Campus Planning
The first Bowdoin campus plan on record, sketched by Bowdoin President William Allen in 1825.
Campus plans have gotten a bit more complex since then.
A campus plan helps Bowdoin make the most of our resources, and outlines projects that support our academic, learning, enrollment, sustainability, and quality of life goals.
Members of the Campus Plan Steering Committee:
- Safa Zaki, president
- Sharon Ames, AIA, capital projects manager
- Jim Hoppe, senior vice president and dean for student affairs
- Heather Krajewski, senior vice president for development and alumni relations
- Barry Logan, Samuel S. Butcher Professor in the Natural Sciences, director of biochemistry program
- Alison Riley Miller, associate professor of education, chair of education department
- Matthew Orlando, senior vice president for finance and administration & treasurer
- Eli Orlic, senior vice president and secretary of the College
- Stephen Perkinson, professor of art history, interim director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
- Mike Ranen, associate dean for academic administration
- Jennifer Scanlon, John S. Osterweis Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; senior vice president and dean for academic affairs
- John Simoneau, director of capital projects
The current campus plan was created in partnership with Ayers Saint Gross, and gives our community data, insight, and guidance into how we plan for the next ten years.
- Campus Plan: 2026
The previous campus plan, with the help of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, guided construction from 2018–2025, and included projects like the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, the Harpswell and Park Row apartments, and the construction of Barry Mills Hall and the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies.