Committee on Postering, Building Use, and Demonstrations

A new committee has been formed to address policies on postering, building use, and demonstration, sponsored by SVP and Dean for Student Affairs Jim Hoppe and SVP and Dean for Academic Affairs Jen Scanlon. The committee defines its task as the following:

Committee members:

• Kristin Brennan, Executive Director of Career Exploration and Development
• Raphael Grand’Pierre ‘27
• Erin Hambidge ‘27
• Sophaktra Heng, Website Content Manager, Communications
• Christopher Huerlin, Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies
• Kevin Loney, Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Event Management
• Rebeca Manzo ‘27
• Madeleine Msall, Josiah Little Professor of Natural Science
• Mackenzie O’Connor, Associate Director of Events and Summer Programs
• Elizabeth Pritchard, Associate Professor of Religion
• Luke Purinton ‘28
• Mike Ranen, Associate Dean for Academic Administration
• Rachel Reuling, Academic Department Coordinator, Biology and Neuroscience
• Harper Stevenson ‘27
• Ephraim Tutu ‘28

Discrimination and Harassment Policies

The College will also engage a thorough process that will cover existing discrimination and harassment policies that impact students, employees, and visitors.

Upcoming Events with University of Virginia professor Rachel Wahl

We will offer opportunities for our employees to participate in conversation and engagement on important issues, hosted by the Bowdoin College Ombuds, in units and teams across campus as requested. 

These sessions will help participants better communicate with each other through challenges, and assist in improving how faculty and staff work together.

This will be an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to meet as a community with senior officers of the College.

These conversations will invite the community to come together to ask questions about multiple areas of campus life, with a focus on encouraging dialogue on challenging subjects.

The next "Ask Us Anything" event will feature:

• Jen Scanlon, Senior Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs; John S. Osterweis Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
• Jim Hoppe, Senior Vice President and Dean for Student Affairs
• Benje Douglas, Senior Vice President for Inclusion and Diversity
• Michael Cato, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

The first in this series was held on Monday, March 31, in Main Lounge, Moulton Union.

The Bowdoin Community Conversation Fellowship will recruit students to be the inaugural Bowdoin Conversation Fellows in the fall of 2025.

This group of students will be hired by the office of inclusion and diversity to participate in a series of student led community conversations while learning how to facilitate dialogue through their respective spaces of campus life.

This model will be informed by the work at the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy and Karsh Institute personnel will provide training and technical assistance for the project.

We will provide expanded dialogue and learning opportunities for members of our community. These will include:

• A campus-wide series on contemporary challenging topics that will include talks and interactive sessions to encourage respectful engagement on issues, including the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
• Opportunities for expanded education and dialogue on combating antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of hate.

In coordination with the Campus Emergency Management Team, we will broaden campus community participation in emergency planning exercises.

Following a robust policy review, the College will provide enhanced support and additional training to assist community members in responding to reports of discrimination and harassment.