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The Bowdoin Campaign
The Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good: Learning, Serving, Leading

Joseph McKeen, the first president of Bowdoin College, declared in 1802, "Literary institutions are founded and endowed for the common good and not for the private advantage of those who resort to them for education. It is not that they...

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Amid Construction, Pres. Mills Envisions New Fitness, Health and Wellness Center

Demolition crews are tearing down parts of Morrell Gym to clear the way for the massive addition that will be the new Fitness, Health and Wellness Center.

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Roger Bechtel to Head Up Theater and Dance

Roger K. Bechtel has recently joined the Bowdoin faculty as chair of the department of theater and dance. His appointment as associate professor of theater and dance, with tenure, is a new position at the College in the emerging field...

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New Geoffrey Canada Chair Deepens Interdisciplinary Focus of Africana Studies

A leading Africanist scholar, Olufemi "Femi" Vaughan, has joined the Bowdoin faculty as the first Geoffrey Canada Professor of Africana Studies and History, and Director of Africana Studies.

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Dante, Mathematics and Cognitive Theory Are la dolce vita for Italian Prof

Anyone who thinks that Italian Medieval and Renaissance literature is dry and arcane has not encountered Bowdoin Associate Professor of Italian Arielle Saiber.

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Trustees Approve Fitness, Health and Wellness Center Construction

Construction of the new Fitness, Health and Wellness Center is scheduled to begin in June 2008.

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