Bowdoin College today announced the public phase of the largest fundraising campaign in its 225-year history, with a goal of raising $500 million by June 30, 2024. More than half of the funds are earmarked for student financial aid.
Reed Hastings ’83 and his wife, Patty Quillin, will donate $120 million to Morehouse and Spelman Colleges—two historically black colleges in Atlanta, Georgia—and to the United Negro College Fund.
With a raft of Fulbright awards and other grants, Bowdoin’s German department is looking back on another stellar year for its students and recent alumni. Department chair Birgit Tautz reflects on a year to be proud of.
While not intended to be the anxiety-provoking process that it sometimes is for many applicants and their families, the college admissions process is made no easier by a pandemic that has reduced grades to pass-fail, all but eliminated most extracurricular activities, and added layers of apprehension all its own. Whitney Soule, Bowdoin’s dean for admissions and student aid, is part of a group of college admission leaders whose goal is to ease those concerns by proactively making their priorities known.
Nearly 100 graduating seniors have grants from Bowdoin's career office that are designed to serve as springboards into a tough job market.
Withers is one of more than 160 students pursuing fellowships over the summer. With the help of a Riley Research Award from the anthropology department, he is looking at how certain populations interact with technology.
