“Voices from Bowdoin’s Past,” Dean of Student Affairs Timothy Foster
Voices from Bowdoin’s Past Baccalaureate May 25, 2018 Bowdoin’s campus is intimate and contained, but in the beginning, it was just plain tiny. Back then, in the early decades of the nineteenth century, the entire campus was just a small corner of the quad we know and enjoy today—a rectangle with Mass Hall on the […]
Baccalaureate Address by Nobel Laureate Thomas Cech H’18
Bowdoin 2018 Baccalaureate May 25, 2018 Thomas R. Cech First, congratulations graduates. And you wouldn’t be here without parents, family, and friends so congratulations to all of you as well. The title of my talk today is “Learning Liberally, Looking Back, Leaping Along.” Had I been better at the humanities, I probably could have alliterated […]
Student Podcasts Examine Sports Diplomacy, Other Issues, in Korea Studies Course
“Student projects covered a wide range of topics,” said goverment lecturer Bradley Babson, “from the geopolitical, economic and environmental challenges facing the region, to the dynamics of social change on both sides of the border.” Two projects took the form of podcasts, looking at the issues of sports diplomacy and nuclear disarmament.
Seniors Make the Most of Final College Days
In the week leading up to graduation on Saturday, seniors get a chance to relax with friends on campus and bask in a wash of emotions as they head toward life after college.
Two Seniors — A Filmmaker and a Composer — Collaborate on Short Film
The film was the result of a year’s worth of work – Nevan Swanson ’18 wrote the script in a screenwriting course in the fall, and shot the film over the course of the year, and the soundtrack of the film became Sam Kyzivat’s senior honors thesis in music composition.
Men’s Tennis Rallies, Comes Up Just Short in NCAA Title Match
The Bowdoin College men’s tennis team mounted a dramatic rally but came up just short in a 5-3 loss to Middlebury in the NCAA Division III Championship match on Wednesday afternoon.
John Galusha ’20 Featured on WCSH’s ‘207’; Competes in North American Beatbox Championship
John Galusha ’20 — Galush to all who know him — shared his mad beatboxing skills with audiences across Maine before heading to Toronto, Canada, where he competed for North America’s championship title in the Great North Beatbox Battle.
English Professor Marilyn Reizbaum Remembers Author Philip Roth
Harrison King McCann Professor of English Marilyn Reizbaum shares her thoughts on the author Philip Roth, who died on May 22, 2018, aged eighty-five.