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2008

9/3/08 - Bowdoin College’s 207th Convocation
5/24/08 - Bowdoin College’s 203rd Commencement
5/8/08 - Bowdoin College Scholarship Luncheon

2006

Fall 1996 - President Barry Mills Introduces the Bowdoin Campaign
8/30/06 - Bowdoin College’s 205th Convocation
8/26/06 - President’s Welcome to Parents
5/27/06 - Excerpts of the 2006 Commencement at Bowdoin College
5/26/06 - Bowdoin College Baccalaureate Ceremony