Conferences, Certifications, and Courses
Bowdoin students get a leg up with programs and funding that let students build key industry-specific skills to stand out and land the job.
CXD subsidizes a selection of conferences, certifications, and courses that help Bowdoin students gain job-specific skills. Each year, the program assists over 150 students in gaining the skills they need to take their next steps.
Questions about the program can be directly to cxd@bowdoin.edu.
Students take courses from coding to game design to drug development to fundamentals of music theory via Bowdoin’s relationship with Coursera. Others prepare for finance, consulting, or product management via Wall Street Prep or RocketBlocks.
Given the critical importance of developing relationships, students can receive grants to network in person at conferences or on self-designed treks. Destinations to date include the Africa Business Conference at Harvard Business School in Boston, a summit organized by Outside Magazine in Denver, and the National Planning Conference in Detroit for urban planners.