Bridgewater College BC Digital Commons Bridgewater Magazine Journals and Campus Publications 12-1972 President's Report and Honor Roll of Donors 1972 Bridgewater College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/bridgewater_magazine Recommended Citation Bridgewater College, "President's Report and Honor Roll of Donors 1972" (1972). Bridgewater Magazine. 181. https://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/bridgewater_magazine/181 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals and Campus Publications at BC Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bridgewater Magazine by an authorized administrator of BC Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Just about a year ago, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced the reaffirma­ tion of Bridgewater's accreditation. In the late summer of 1972, notification was received that the Bridgewater College teacher education programs had been approved by the State Board of Educa­ tion at its August meeting. The State Approval Program is a relatively new one in the Common­ wealth of Virginia. Approval of Bridgewater College under this new program involves numer­ ous teacher certification advantages for Bridge­ water students in terms of reciprocity arrange­ ments between the new program and those of many other states. The approval of Bridgewater's teacher education program, as well as Bridge­ water's reaffirmation of accreditation by the We live in a day of change and movement in Southern Association, involved extensive and society at large and in the educational community. thorough self-study efforts. In both instances, the We at Bridgewater College are a part of the self-study procedures proved to be worthwhile and change and movement of our day. Purposeful rewarding endeavors providing the college not change is to be welcomed on the academic scene. only with the benefit of thorough self-scrutiny but We believe that the modifications in academic pro­ also with the benefits of observation and helpful gram, in campus life, and in the on-going program suggestions of teams of well-qualified educators of resource development at Bridgewater have been looking at the Bridgewater programs from the and are positive in nature and that they warrant vantage point of campus visitors. The favorable the support of Bridgewater's friends. comments of the visitors in both their oral and written evaluations emphasized the quality of the Bridgewater programs. This report presents something of the dynamic The 1971-72 year saw the initiation of Bridge­ forces that are at work at Bridgewater in addition water's revised curriculum and calendar. Three to a shared set of facts and figures. Bridgewater ten-week terms and a three-week interterm offer College, as a private, coeducational, church­ students improved opportunities for depth and affiliated, liberal arts college, invites you to share relevance in their academic pursuits. Each stu­ in its pursuit of service to mankind. dent enrolls for three courses in each ten-week term and for one course during the interterm. The procedure has made possible many unique activi­ ties in the concentrated study of a particular sub­ ject area. Elimination of conflicts in the demands for the students' time allows the students and their Wayne F. Geisert teachers to pursue studies both on and off campus. President The uniqueness of the opportunities provided is illustrated by the fact that during the interterm of the early Spring of 1972, Bridgewater had This combined President's Report and Report of Giving is the �ept�mber and December issue of the BRIDGEWATER pub­ students and professors in Germany, Mexico, l!cauons senes, published monthly except February, June, and Arizona, Pennsylvania, Florida, Baltimore, Wash­ August by Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia. Second class postage paid at Bridgewater, Virginia 22812. ington, D.C., Richmond, and at other places off campus. Obviously, most students were enrolled VOLUME 48 NOS. 2 AND 5 DECEMBER, 1972 in special courses and seminars on campus. 1 EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Just about a year ago, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced the reaffirma­ tion of Bridgewater's accreditation. In the late summer of 1972, notification was received that the Bridgewater College teacher education programs had been approved by the State Board of Educa­ tion at its August meeting. The State Approval Program is a relatively new one in the Common­ wealth of Virginia. Approval of Bridgewater College under this new program involves numer­ ous teacher certification advantages for Bridge­ water students in terms of reciprocity arrange­ ments between the new program and those of many other states. The approval of Bridgewater's teacher education program, as well as Bridge­ water's reaffirmation of accreditation by the We live in a day of change and movement in Southern Association, involved extensive and society at large and in the educational community. thorough self-study efforts. In both instances, the We at Bridgewater College are a part of the self-study procedures proved to be worthwhile and change and movement of our day. Purposeful rewarding endeavors providing the college not change is to be welcomed on the academic scene. only with the benefit of thorough self-scrutiny but We believe that the modifications in academic pro­ also with the benefits of observation and helpful gram, in campus life, and in the on-going program suggestions of teams of well-qualified educators of resource development at Bridgewater have been looking at the Bridgewater programs from the and are positive in nature and that they warrant vantage point of campus visitors. The favorable the support of Bridgewater's friends. comments of the visitors in both their oral and written evaluations emphasized the quality of the Bridgewater programs. This report presents something of the dynamic The 1971-72 year saw the initiation of Bridge­ forces that are at work at Bridgewater in addition water's revised curriculum and calendar. Three to a shared set of facts and figures. Bridgewater ten-week terms and a three-week interterm offer College, as a private, coeducational, church­ students improved opportunities for depth and affiliated, liberal arts college, invites you to share relevance in their academic pursuits. Each stu­ in its pursuit of service to mankind. dent enrolls for three courses in each ten-week term and for one course during the interterm. The procedure has made possible many unique activi­ ties in the concentrated study of a particular sub­ ject area. Elimination of conflicts in the demands for the students' time allows the students and their Wayne F. Geisert teachers to pursue studies both on and off campus. President The uniqueness of the opportunities provided is illustrated by the fact that during the interterm This combined President's Report and Report of Giving is the of the early Spring of 1972, Bridgewater had September and December issue of the BRIDGEWATER pub­ students and professors in Germany, Mexico, lications series, published monthly except February, June, and Arizona, Pennsylvania, Florida, Baltimore, Wash­ August by Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia. Second class postage paid at Bridgewater, Virginia 22812. ington, D.C., Richmond, and at other places off campus. Obviously, most students were enrolled VOLUME 48 NOS. 2 AND 5 DECEMBER, 1972 in special courses and seminars on campus. 1 quate financial remuneration?" But we are also deeply concerned that the student come to the realization that his preparation is more than voca­ tional. It should include a truly liberalizing educational experience, leading him to a learning of how to live and to the determination to reach a richness in quality of life not otherwise possible. Throughout its history Bridgewater College has devoted itself to becoming an increasingly effective force for the betterment of mankind. As alumni find avenues of useful service and influence and the satisfaction of enriched lives, the college finds its ultimate channels of service to humanity. THE STUDENTS -FALL 1972 The response to the new curriculum and Bridgewater students continue their keen inter­ calendar by students and faculty has been encour­ est in all aspects of college life as it relates to them aging. A campus-wide study conducted near the and to society including the academic, the social, end of last school year confirmed the wide ac­ and the personal. It is Bridgewater's stated pur­ ceptance of the new system and program. While pose to provide an experience for the student in we know that the curriculum and calendar will be which "each individual is treated with respect" and improved upon in the years ahead, we feel that it in which "there is mutual concern and support, is basically a good plan and one which effectively and each person becomes increasingly aware of his implements Bridgewater's statement of purpose. responsibility to his fellow men, both near and We look upon the Bridgewater program as being far." cautiously innovative, placing emphasis on both Attention just recently has been focused on the relevance and the preservation of quality edu­ political arena. With this focus came wholesome cation. debate, the discussion of political philosophy, and We realize that we must endeavor to educate our students to live in the 21st Century, now just a sorting out of the important issues all of which 28 years away. In our endeavor to sense the cur­ are indispensable parts of the democratic process. rent trends with a reasonable degree of accuracy, Student involvement and interest has been height­ we sense significant changes underway in both the ened during this period. We see this process as a mind of the student and that of society regarding wholesome development of citizenship and as an basic concepts of the whole program of under­ acceptance of responsibility by a whole new seg­ graduate education. It has been said that educa­ ment of voters.