Location: Bowdoin / Visitors & Friends / Bowdoin Breakfast

The Bowdoin Breakfast

Bowdoin BreakfastThe Office of Stewardship Programs presents one Bowdoin Breakfast lecture each semester, featuring a talk by a prominent Bowdoin alumnus/alumna, parent, faculty or staff member, or Maine leader.  Topics include business, public policy, arts, academia and other areas of the speakers' interest and expertise.  A buffet breakfast is provided by Bowdoin's award-winning Dining Service.

The event is open to the public and all members of the Bowdoin community.  Registration prior to the event is required.

Location:  Thorne Dining Hall, Bowdoin College

Program Schedule

7:00 — Doors and registration open
7:15 — Full buffet breakfast
8:00 — Lecture begins
8:40 — Q&A with the speaker
9:00 — Program ends

To Register for a Breakfast

To register for a Bowdoin Breakfast, submit a reservation form and payment by noon, three business days prior to the Breakfast, to Sue Lindsey in the Office of Stewardship Programs.  The fee for the event, which includes the buffet breakfast, is $12 for the general public/$6 for Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students. Please make payment by cash or a check payable to Bowdoin College. We are unable to accept credit card payments. Bowdoin employees may provide their department Projects code, and students may provide their ID numbers for payment.

Click here for a registration form. [pdf]

Parking

Parking is quite limited near Thorne Hall, so please consider carpooling. Parking spots can be found on most side streets, in the lot on Sills Drive, and at the back end of the Hannaford parking lot.

For additional information:

Contact Sue Lindsey in the Office of Stewardship Programs, 4100 College Station, 207-725-3928, slindsey@bowdoin.edu.

 

2011 - 2012 Bowdoin Breakfast Dates
and Speakers

 

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Dr. Charlotte Cole

Dr. Charlotte F. Cole '82, Senior Vice President of Global Education, Sesame Workshop

"Muppet Diplomacy:  How Sesame Street is Working to Change Our World"

Dr. Charlotte F. Cole ’82 oversees Sesame Workshop’s global strategies and leads the development of all curriculum and research for its international projects, including recent projects in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, South Africa, and West Bank/Gaza.  She received her doctorate in human development and psychology from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, previously worked as a Senior Researcher at the Joslin Diabetes Center and a college course instructor, and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Children and Media and served as the publication’s first Review and Commentary Editor.