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• Bowdoin College is a private institution of higher education granting undergraduate degrees. The school's athletic teams belong to the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). For a listing of other collegiate institutions, see Universities

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1794
  2. Location: Brunswick, Maine
  3. President: Barry Mills
  4. Enrolled students: 1,716Bowdoin: FAQs
  5. Faculty 180 regular, 57 visitingBowdoin: FAQs
  6. U.S. News ranking: 7 (2008)U.S. News: America's Best Colleges 2008
  7. Mascot: Polar Bears
  8. Pronounced: Bow (like a hair bow) - din (like noise)
  9. Motto: "Ut Aquila Versus Coelum"-Latin for "As an eagle towards the sky"
  10. Weather: Brunswick, Maine

• Bowdoin Early History

  Bowdoin College was established in 1794 by a charter from Massachusetts Governor Samuel Adams. It was named for James Bowdoin, a former Massachusetts governor. In the 1820s Franklin Pierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wasdworth Longfellow graduated from the college.

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