Campus News

Bowdoin to Award 464 Degrees at 208th Commencement May 25

Bowdoin will hold its 208th Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2012, and confer bachelor of arts degrees on 464 gradua

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Women's Ultimate Team Headed to Nationals

Chaos Theory, Bowdoin women's ultimate frisbee team, recently placed first in the New England region championships, beating out seven other teams.

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Annual McKeen Center Symposium Celebrates Student-Community Collaboration

“We wanted to shed light on all the different ways students and staff are working toward the common good,” McKeen Center Associate Director Janice Jaffe said.

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Research Vessel Dedicated to Bowdoin Professor Ed Laine

For those passing through the northeast side of campus last Friday, it was hard to miss the 21-foot Seaway research vessel perched high and dry outside of Cleaveland House—the centerpiece of an event honoring Ed Laine, associate professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science, in recognition of his retirement to emeritus status.

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Bowdoin Program Eases Women into the Water

Newton is one of six volunteer coaches — five Bowdoin students and one Bowdoin employee — who this year offered six weeks of Women's Swimming Lessons at the Farley pool.

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Bowdoin Dining Serves Sustainable Fish

Teaming up with the Portland-based Gulf of Maine Research Center and the research center's "Out of the Blue" program, Bowdoin is offering such Maine fish as Acadian redfish, mackerel, dogfish, whiting and pollock.

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President Mills Honors Students who Embody Leadership, Eloquence

President Barry Mills recently presented awards to a group of seniors who stand out for their leadership gifts. He also recognized the three students who were selected to speak at Commencement based on submitted essays.

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Library Grant to Make Brewster Films More Accessible

Maine State Archivist David Cheever has announced that the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin College will receive $1,000 to digitize more than 100 Brewster family home movie reels in order to preserve them and to make them more accessible to researchers.

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2013 Scholarship Appreciation Luncheon

Hundreds of students shared a meal with the donors — alumni, parents and friends of the College — who have provided the financial support that makes a Bowdoin education possible for them.

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McKeen Center Honors Volunteers, Pays Tribute to Leslie Shaw

The final award that President Barry Mills presented at the ceremony, which was held last week to honor campus members for their commitment to the community, was for Leslie Shaw, a beloved faculty member who is missed.

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Premiere of Oratorio by Bowdoin’s Delmar Small

The Bowdoin Chorus and Mozart Mentors Orchestra recently performed the world premiere of the oratorio “As It Began to Dawn,” by Bowdoin Music Department staff member Delmar Small.

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Department Awards Presented on 2013 Honors Day

Bowdoin College held its 17th annual Honors Day ceremony to recognize the academic achievements of Bowdoin students and faculty. The ceremony was held May 8, 2013, at Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall.

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Multimedia: Geoffrey Canada '74 and Stanley Druckenmiller '75 Discuss 'Generational Theft'

President Barry Mills moderated the discussion “Generational Theft: How Entitlement Spending is Stealing Opportunity from America’s Youth,” among educator Geoffrey Canada '74, investor Stanley Druckenmiller '75, and members of a packed Pickard Theater audience who posed questions to the duo.

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Howell House Holds Silent Auction for McKeen Center

The idea for the auction originated with Howell House Vice President Amy Spens ’15, who organized fundraisers in high school and wanted to bring that experience to Howell.

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Ellis Ratner ’14 Wins Goldwater Scholarship

Since arriving at Bowdoin in 2010, junior Ellis Ratner has dedicated himself to robotics.

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