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After traveling hours to Jackman, Maine, nearly fifty Bowdoin students gathered at the edge of an icy lake ringed by small hills to watch the solar eclipse.

(L. to r.) Karen Kinsella ’84, Jessica Gharghour Schultz ’02, Ellen Mitchell ’92, Isabella Sarkisyan Jean ’01, Moira Kelly ’86, Claire Newton ’02, Katherine Armstrong ’08, Audrey Leland ’18, Amanda Masselam Strachan ’95, Carolyn Sages O’Boyle ’00.

Dinner for Ten Strangers Sets the Table for Alumnae Connections

“We are strangers no more!” proclaimed Moira Kelly '86. With that, a dinner party in Boston that brought together ten alumnae with no discernible connection beyond attending Bowdoin at different times was proclaimed a success. Claire Newton '02 had heard about Bowdoin’s practice of regularly hosting “Dinner with Six Strangers” and thought it would be a fun and creative way to approach a question she had been pondering: how to expand opportunities for meaningful cross-generational connections among Bowdoin women.

Leading GOP Economist Larry Lindsey '76, H'93 Shares His Insight

In a wide-ranging conversation with students on a recent visit to campus Larry Lindsey '76, H'93 talked about what drew him to economics as a student, where he thinks the markets are going, and why he did not become a lawyer.

New CXD Internship Program Encourages Employers and Students to Create Unique Opportunities

This summer, CXD will fund 180 summer internships. Several of these originated from employers and students willing to think creatively and improvise.

Students pose in traditional garments for the Pan-Asian Fashion Show.

Starting with Delicious "Wraps" and Ending with Exploding Color, Students Celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Cultures

Leaders of nine student groups gathered with staff at the Center for Multicultural Life to plan this year’s Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Bowdoin Spring Teams Ready for Postseason Play

As April concludes, Polar Bear spring sports teams are set for postseason action on the conference and national level. The women’s track and field team matched its best finish at the NESCAC Championship in twenty-six years, taking third at the conference meet last weekend at Tufts. Meanwhile, the men’s lacrosse team cruised to a NESCAC quarterfinal win over Williams on Saturday and will battle Middlebury in the conference semifinals this weekend at Wesleyan. The men’s tennis and women’s tennis teams learned their seedings for the upcoming NESCAC tournaments this coming weekend, while the softball team picked up a key sweep of Wesleyan as they enter the final week of regular season play. The women’s rugby team, playing in its developmental spring sevens season, traveled to Maryland for the Collegiate Rugby Championships last weekend and took fifth place overall in the Women’s Premier Division against some of the top teams in the nation. Complete coverage of postseason play can be found at the Bowdoin Athletics website. 

Annual All-Sports Awards Ceremony Scheduled for Thursday, May 9

The Department of Athletics will end the 2023–2024 academic year with its annual celebration of athletics at Pickard Theater on Thursday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. The event will serve as a cap for the second annual Go U Bears Athletic Fund Challenge and will be broadcast live on the Northeast Sports Network.

OTHER MEDIA MENTIONS OF NOTE

• "Hypnotized by the Intensity": Museum of Art's Jim Dine and Without Apology (Maine Sunday Telegram)

• Daniel Stone Discusses the Research behind his Book, Undue Hate (Blue Sky)

• Barbara Elias on the Outlook for Gaza (Maine Public Radio)

• Aviva Briefel on Stephen King's Fifty-Year Career in Horror (Portland Press Herald)

• Barbara Held: Voters Are the Jury that Will Determine the Presidential Election (Portland Press Herald)

Bowdoin in Milwaukee Polar Bear Gathering

May 15, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Join fellow alumni and current parents at The Milwaukee Club for a Wisconsin Polar Bear Gathering. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres generously provided by event hosts David Lubar '77 and Matt Kovacich '05. 

Learn more and register here.

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 

In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, RepresentAsian is hosting gatherings for fellow alumni across several cities. Join us to reconnect with old friends, meet new members of Bowdoin’s AAPI community, and learn more about RepresentAsian.  

Learn more and register here.

Reunion Weekend 2024: Register Now

May 30–June 2 

Registration is open for Reunion Weekend. We look forward to welcoming back to campus friends and alumni from class years ending in four and nine and members of the Old Guard. 

Learn more and register here.

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