FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05/02/2006

Students Recognized For Excellence In Foreign Languages

BRIDGEWATER, Va. — Bridgewater College seniors Rebecca JoAnne Carbaugh and Katherine S. Heath were presented the Raymond N. Andes Award, which honors a former chair of the College's foreign languages department.

The award is presented annually to the College's top seniors in the department of foreign languages. The late Dr. Andes, a 1940 graduate of Bridgewater College, taught French from 1946 until he retired in 1983.

The recipients of the award were presented with a book, a certificate and a $100 cash prize at the annual Academic Awards Convocation on May 2.

Carbaugh, a 2002 graduate of Sherando High School, received the Andes award for Spanish. As part of her award, she received the book Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes.

A physics and Spanish double major, Carbaugh is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Carbaugh of Stephens City, Va. She is a member of the Philomathes Society, Bridgewater's scholastic honor society, Alpha Chi, a national scholastic honor society, and Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society.

Carbaugh is a member of Campus Crusade for Christ and serves as president of the Physics Club. She was selected for the 2006 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

Heath, a 2002 graduate of Northside High School in Roanoke, Va., received the Andes award for French. A French major, she is the daughter of David and Jan Heath of Salem, Va. As part of her award, Heath received The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo and When in France, Do as the French Do by Ross Steele.

She is a member of the Philomathes Society and the French Club. During the summer of 2005, Heath studied at the University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France, under the Brethren Colleges Abroad program.

Bridgewater College, a private, four-year liberal arts college, enrolls more than 1,500 students. Founded in 1880 and located in the Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, it was the state's first private, coeducational senior college.

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