‘World’ Champs
News FeatureNovember 19, 2013The Geo-Bears are on top of the world.In a manner of speaking, anyway. The university’s geography team scored a resounding victory in this year’s Geography Bowl, which was...
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News FeatureNovember 22, 2013This week’s edition features International Education Week’s “International Cook-Off” and “Stories, Dance, & Culture in Turkey,” the Unleashing Voices Poetry Slam,...
View Article'Keys' to the City
News FeatureNovember 25, 2013Professor Emeritus Henry Santos put on a bravura demonstration for a near-capacity Horace Mann Auditorium audience, performing the music of three little-known...
View ArticleRider Up
News FeatureNovember 25, 2013University police are getting a leg up on patrolling campus. Make that four legs.Thanks to an agreement with the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department, the university now...
View ArticleLobster Tales
News FeatureNovember 25, 2013Students in the first-year seminar course, “Lobster Tales,” got a close-up glimpse into the fishing industry during a class trip to New Bedford. Dr. Eduardo Perez,...
View ArticleBSU Week in Review - 11/18 - 11/24
News FeatureNovember 27, 2013This week’s edition features Tent City, Thanksgiving in Flynn Dining Commons (Tilly), A Visit to the State House, and the English Department’s Visiting Author Series with...
View ArticleKey Grants Received
News FeatureDecember 2, 2013The university is the recipient of three state grants that will help fund several key initiatives.The awards include: a $196,527 individual grant and a $508,667 consortium...
View ArticleNew Kid on the Block
News FeatureDecember 2, 2013Akec Khoc Aciew, ambassador to the United States from the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, visited campus and told the audience assembled in the Rondileau...
View ArticleHigh Achievers
News FeatureDecember 4, 2013In school, as in life, it pays to shoot for the moon.For Jeremy Foote, ’14, that moon happens to be a little farther away than the one you think of first. His is one of the...
View ArticleGathering Spot
News FeatureDecember 4, 2013Want to keep up with Bridgewater State University on the social sphere? University News has unveiled an updated, user-friendly social media mash-up page for both external...
View ArticleSafe Bet
News FeatureDecember 5, 2013It’s always a safe bet for any student to partake of the full slate of offerings during his or her college years. For one alumna, her time at Bridgewater allowed her to...
View ArticleTraining the Trainer
December 12, 2013The Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University will hold a conference entitled "Training the Trainer, Bullying & Cyberbullying Prevention," on...
View ArticleNelson Mandela Service
December 10, 2013As world leaders gather in Soweto today to memorialize Nelson Mandela and his many commitments to racial harmony, social justice, human rights and peace, the Bridgewater State...
View ArticleBSU Week in Review - 12/2 - 12/8
News FeatureDecember 12, 2013This week’s edition features International Student Graduation, Pet Therapy for Finals, and Light Up the Night. (Videos and photos by students Travis Garlick, Erin O'Leary,...
View ArticleCold, Hard Lessons
News FeatureDecember 13, 2013Students once again took to the great outdoors to call attention to the problem of homelessness.Bearing the brunt of a long, cold week, sleeping in tents and eating from a...
View ArticleNative Awareness
Event CoverageDecember 13, 2013The university hosted the annual National Native American Heritage Month Powwow. The event brought hundreds to campus to participate in a ceremony of drumming and dance...
View ArticleMedia Watch
News FeatureDecember 13, 2013Danielle Christenson has been accepted to present her research at the National Collegiate Research Conference (NCRC), held at Harvard University.Mentored by Dr. Richard...
View ArticleHoliday Cheer
News FeatureDecember 13, 2013Seventy-five area families will benefit from the largess of BSU community members thanks to the Baskets of Love program.The students of Jumpstart spearheaded the...
View ArticleForensic team earns several trophies
The Bridgewater State Forensic Team took home several trophies from the recent St. Anselm Fall Tournament. Ten colleges and universities participated, including the University of Pennsylvania, Suffolk...
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News FeatureDecember 20, 2013The mid-year symposium featured the research of more than 620 students from a wide range of disciplines. Most had received grants from the Adrian Tinsley Program that...
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