Important Details/Directors of the Program

Important Details

HRH the Prince of Wales at Wadham
HRH the Prince of Wales at Wadham, meeting with Bridgewater-at-Oxford students, July 11, 1997.
Photograph courtesy of Clelia Smalley
  1. Every student is responsible for securing a current U.S. passport prior to departure.
  2. Students who are admitted into the program will be sent a reading list for their tutorial class. It is essential that they read all of this material before coming to Oxford as the course work in the program will be intensive.
  3. Since Britain's National Health Service no longer covers foreign visitors, students should be sure to carry their own health and hospitalization insurance. Such insurance is available from travel agents or from Students Overseas Services, Inc., P.O. Box 506, Alpharetta, GA 30239, Tel. (404) 740-0809.
  4. Summer in England tends to be cooler and damper than in the United States, so students should plan their wardrobes accordingly.
  5. Oxford Address (July 5 - July 29):
    Bridgewater-at-Oxford Program
    Wadham College
    Oxford, ENGLAND OX1 3PN
    Tel: (011-44) 1865-277900
    Fax: (011-44) 1865-277937
  6. Any questions regarding the program should be addressed to the directors:
    Bridgewater-at-Oxford Program
    Office of Study Abroad
    Maxwell Library, Room 100B
    Bridgewater State College
    Bridgewater, MA 02325
    Tel: (508) 531-6183
    Fax: (508) 531-6131

The Directors of the Program

Executive Coordinators

William S. Smith (B.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., Duquesne University) is the Dean for the School of Graduate Studies at Bridgewater State College and part time professor of English. Dr. Smith has studied at Exeter College, Oxford, and at the University of London. His area of specialization is romantic poetry, and he has published articles on English poetry in The Phenomenological Inquiry, The History of European Ideas, and Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Studies.
E-mail address: wlsmith@bridgew.edu

Faculty Associates

Karen A. Brackman (B.A., Bridgewater State College: M.Ed., Harvard University)  is an Adjunct Professor of English at Bridgewater State College and a teacher of English at Westwood High School. Professor Brackman has been a coordinator for the Bridgewater-at-Oxford Program and has accompanied student groups over the past several years. Her principal literary interests are in African American Studies, and she develops workshops for teaching multicultural literature in the diverse classroom.

 

Last Modified: July 10, 2009