EAGLE
CURRENTS
September 2008 | Volume 8, Issue 12
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I.
FROM THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI
RELATIONS
HOMECOMING
2008 – “ROCK YOUR CRIMSON AND GOLD!”
Plan
on coming back to campus for Homecoming 2008 on Oct. 3-5. The RSVP
deadline is
fast approaching! Register by Sept. 26. Contact your friends and plan
to be
part of this fun-filled weekend. Here are just a few of the weekend’s
highlights:
FRIDAY:
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Alumni and friends golf
tournament
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Hall of Fame Banquet (Inductees:
Douglas A. Coleman, ’73, Sydney Fultz John, ’97, Ray Lynn Heatwole,
’67, Dr.
Beverly A. Marcum, ’68, Charles Russell Phillips,
’74.)
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Pep Rally, Bonfire and
Fireworks
SATURDAY:
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Homecoming Festival (Live music, artisans, kettle corn, cotton candy,
apple
butter boil, balloons, face painting, give-aways for the kids, a moon
bounce
and orbotron ride.)
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Parade (Children may be a part of the parade if they are accompanied by
an
adult and pulled in a wagon. For details, contact Eagle Productions at
540-828-5325.)
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Class Reunion Picnic for Classes of 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998,
and
2003.
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Football game vs.
Hampden-Sydney
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Ultimate Tailgate Party following the
game
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Bridgewater College Chorale and Jazz Ensemble
Concert
For
the complete 2008 Homecoming schedule and a downloadable registration
form,
visit http://www.bridgewater.edu/alumni
and click on “Alumni News and
Events.”
HAVE
YOU REGISTERED FOR WWW.BRIDGEWATERALUMNI.COM?
The
Office of Alumni Relations is proud to announce the launch of an alumni
online
community! Over 1,350 alumni have signed up already! Have you? Visit
www.BridgewaterAlumni.com
to join
now. If you have questions, call the Office of Alumni Relations at
540-828-5451
or email alumnews@bridgewater.edu.
SAVE
THE DATES FOR UPCOMING ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
LUNCHEONS
Mark
your calendars now and plan on attending two upcoming regional alumni
luncheons.
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Tuesday, Nov. 11, La Verne,
CA
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Saturday, Jan. 17, Sebring,
FL
II. CAMPUS NEWS AND
UPDATES
BC HIRES NEW
VP FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Beverly S. Butterfield of New Market, Va., has accepted the position of
vice president
for institutional advancement at Bridgewater College, effective Oct. 1.
Butterfield, a 1979 graduate of Bridgewater College, has held a faculty
position with the Virginia Tech Extension Service since 1979. Most
recently,
she served as the director of the northwest district for Virginia Tech
Extension. Butterfield, whose achievements include receiving
Bridgewater
College's Young Alumnus Award in 1992, the Fauquier Business Woman of
the Year
Award and the Glen Mitchell Consumer Education Award, attended James
Madison
University in 1980 and earned her master's degree from Virginia Tech in
1996.
NEW
P. BUCKLEY MOSS PRINT AVAILABLE IN
OCTOBER
Nationally
renowned artist P. Buckley Moss of Waynesboro has produced a painting
that
features three Bridgewater College landmarks – Memorial Hall, Flory
Hall and
the McKinney Center for Science and Mathematics. Prints of the painting
will be
available beginning Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 3-5. Prints also may be
purchased
online at www.BridgewaterAlumni.com
beginning Oct 3. There are two
versions available; a standard
print for $125, and a deluxe print that includes the College seal for
$250,
plus sales tax and shipping. For further information, please
call 828-5680. Click
here for
complete story and to view the
print.
ANNUAL
STATE OF THE COLLEGE ADDRESS
President
Stone's annual State of the College Address was delivered in Cole Hall
on
August 25. Click
here to view the slides that accompanied his
presentation.
CHANTICLEER
RETURNS TO BC TO GIVE LYCEUM
Called
"the world's reigning male chorus" by The New Yorker
and named
2008 Ensemble of the Year by Musical America, Chanticleer will present
a lyceum
at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7 in the Carter Center for Worship and Music at
Bridgewater College. Tickets for lyceums are $13 for adults and $10 for
seniors,
children and non-Bridgewater College students. Tickets are only
available at
the door one hour before the start of the performance.
Click
here
for complete
story.
BRIDGEWATER
FUND 2008-2009
UNDERWAY
Student
callers have begun this year’s phonathon and are off to a great start.
Please consider making your annual gift to Bridgewater College when you
hear
from one of our hardworking students. Making your gift online is also a
convenient and secure way to support BC: www.bridgewater.edu/give.
