Bowdoin College

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1. Official University site: Bowdoin College
2. Location website: Brunswick, Maine
3. Official Athletic site: Bowdoin College "Polar Bear" Athletics
4. Wikipedia: Bowdoin College
5. Princeton Review: Bowdoin College
6. College Merchandise: Bowdoin Book Store
7. USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College News and Articles

• Official Site: Bowdoin College News
• Campus Newspaper: The Bowdoin Orient
• Location Newspaper: Brunswick Times Record
• Google News: Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College Basics

• Official Bowdoin College site: FAQs
• Founded: 1794
• Faculty: Approximately 200
• Undergraduates: Approximately 1700

Bowdoin College Leadership

• President: Barry Mills
  • 2001-present: President
    • 1979-2001: Deputy Presiding Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Bowdoin College Notable Alumni

• Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States
• Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War general, former governor of Maine
• Oliver O. Howard, Civil War general who founded Howard University
• Alfred Kinsey, human sexuality researcher
• Robert Peary, explorer
• George J. Mitchell, former Senate Majority leader
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,poet
• Joan Benoit Samuelson, Olympic gold medalist
• Reed Hastings, Netflix founder and CEO

Studying at Bowdoin College

• Academic Areas of Study
• College Notable Programs of Study
  • Government and Legal Studies
  • Biology
  • Classics

Prospective Students for College

• Admissions
• What does Bowdoin look for in evaluating an application?
• Application Deadlines
• Student Aid for Prospective Students
• International Students
• Transfer Students

Visiting Bowdoin College

• Official site: Overnight Visits

Bowdoin College Hotels

• BrunswickHotels: Captain Daniel Stone Inn | Comfort Inn | Fairfield Inn & Suites
• Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber: Hotels | Bed and Breakfast Inns
• Trip Advisor: Brunswick Hotels  

Bowdoin College Restaurants

• About Portland: Brunswick Maine Restaurants
• Trip Advisor: Brunswick Restaurants  

Bowdoin College Transportation

• Bowdoin College: Directions
• Airport: Portland International Jetport
• Train:Train Service to Brunswick, Maine
• Bus: Greyhound

Bowdoin College Student Life

• Bowdoin College: Activities and Organizations
• Five Rivers Arts Alliance: Artscape
• Curtis Memorial Library: Brunswick Area Great Outdoors

Bowdoin College Student Life News

• The Bowdoin Orient: "Enabling opportunity" (5/4/2007)
• Time: "High Price of Campus Birth Control"
• Google News: Bowdoin Student Life

Bowdoin College Student Media

• Newspaper: The Bowdoin Orient
• Radio: 91.1 FM WBOR
• Television: BCN--The Bowdoin Cable network

College Blogs, and Forums

• Bowdoin College: Podcasts | Webcams
• College Confidential: Bowdoin College - College Discussion
• Google Blog Search: Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College Timeline

• 1794: Chartered by the governor of Massachusetts
• 1820: Missouri Compromise "moved" Bowdoin from Massachusetts to the new state of Maine
• 1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin published, (written while Harriet Beecher Stowe's husband taught at Bowdoin)
• 1920: Bowdoin College Medical School of Maine closed
• 1970: SAT scores made optional
• 1971: Admitted women

Bowdoin College Sports Teams

• Official Athletic Site: Bowdoin College "Polar Bear" Athletics
• Athletic League: NESCAC - The New England Small College Athletic Conference
• Cross Country: Men's | Women's
• Nordic Skiing: Coed, Division 1
• Golf: Men's | Women's

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