Bowdoin in the News: November in Review

Story posted November 30, 2010

Bowdoin's NCAA Champion Field Hockey Team made headlines in November, as did the College's exemplary practices with regard to pre-tenure faculty job satisfaction and its Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness.

Boston Globe Magazine (November 21, 2010)

The regular feature First Person profiles Bowdoin Organic Garden manager Katherine Creswell, examining her month-long locavore diet during which she ate only Maine foods. Read the article.

The New York Times (November 18, 2010)

The College is included in an article posted to The Choice, the newspaper's blog concerning college admissions, about early-decision applications. Read the article.

Field Hockey Wins Third NCAA Title in Strokes

The Bowdoin College field hockey team won a penalty-stroke shootout to claim their third NCAA Division III Championship, 2-1, over Messiah College November 21.

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Portland Press Herald (November 22, 2010)

Inside Higher Ed (November 15, 2010)

Bowdoin makes the list as one of 32 "exemplars" with regard to pre-tenure faculty job satisfaction, as compiled by Harvard University's Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE). Read the article.

The Chronicle of Higher Education (November 15, 2010)

Harvard University's Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) includes Bowdoin on its list of 32 exemplary schools with regard to pre-tenure faculty job satisfaction. Read the article.

Architectural Record (November 2010)

The Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness opened in the fall of 2009 to rave reviews from the Bowdoin community.

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Architectural Record echoes those sentiments with a complimentary review replete with slide show and drawings.

USA Hockey magazine (November 2, 2010)

The article, "Women's Camp Underway at Bowdoin College," highlights the weeklong visit by the U.S. Women's Hockey Team.

The Washington Post (November 2, 2010)

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Conor Williams '05

Conor Williams ’05 has won the Washington Post's "America's Next Great Pundit" contest, and along with it a three-month contract with The Post and a leg up into the world of punditry. After the roundtable debate portion of the contest, Post opinions writer Jonathan Capehart said Williams was "a natural" on video and stood out for his ability to connect with the audience.

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