Regardless
of which method you choose, each and every gift to the Bridgewater Fund
makes a
difference. Thank you!
III. ATHLETIC NEWS AND
UPDATES
BURGESS
NAMED HEAD MEN’S BASKETBALL
COACH
09/09/2008
- Don Burgess, a veteran Division I assistant coach and a
native of
Harrisonburg, Va., has been named the new head men’s basketball coach
at
Bridgewater College. Curt Kendall, the College’s Director of Athletics,
introduced Burgess during a Thursday afternoon press conference at
Nininger
Hall on the Bridgewater campus. Burgess takes the
reins of the
Bridgewater program after serving as an assistant coach at High Point
University for the past three seasons. Burgess
succeeds Bill Leatherman,
who retired in July after 23 seasons as the Eagles’ head men’s
basketball
coach. Click
here for complete
story.
VaSID
HONORS SIX EAGLES ON ACADEMIC
TEAM
08/14/2008
- Six Bridgewater College student-athletes received
recognition on the
VaSID All-Academic team released Thursday. Named
from Bridgewater were
Drew Elkins (baseball, athletic training), Brian Remsch (men’s tennis,
business
administration), Nathan Rittenhouse (men’s track and cross country,
physics),
Hilary Teeter (women’s tennis, communications studies), Jeff Highfill
(football, mathematics) and Brittney Wittmer (volleyball,
biology). The
Virginia Sports Information Directors honored 222 collegiate
student-athletes
for their performances both in the classroom and in competition as the
organization selected the 2007-08 VaSID Academic All-State Team. The
222
athletes represent the largest group the organization has honored with
the
awards.
RIDERS
TAKE TOP HONORS AT SWVHJA
SHOW
09/14/2008
- Three Bridgewater College riders took home top honors Saturday at the
annual
Southwest Virginia Hunter/Jumper Association show held at the
Bridgewater
College Equestrian Center. The show featured a record-breaking number
of
entries. BC riders excelled in the medal classes with three winners.
Lindsay
Barrett won the Randolph Medal; Patti Ann Thornton won the Oak Ridge
Medal; and
Katelyn Mancini won the SWVHJA Adult
Medal.
SPALDING
RECEIVES SECOND STRAIGHT ODAC HONOR
09/15/2008
- Bridgewater College senior Brandon Spalding has been named the ODAC
Men's
Cross Country Runner of the Week for the second consecutive week.
Spalding
finished 11th overall at the JMU Invitational to pace the Eagles with a
time of
26:37.70. Spalding was the second Division III runner to finish. His
effort
helped lead the Eagles to a fourth-place team
finish.
AWAY
FOOTBALL GAME BUS TRIPS
Support your Eagles…and leave the driving to us! The Office of Alumni
Relations
will once again coordinate fan buses to away football games this fall.
In order
to send a bus there will be a minimum of 25 participants required per
away
game. Click
here for more information on costs, details and the schedule of away
football
games. For questions, call 540-828-5451 or email alumnews@bridgewater.edu
IV.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
BC
ALUMNUS UMPIRES LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Mike
Baker, Class of 1998, was selected as the plate umpire for the Little
League
World Series Championship Game on Sunday, August 24, 2008, in
Williamsport,
Pa. The Championship game was between Mexico "Matamoros Little
League" and the West Team "Waipio Little League" from Waipahu,
Hawaii. Baker called 13 games, including three at home plate, during
the Aug.
15-24 event for 12-year-olds. Representing the South, he was one of 15
umpires
chosen world-wide. The umpiring crew included 12 Americans and one each
from
Asia, Latin America and
Canada.
Related
links:
http://www.littleleague.org/umpires/2007wsumpires.htm www.inrich.com
V. UPCOMING
EVENTS
Sept.
27 – AWAY
FOOTBALL GAME BUS TRIP (BC vs. LYCOMING COLLEGE),
Williamsport, PA
Oct.
3-5 –
HOMECOMING 2008, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater,
VA
Oct.
18 – AWAY
FOOTBALL GAME BUS TRIP (BC vs. GUILFORD COLLEGE), Greensboro,
NC
Nov.
8 – AWAY
FOOTBALL GAME BUS TRIP (BC vs. RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE),
Ashland, VA
Nov.
11 –
CALIFORNIA ALUMNI & FRIENDS LUNCHEON, La Verne,
CA
Nov.
15 – AWAY
FOOTBALL GAME BUS TRIP (BC vs. CATHOLIC UNIV.), Washington,
D.C.
Jan.
17 –
FLORIDA ALUMNI & FRIENDS LUNCHEON, Sebring,
FL
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