Known around Farley Field House as “Link” or “Big Daddy,” Mike Linkovich has been a pillar of Bowdoin Athletics for more than a half century, serving as athletic trainer from 1954 until his so-called retirement in 1994 (he still volunteers many hours each week in the field house).
Bowdoin originally drew Linkovich away from Springfield College to serve as athletic trainer and soccer coach, but he would go on to become an honorary member of the Classes of 1958 and 1959, recipient of countless honors, and a trainer for the 1980 U.S. men’s “Miracle on Ice” hockey team in the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid.
Further proof that he is the link to all things Polar Bear, Linkovich trained Miracle on Ice team member Jack O’Callahan, whose son Aaron O’Callahan ’12 plays on Bowdoin’s hockey team.
It’s social media, Polar Bear style: Dana Stanley ’91, editor-in-chief of Research Access, interviewed Mike Volpe ’97, chief marketing officer for HubSpot, after Volpe had delivered the keynote address at the Social Media For The Win conference this fall in Portland.
Volpe says focus groups are dead and that today’s market information is better than ever, because it’s based on actual behavior.
“I’ll take the status update that someone wrote from the couch in the comfort of their own home as more accurate than the comment they made in a focus group room when they are given a $100 gift card to show up,” says Volpe in the article.
Men’s Basketball — Despite a season-high 32 points and 18 rebounds from Will Hanley, the men’s basketball team came up just short in an 80-79 loss at Southern Maine Tuesday night.
Among the mix of galleries and museums opening their doors for this month’s First Friday Art Walk Dec. 2 in Portland is a storefront at 643 Congress Street. The empty retail space is being “hijacked” by a dozen students in Alicia Eggert’s senior seminar visual-arts class.
On display will be drawings, photographs, sculpture and installations the students created expressly for the evening. “Students don’t usually have a show until the end of spring semester,” notes Eggert, “but they thought it would be a great idea to have an informal exhibition of their work to get their feet wet.”
Eggert contacted several Portland property owners before securing the storefront – formerly part of a USM dormitory – from owner Greg Shinberg, who donated the space to Bowdoin students for the night. “He was really excited about the idea,” notes Eggert, adding: “The show should bring in a good crowd.”
A Bowdoin shuttle to Portland is being organized by the Student Museum and Arts Committee. To reserve space, contact comachi@bowdoin.edu.
Research by trustee emerita Lisa McElaney ’77, president and principal investigator for Vida Health Communications, has been looking at ways media education distributed at childbirth might effectively reduce incidents of child abuse in the first year of life. With NIH funding and a handful of powerful partnerships, “All Babies Cry” is a multiple-dose intervention program distributed during the maternity stay. It includes a video, booklet, take-home DVD and various online components.
While socializing in the workplace is natural and often facilitates lasting friendships, be wary of five common work friendship pitfalls that will hinder rather than help you at work.
It began as a research project in 1996 and has become the go-to search engine for people around the world. See how the goliath we know as Google has evolved since its inception.
Kelly Kerner has been named Bowdoin’s senior vice president for development and alumni relations, effective January 1, 2012. Kerner, currently vice president for college advancement at Bates College, brings two decades of fundraising and strategic leadership experience to Bowdoin’s award-winning development team.
President Barry Mills announced the Kerner appointment, the result of a comprehensive national search led by Mills and Stephen F. Gormley ‘72, the chair of the Board of Trustees.
“This has been a careful and important search for Bowdoin, and I am convinced that in Kelly Kerner we have found the very best person to lead our exceptional development and alumni relations team,” said Mills.
The right ingredients for a successful marriage may vary from couple to couple, but spending time around two people who have made it last can’t hurt.
The Wall Street Journal examines the dynamics at play within a couple whose elusive chemistry and respect for one another have carried their bond for an epic 52 years.
