Bridgewater College’s Christa Craighead Awarded Petcher Scholarship
April 23, 2018
BRIDGEWATER, Va. — Bridgewater College student Christa Craighead received the Esther Mae Wilson Petcher Memorial Scholarship for the 2018-19 academic year. The $2,500 scholarship was presented at the annual awards ceremony on April 22.
The award is named in memory of Esther Mae Wilson Petcher, a member of the Bridgewater class of 1944 and a former missionary to Nigeria. The grant is given each year to a rising senior in good academic standing who demonstrates leadership in campus activities with emphasis on religious life.
Craighead, a history and political science major with a minor in communication studies, is the daughter of Chris and Vicki Craighead of Callaway, Va.
Craighead is a member of the Philomathes Society, Bridgewater’s scholastic honor society, and Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society. She is a member of the Interfaith Board and serves as coordinator of the Spiritual Life Board and the Church Travel Teams.
She also works at the Bridgewater Child Care Center located at the Bridgewater Church of the Brethren.
Bridgewater College is a private, four-year liberal arts college located in the Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Founded in 1880, it was the state’s first private, coeducational college. Today, Bridgewater College is home to more than 1,900 undergraduate students.
The award is named in memory of Esther Mae Wilson Petcher, a member of the Bridgewater class of 1944 and a former missionary to Nigeria. The grant is given each year to a rising senior in good academic standing who demonstrates leadership in campus activities with emphasis on religious life.
Craighead, a history and political science major with a minor in communication studies, is the daughter of Chris and Vicki Craighead of Callaway, Va.
Craighead is a member of the Philomathes Society, Bridgewater’s scholastic honor society, and Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society. She is a member of the Interfaith Board and serves as coordinator of the Spiritual Life Board and the Church Travel Teams.
She also works at the Bridgewater Child Care Center located at the Bridgewater Church of the Brethren.
Bridgewater College is a private, four-year liberal arts college located in the Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Founded in 1880, it was the state’s first private, coeducational college. Today, Bridgewater College is home to more than 1,900 undergraduate students.
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