Sarah and James Bowdoin Day Exercises Oct. 30

Story posted October 26, 2009

Bowdoin College will hold its annual Sarah and James Bowdoin Day exercises Friday, October 30, 2009, to honor those undergraduates who distinguish themselves by excellence in scholarship.

Those students who are designated Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholars are in the top (highest GPA) 20 percent of each class for the previous academic year. In addition, those scholars who earned a GPA of 4.0 are designated Sarah and James Bowdoin Book Award winners.

Scholars earning nomination to Phi Beta Kappa and the Almon Goodwin Phi Beta Kappa Prize will also be recognized during the exercises.

The keynote address will be delivered by Kenneth T. Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University. Jackson's address is titled "Heroes and History."

Yongfang Chen '10 will deliver the student address. His talk is titled "Bowdoin as a Lifelong Gift."

The Bowdoin Concert Band, under the direction of John Morneau, will perform the processional, the recessional, as well as "Raise Songs to Bowdoin." The singing of the alma mater will be led by Katarina Holmgren '13, Brian Lohotsky '11, Coral Sandler '12, and Chad Dufaud '12.

The Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony, which is part of Parents Weekend, is open to members of the Bowdoin community and their families.

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