Bridgewater college educates the whole person by providing a challenging and supportive learning community that fosters the growth of its students and empowers and motivates them to live educated, intelligent, healthy, purposeful and ethical lives in a global society. The college embraces the CORE values of integrity, equality, service and community, which have been inspired by its history with the church of the brethren. The college is a welcoming, diverse and vibrant community, committed to understanding and respecting individual differences and actively engaging ALL of its members.