GRE Test Prep Coming to Campus
News FeatureJanuary 26, 2018When Carly Ladd and Andrea Valentini were seniors preparing to graduate from Bridgewater last May, they began making plans to take the Graduate Record Examination, or GRE,...
View ArticleFour Students Are Fulbright Semifinalists
News FeatureJanuary 28, 2018Daniela Belice, Keri Bryson, Mikayla Cote, and Danielle Lopez have been named Fulbright semifinalists. After the initial review by national screening committees, their...
View ArticleUniversity Receives Largest Donation in its History
News FeatureJanuary 31, 2018An outright donation of 25 acres of land and buildings on Plymouth’s Industrial Park Road – valued at $8 million – has been made to the Bridgewater State University...
View ArticleInnovation Grant Winners Honored
News FeatureFebruary 1, 2018“This is an exciting day. We are here to celebrate innovation.” With those words, Dr. Karim Ismaili, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, kicked off a small...
View ArticleBlack History Month Lecture Scheduled
News FeatureFebruary 5, 2018African American women and the Second Great Migration will be the subject of a Black History Month lecture by Dr. Lisa Krissoff Boehm. Drawing from evidence collected for...
View ArticleMandela Fellows Returning to Campus
News FeatureFebruary 6, 2018For the third consecutive year, Bridgewater State University has been selected by the U.S. Department of State as a partner with the Mandela Washington Fellowship, the...
View Article‘FAFSA Day’ Slated for Saturday
News FeatureFebruary 7, 2018Students and parents can learn all about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid at FAFSA Day, which will be held Saturday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Burnell...
View ArticleUniversity Joins International Business Association
News FeatureFebruary 12, 2018Bridgewater State University has joined Germany’s Reutlingen University and the Universiti Malaysia Pahang in forming an international association focusing on the teaching...
View ArticleHelp Police
News FeatureFebruary 12, 2018The three Bridgewater State University students had clearly done nothing wrong. Why were they being searched?Theater majors Lucia Morelli, Sophia DaSilva and Katie Walsh...
View ArticleJamaican ‘Pride’
News FeatureFebruary 13, 2018The growing movement to fight discrimination and violence against LGBTQ people in Jamaica comes alive in a new documentary produced by anthropology Professor Diana J. Fox.A...
View ArticleAlumnus Profile: Chris Pereira, ’05
News FeatureFebruary 13, 2018As a student at BSU in 2003, Chris Pereira, ’05, enlisted in the Army National Guard, propelled by a desire to help his country at a time of war in Iraq and in the...
View ArticleBSU Named Fifth Safest Campus in U.S.
News FeatureFebruary 14, 2018Bridgewater State University has been named by the National Council for Home Safety and Security (NCHSS) the fifth safest campus in the United States. The 2018 Safest...
View ArticleMapping a New Direction
News FeatureFebruary 15, 2018What might be a good way to solve America’s gerrymandering problem? How about bringing in the mathematicians.That’s what is happening in Pennsylvania, after the Supreme...
View ArticleSTEM Success (Video)
News FeatureFebruary 21, 2018It’s been two years since we last checked in with the determined students who comprise the IAMSTEM group. The name stands for Inclusive Advancement of Multicultural...
View ArticleBSU in the News: Dr. Elizabeth Englander
News FeatureFebruary 21, 2018On Valentine’s Day, a shooter opened fire inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17. Many commentators and experts have tried to grapple...
View ArticleBetter Safe
News FeatureFebruary 27, 2018Assistant Police Chief Mike Froio of the Bridgewater State University Police recently presented a two-day active-shooter training course to students in Professor Kim...
View ArticleAfrican American Studies Minor Launched
News FeatureFebruary 27, 2018Students can explore how African Americans have influenced the country and ponder events and topics from different perspectives as part of a new minor.Through the new...
View Article#edjustice Coming to Campus
News FeatureMarch 2, 2018How can schools become more diverse? Why does bullying occur? Does standardized testing help level the educational playing field? Those are some of the questions that will be...
View ArticleGet the Vote Out
News FeatureMarch 2, 2018With the midterm elections on the horizon, an ongoing campus campaign is making it easier for students to register to vote. The effort is led by the Student Government...
View ArticlePositive Posts
News FeatureMarch 2, 2018On the bathroom mirror on the second floor of Boyden Hall, Post-it Notes with positive affirmations greet those staring at their reflection.“Everyone deserves to feel...
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