College Resources

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Seminars On Demand

An interactive learning experience packed with information to help you meet everyday challenges. No need to register in advance. Seminars will be prerecorded and uploaded on the date noted. To access this series and upcoming sessions on a range of topics, click here.

Skill Building Webinars

E-learning courses that can be completed in 15-20 minutes. Each offers a link to an online presentation, brief online quizzes, and a printable certificate of completion. Topics include: appreciating personality differences; effective communication; the art of conflict resolution; cultural diversity in the workplace. Login into the Anthem EAP web site to access the webinars and enter the company code: ‘Bowdoin College’.

Health and Wellness Offerings

There are a number of opportunities, most free of charge, offered throughout the year to support health and wellness. These include on-campus fitness/wellness classes and CPR/AED training, in addition to smoking cessation programs offered locally.

HR Lending Library

Books are available for loan to all employees and can be checked out at two week intervals. For a complete book list, click here. Feel free to stop by HR to sign out a book OR call Amy Ma (X3076) to have a book sent to you via inter-office mail.

Information Technology (IT)

Self-learning Resources

Recommended Books / Online Resources and Reading Materials

• Coaching and Influencing Others
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Liberating Structures
• Maximizing the Multigenerational Workforce
• Organize and Facilitate More Productive Meetings
• Presentation Skills
• Project Management
• Skillful Conversations
• Time Management

Tuition Assistance 

Available for those beginning or looking to complete an undergraduate degree.

Workplace Harassment Training

Online training in the Blackboard system, required of all employees at the time of hire and regularly thereafter (biennially for supervisors or every three years for non-supervisory, benefits eligible and casual, staff).