Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater State University
The Olympics at BSU? Well, not really.
But thanks to the university's highly talented - and imaginative - video team we join three Bridgewater students on a minute-long exploration of what that might be like.
Please click below for some fun:
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling . . ."
Irish Cultural Heritage Day Celebrated at BSU
"Irish Cultural Heritage Day" was celebrated on March 19th at BSU in an afternoon and evening program in the Heritage Room of the Maxwell Library that featured Dr. Barry Houlihan (above, third from left), who is the Archivist at the University of Galway who spoke on the topic of "Say Nothing . . . Excavating Silence and Memory in Contemporary Irish Culture."
In the evening portion Dr. Houihan delivered remarks on the role archives play "in preserving and protecting historical memory by giving voice to the voiceless and to those censored by authoritative power."
Dr. Mulrooney flew directly from Ireland to Boston at the invitation of Dr. Orson Kingsley (second from left who is director of BSU's Archives and Special Collections and coordinator of the university's Irish Studies Program).
Joining with them in the photo that day - and participating in several panel discussions with Dr. Houlihan and Dr. Kingsley - are Dr. Eileen Scheible (professor of English and founder of the Irish Studies Program at BSU) and Professor John Mulrooney (Department of English).
Our special thanks to Dr. Gloria Moran, G '69, professor emeritus of education at BSU who posted the photo above on Facebook.
Memory Lane: Looking Back to March, 2017
It was an auspicious evening . . . gathered in the Maxwell Library nine years ago on March 5, 2017, President Fred Clark joined with Reverend Paul Spector, pastor of the First Parish Church in Bridgewater, as they signed an agreement turning the church's archives over to the university.
Joining them in the photo above are, from left, Mr. David Tedesco, co-coordinator of the church's 300th anniversary planning committee; Dr. James Hayes-Bohanon, member of BSU's faculty and a member of the congregation of the First Church, who acted as host for the event; Ms. Eileen Hiney, co-coordinator of the First Church's 300th anniversary planning committee; Dr. Orson Kingsley, head of the Maxwell Library Archives and Special Collections; and Mr. Michael Somers, then director of the Maxwell Library.
We recorded the event for posterity and to see on video a portion of the ceremony, please click on the link below:
BSU's Thornburg Fitness Center Has New Coordinator
Dr. Mary Lou Thornburg at the Fitness Center which bears her name in the Tinsley Center; the link immediately below leads to the article:
We're grateful to Ms. Heather Harris Michonski, G '26, senior communications manager in the university's Office of Enrollment, Marketing and Communications, for sharing an article she authored last week about Ms. Ashleigh Hartsfield, '25, who is the new coordinator of the Thornburg Fitness Center in the Dr. Adrian Tinsley Center.
The fitness center is named in honor of Dr. Mary Lou Thornburg, who joined the
faculty in1964.
After a distinguished 33 year career - including serving as the long-time chairperson of the Department of Movement Arts, Health Promotion and Leisure Studies, plus as acting dean of the School of Education and Allied Studies - she retired.
In retirement, she has stayed active in BSU's Retired Faculty Club, serving several terms as chairperson.