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Y2K, button-up shirts and Adidas take over campus: Fall fashion trends

The Collegian

Isabella Marchak, a junior apparel design major, identified popular styles this fall semester across Bob Jones University campus. Y2K fashion returned to campus this fall. Students are wearing striped and polka-dot shirts for both class and casual wear. The color palette varies from classic combinations like navy and white or burgundy and white to blue...

BJU at 100 years: Dr. Fisher reflects on decades of changing campus life

The Collegian

With Bob Jones University celebrating its centennial, Dr. David Fisher reflected on how campus life has changed while the university mission endures. Through 100 years of history, the school has experienced many seasons of change and growth. Even more remarkable than the changes is the constancy of the school’s values and foundation. Dr. Fisher,...

BJU engineering team wins $50,000 at NASA competition

The Collegian

A team led by Bob Jones University professor Bill Lovegrove won $50,000 in NASA’s LunaRecycle competition for developing a brick made by compacting trash. The competition challenged participants to develop ways to recycle waste generated by astronauts living on the moon – about two pounds per person each day. Bill Lovegrove, who holds a doctorate in engineer

BJU hires newly married Anthony Bennett as Bruins volleyball coach

The Collegian

Anthony Bennett’s summer involved both a wedding and accepting the interim head coaching position for the Bob Jones University Bruins volleyball team. Bennett’s first experience with volleyball began in high school. His school, Wade Hampton High School, formed a new boys’ volleyball team. The team was coached by his now mother-in-law. The first ever boys...

Summer of service: BJU students serve on missions teams

The Collegian

Some students spent parts of their summer break serving the Lord in overseas missions opportunities. Here are a few of their stories. English learning cafes in Japan Samantha Jones, a sophomore nursing student, spent her summer serving in two different ministries. In May, she served two weeks at the English Cafe Ministry in Akashi, Japan,...

Power Outage

The Collegian

Power Outage Julia Wright, Designer/Comic artist • October 6, 2026 View Story Comments 0 Like This Story Share on Facebook Share on X Email this Story Print this Story Leave a Comment About the Contributor Julia Wright, Designer Julia Wright is a junior graphic and digital design major from Hanover, Pennsylvania. She is a layout designer and comic artist for

Fandango! opens BJU centennial season with wide-ranging concert

The Collegian

Bob Jones University’s centennial Concert, Opera, and Drama Series season opened Sept. 17 with a musical performance from the four-member ensemble, Fandango! The group specializes in a unique blend of Spanish, Latin-American, Balkan, Sephardic and classical sounds. Each member of the ensemble boasts multiple awards and performances on the most prestigious st

Boba Jones transformed into Brody’s Corner gathering space

The Collegian

What was once Boba Jones is now a hangout for students on campus. Looking for a place to study, hangout with friends, hold society events or a discipleship group meeting? Brody’s Corner is available. Now known as Brody’s Corner, the former boba shop has transformed into a space where students can gather together, make memories...

Bruins Shop reopens with new designs, strategic vision

The Collegian

The Bruins Shop reopened Sept. 21 in the former Gathering space at the front of the Den. The reopened Bruins Shop features an exclusive BJU line of apparel designed by a BJU marketing team alumnus, Andrew Carver, a 2026 graphic design graduate. These designs will only be offered on the BJU campus, not online. “When...

100 years later, Rush continues to evolve

The Collegian

Society Rush has been a central student event at Bob Jones University ever since the university opened in 1927, but it has experienced significant changes throughout its 100-year history. BJU’s first four societies were created as literary societies, where students with similar beliefs and opinions could gather. Two of the original societies, the Sigma Lambd

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