BSU Values - Equality for All | Bridgewater State University

In response to national and global statements of intolerance and bigotry and acts of violence, the Bridgewater State University community has come together to reaffirm its values of diversity, inclusion and equity for all. Initiated by a group of caring and committed BSU faculty, the community crafted a statement recommitting ourselves to these values. President Clark and the BSU Board of Trustees unanimously adopted as an official statement of the university the following:

Bridgewater State University reaffirms the values of our community as a welcoming, compassionate, and intellectually rigorous learning, working and living environment. We reject all forms of bias, discrimination, xenophobia and violence. We re-commit ourselves to actions that put into practice our individual and institutional values of diversity, inclusion and equity.

Past and current signatories include:

Eugene J. Durgin Jr., Chairman, Board of Trustees
Frederick Clark, Jr., Esq., President
Jean MacCormack, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees
Davede Alexander, Trustee
Margaret A. Caulfield, Esq., ’00, Trustee
F. Scott Longo, '89, Trustee
Diana Fox, Professor, Anthropology
Wing-Kai To, Professor, History
Jabbar Al-Obaidi, Professor, Communication Studies
Norma Anderson, Assistant Professor, Sociology
Maria Hegbloom, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
Ward Heilman, Professor, Mathematics, Computer Science
Maggie Lowe, Professor, History
Carolyn Petrosino, Professor, Criminal Justice
Beatrice St. Laurent, Professor, Art
Karim Ismaili, Provost

Deniz Zeynip Leuenberger, Chief of Staff to President
Sabrina Gentlewarrior, Vice President, Student Success and Diversity
Paul Jean, Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Brenda Molife, Vice President, University Advancement
Keri Powers, Vice President, Human Resources and Talent Management
Doug Shropshire, Vice President, Finance
Ellen Cuttle Oliver, Chief Development Officer
Dr. Lucy Croft, Vice President, Student Life
Diane Bell, Vice President, Outreach and Engagement
Vinny DeMacedo, Senior Advisor of External Relations
Steve Zuromski, Vice President, IT & CIO
Arnaa Alcon, Interim Provost
Karen W. Jason, Vice President, Operations

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Jennifer Plusch

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Social Work 2026

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Olga Piven

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MRISJ Staff Assistant

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Gabriella

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Biology Major - 2028

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Brian J Payne

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Interim Dean, CHSS

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Meaghan Randall

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Staff Counselor

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Biology and Secondary Education 2028

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Student - Psychology, 2027

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Grace Blackington

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student, cybersecurity, 2028

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Emma Pereira

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History major, Class of 2028

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Marci J. Swede

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Dean, College of Education and Health Sciences

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Melissa Batty

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English,MA 2025

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Zack Chipman

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Community Connections and Job Development Specialist

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Ken Adams

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Professor of Biology

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Paul Fredette, Physics

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Professor, biological sciences

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Emma Welch

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Greenhouse Manager

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Martina Arndt

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Dean, BCoSM, Professor of Physics, BSU grad student

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Joe Wolk

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Registrar

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Valerie Bassett

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Director of Community Health & Prevention

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Marvin Petit-Frere

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Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics 2028

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Will Halloran

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Student, Business, 2028

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Student

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Leticia Lopes

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Cybersecurity and Dig forensics
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Nicholas Scarpati

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Undecided 2028

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Jill Beckwith

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Executive Director, Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice

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