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Parents' Day

Bridgewater College first hosted a Parents' Day on May 5, 1956. Parents were invited to campus then as part of the May Day festivities.

In 1961, Bridgewater College began to celebrate Parents' Day as an annual event. Parents' Day was usually held in autumn. Archival photographs show Bridgewater College students and their families at receptions with faculty and College administrators, enjoying lunch, and attending musical and theatrical performances. Families also enjoyed athletic events on Parents' Day such as field hockey matches, track meets, and football games. There were open houses for parents in the residence halls and sometimes cultural exhibitions.

Family Day proved to be a popular campus event for Bridgewater College. A Parents' Advisory Committee formed in 1965. They were active in planning and carrying out Parents' Day in addition to other volunteer work that benefited the campus.

Bridgewater College appears to have started celebrating an entire Parents' Weekend in the early 1990s.

Bridgewater College renamed and expanded Parents' Weekend to a more inclusive Family Weekend in October 2000. Activities such as movies and games for younger siblings of Bridgewater College students were added at that time.

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  • Bridgewater College, Student Phil Spickler, his sister and his father, with Dr. Dale Ulrich on Parents' Day, Oct 1985 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, Student Phil Spickler, his sister and his father, with Dr. Dale Ulrich on Parents' Day, Oct 1985

  • Bridgewater College, Concert Band playing on Parents' Day with Dr. Tom Thornley conducting, Oct 1984 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, Concert Band playing on Parents' Day with Dr. Tom Thornley conducting, Oct 1984

  • Bridgewater College, Chorale performing on Parents' Day, 1982 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, Chorale performing on Parents' Day, 1982

  • Bridgewater College, President Wayne F. Geisert and Chairman of the Parents' Committee George Agee, 1982 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, President Wayne F. Geisert and Chairman of the Parents' Committee George Agee, 1982

  • Bridgewater College, Snapshot of people outside the Kline Campus Center on Parents' Day, circa 1982 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, Snapshot of people outside the Kline Campus Center on Parents' Day, circa 1982

  • Bridgewater College, Parents, faculty and staff at the morning reception on Parents' Day, 24 Oct 1981 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, Parents, faculty and staff at the morning reception on Parents' Day, 24 Oct 1981

  • Bridgewater College, Student Mark Wray and his mother talking with Dr. James Kirwood on Parents' Day, 24 Oct 1981 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, Student Mark Wray and his mother talking with Dr. James Kirwood on Parents' Day, 24 Oct 1981

  • Bridgewater College, Paige Gordon on Parents' Day, 1980 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, Paige Gordon on Parents' Day, 1980

  • Bridgewater College, Photograph of a family on Parents' Day, 1980 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, Photograph of a family on Parents' Day, 1980

  • Bridgewater College, Denise Taylor (photographer), People at Parents' Day, 1975 by Denise Taylor

    Bridgewater College, Denise Taylor (photographer), People at Parents' Day, 1975

  • Bridgewater College, Dan Legge (photographer), Parents' Day reception, 1969 by Dan Legge

    Bridgewater College, Dan Legge (photographer), Parents' Day reception, 1969

  • Bridgewater College, Fisheye photograph of an event in Nininger Hall on Parents' Day, 1968 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College, Fisheye photograph of an event in Nininger Hall on Parents' Day, 1968

 
 
 

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