BRIDGEWATER, VA (Rocktown Now) — Bridgewater College will showcase the accomplishments of students and faculty across a variety of areas of study during ASPIRE: A Celebration of the Arts, Scholarship, Performance, Innovation and Research Excellence. This year’s celebration will run from April 9 through April 16 with panel discussions, poster sessions, musical performances and an art exhibition. All ASPIRE events are free and open to the public.

An abbreviated schedule of events is below. Visit bridgewater.edu/aspire for detailed descriptions, names of student participants and specific event locations.

WEDNESDAY, April 9

1:30-6:15 p.m. Posters and Panels
Second floor of Forrer Learning Commons
1:30-3 p.m. Poster Session: Science and Health Innovations
2-3:30 p.m. Panel: History and Political Science
2:15-3:45 p.m. Discussion Panel: Woe to the Shepherds – An Analysis of the Modern American Faith Institution
3:15-4:45 p.m. Poster Session: Arts, Media, and History
3:45-4:45 p.m. Panel: Science and Technology
5-6:15 p.m. Panel: Science and Technology II

7 p.m. Chamber Music Concert
Concert Hall, Carter Center for Worship and Music
Featuring performances by the BC Percussion Ensemble, Flute Choir, Saxophone Ensemble, Clarinet Ensemble, Chamber Strings and more.

THURSDAY, April 10

12:30-5:10 p.m. Posters and Panels
Second floor of Forrer Learning Commons
12:30-2 p.m. Poster Session: Business, Leadership, and AI
2-3:30 p.m. Panel: Gender and Society
2:05-3:35 p.m. Poster Session: Engineering, Mathematics, and Science Applications
3:30-4:45 p.m. Panel: Economics and Business
3:40-5:10 p.m. Poster Session: Psychology, Education, and Social Issues

FRIDAY, April 11

1-2:50 p.m. Panel and Colloquium
Second floor of Forrer Learning Commons
1-1:50 p.m. Discussion Panel: Women’s Interdisciplinary Representation in the 1960s/1970s
2-2:50 p.m. Faculty Scholarship Colloquium: Dr. Verne Leininger, Associate Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science

6 p.m. Symphonic Band Concert
Cole Hall
Featuring works for wind band.

SATURDAY, April 12

3 p.m. Musical Theatre Cabaret
Concert Hall, Carter Center for Worship and Music
A lively afternoon of musical theatre as students take the stage in a special cabaret performance.

SUNDAY, April 13

3 p.m. Miss Daaé
Concert Hall, Carter Center for Worship and Music
A student-written musical adapted from the Gaston Leroux 1911 novel The Phantom of the Opera.

WEDNESDAY, April 16

6 p.m. Art Department Senior Thesis Presentations
Bowman 101
Graduating art students will speak about their work which is on exhibit until May 2.

AT A GLANCE

ASPIRE at Bridgewater College
When: April 9-16, 2025
Where: Various location on Bridgewater College’s campus. Visit bridgewater.edu/aspire for a full schedule and locations.