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Bowdoin held its annual Convocation ceremony in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall, on September 2, 2024, with an audience full of faculty, staff, and students from the Class of 2028.

Finding Jobs and Meaning: Why the Humanities Are Rewarding on Many Fronts

In part three of a series of articles that looks at the humanities at Bowdoin today, we look at the evidence supporting the idea that studying the humanities helps Bowdoin graduates find jobs—and meaning—throughout their careers.

Kent Island: A Summer in Images 

With each summer comes a new opportunity for a unique learning experience as a handful of students head to the Bowdoin Scientific Station on Kent Island, several miles off the mainland in the Bay of Fundy. It offers students a rare chance to live with few distractions while focusing on scientific or artistic pursuits.

A Proud Moment Linking Three Generations of the Bowdoin Community

Marko Melendy, Bowdoin's animal welfare and facilities manager, and his nephew and baseball team member Jackson Melendy '26 unearthed a baseball signed some eighty-six years ago by star athlete Oakley Melendy ’39, Marko's father and Jackson's grandfather. Oak, as he was known, "pretty much excelled at every sport he did," and also played on the football and hockey teams, helping both to great success.

Athletics Season Underway

The fall sports season kicked off with a pair of soccer matches on Tuesday evening as the men’s soccer team defeated the University of New England while the women’s team played to a scoreless draw with Hartford in a battle of nationally ranked teams. 

Most of the remaining fall sports teams get underway this week, including field hockey, cross country, volleyball, sailing, and women’s rugby. A full calendar of events can be found at GoUBears.com.

2022 Common Good Award Winner Linda Nelson '83 on What Lobstermen Can Tell Us about the Election

Bowdoin College Museum of Art Exhibitions: "Men and Women Exalted as Symbols of the State"

“A Ton of Opportunities for Undergraduate Students”: Jennifer Honeycutt on $19.4 Million NIH Grant

OTHER MEDIA MENTIONS OF NOTE



• "The Taste of Dirt": How Daisy Alioto '13 Designed Her Own Media Empire: (The New York Times)

• Justin J. Pearson '17 at the Democratic National Convention (USA Today)

• Dead Writers Podcast: Tess Chakkalakal and Brock Clarke Bring Long-Gone Writers Back to Life (Maine Sunday Telegram)

Upcoming Polar Bear Gatherings 

Honolulu, Hawaii

September 28

Piedmont, California

October 5

Learn more and register here.

Homecoming 2024

September 27–29

Join us for Harvestfest, athletic events, affinity group gatherings, a celebration of 200 years of economics at Bowdoin, an alumni and student networking reception, talent showcase, multicultural kaleidoscope celebration, and annual meetings of the Assoction of Bowdoin Latinx Alumni, Bowdoin College Black Alumni Association, and RepresentAsian: Bowdoin's Asian Alumni Association.

Learn more and register here.

Bowdoin Invitational

September 30 

The Bowdoin Invitational Golf Tournament, open to all members of the Bowdoin community, is a recreational event meant to deepen friendships and fellowship within the Bowdoin community.

Learn more and register here.

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