represented. A total of 94 Bridgewater
student-athletes were honored with several earning recognition in
more than one sport, thus bringing the total number of mentions on
the list to 119. Click
here for complete story and to see the All-Academic Team roster.
FOOTBALL
RANKED NO. 1 IN PRESEASON POLL
The
Bridgewater College football team was ranked No. 1 in the 2007 ODAC
coaches' preseason poll. The Eagles received five of the seven
first-place votes to edge defending champion Washington & Lee for
the top spot. W&L received the remaining two first-place votes.
The BC Eagles just missed the Top 25 in the D3football.com preseason
poll. The Eagles received 34 points in the voting to rank among the
other teams receiving votes outside the Top 25. ODAC rival Washington
& Lee received five points in the voting. Earlier this summer,
Bridgewater was ranked No. 17 by Street & Smith's magazine in its
preseason poll.
IV.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
ALUMNA
CHOSEN TO WORK ON EUROPEAN HISTORY AP EXAM
Pamela
Kline Wolfe, Class of '79, has been chosen by the College Board
to be a member of the Test Development Committee for the European
History AP Exam. She, along with five other high school and
college professors, will write AP exam questions and edit the exams
for the 2009 AP European History Test. For the past 12 years,
she has been grading AP exam essays, and for the past four years she
has been in charge of training AP exam scorers. She has
run Summer Institutes and graduate courses for teachers of AP
European History and AP Human Geography at Goucher College, Penn
State University, Colorado State University, University of South
Florida and the University of Delaware in Lewes, Delaware. As a
College Board consultant throughout the school year, she regularly
runs one- and two-day programs for teachers and students.
If
you have an interesting story idea to spotlight the achievements of
an alumnus/a or perhaps an interesting alumni human interest piece,
please email it to wesbensh@bridgewater.edu
for possible inclusion in an upcoming issue.
V.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Aug.
18 - PIGSKIN
PREVIEW,
3-5:45 p.m., football fields
Aug.
31 - EAGLES
WE-HAUL (service
project for freshman move-in day.)
Sept.
4 - FALL
SEMESTER BEGINS
Sept.
8 - AWAY
FOOTBALL GAME TAILGATE & VAN TRIP,
at Shenandoah University
Sept.
15 - CLASS
OF 1962 REUION
Sept.
29 - AWAY
FOOTBALL GAME ALUMNI BUS TRIP,
at Hampden-Sydney
Oct.
6 - SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA ALUMNI GATHERING,
at the home of Dr. Wilma Livingston Ferguson, '64, Huntington Beach,
CA
Oct.
12-14 - HOMECOMING
WEEKEND
Oct.
20 - AWAY
FOOTBALL GAME ALUMNI BUS TRIP,
at Emory & Henry
Oct.
25 - ROANOKE
ALUMNI GATHERING,
at the Science Museum of Western Virginia
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