Many of the College’s six distinguished honorary degree recipients will soon be on campus sharing with the Bowdoin community and visitors fascinating insights on a variety of topics.

Thursday, May 23
“Thinking Like an Island — What the Maine Islands Taught Me”
Philip Conkling, Island Institute founder and president
7 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center

Friday, May 24
“Why Does the Civil War Have a Hold on the American Historical Imagination?”
David Blight, noted American Civil War historian
1:30 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center

Friday, May 24
A discussion about leadership in a changing business world
Rose Marie Bravo, former Burberry CEO with Jennifer Scanlon, Bowdoin’s William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of the Humanities in Gender and Women’s Studies)
2:45 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center

Friday, May 24
Baccalaureate Ceremony keynote address
Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State
4:30 p.m.
Sidney J. Watson Arena

Saturday, June 1
Reunion Convocation
Patrick Dempsey, actor and philanthropist, will deliver a talk
10:30 a.m.
Sidney J. Watson Arena

Read about all of the honorary degree recipients.