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sign up today—it's free! On This Day1909 — Commander Robert Peary, Class of 1877, and his party depart the USS Roosevelt to make the remainder of the journey to the North Pole by dogsled. StorePurchase Bowdoin merchandise online. |  Nylea Bivins '12 Since the start of last summer, Student Coordinator of Multicultural Projects Nylea Bivins ’12, a Eurasian and East European studies major from Maryland, has been developing a series of events to welcome students back to college this week. The 10-day program, Beyond the Bowdoin Hello: Ask, Listen, Engage, is designed to bring students, staff, faculty and community members together to think about and discuss issues of identity, difference and bias. Assistant Director of Communications for News Content Rebecca Goldfine spoke with Bivins the day before the series launched with a screening of a film about race, gender and politics in American sports. Bivins spoke about how she helped create Beyond the Bowdoin Hello and what she hoped would come of it, both for the community and for herself. Continue reading Nylea Bivins ’12 on Moving Beyond the Bowdoin Hello  One group of Alternative Winter Break students volunteered with immigrants and refugees at Portland Adult Education. This year, nearly 20 students gave up the comforts of home to pitch in for a demanding week of volunteering with Portland community groups through Alternative Winter Break, administered by the McKeen Center for the Common Good. Robbie Harrison ’14, co-led a group working with immigrant and refugee communities, including adult English-language learners at Portland Adult Education. “We talked with students who come from different countries and speak two or three languages, they have worked so much harder than we have, and yet we’re the ones telling them how to reach college,” said Harrison. “It gave us a lot to think about after we got back from Portland,” he added. “We’re privileged to be young and working on our education. Privilege with a capital P. It is daunting.” Read full story. Jazz pianist Hassan Muhammad ’10 and filmmaker Alex Colby ’10, who were roommates sophomore year, teamed up again on this short documentary about Muhammad’s trek to New York City to educate inner city children about the beauty of improvisational music. Improv Alive from Alex K Colby on Vimeo.  Christian Potholm Christian Potholm, Bowdoin’s DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government, weighs in on both the “bipartisan seating” plan for President Obama’s upcoming State of the Union, and on Maine Governor Paul LePage’s upcoming State of the State address in the Maine Sunday Telegram. | Bowdoin Athletics 2/19/2012 Women's Swimming & Diving at 6th/11 NESCAC Championship (Wesleyan) | Recap2/17/2012 Men's Track & Field at 5th/24 New England Division III's (Springfield) | Recap2/17/2012 Nordic Skiing at 10th/13 Williams Carnival (Prospect Mtn.) | Recap2/17/2012 Women's Track & Field at 3rd/22 New England Division III's (Smith) | Recap 2/24/2012 Men's Track & Field at Open New England's (BU) 2/24/2012 Nordic Skiing at Middlebury Carnival/EISA (Rikert Touring Ctr.) 2/24/2012 Women's Track & Field at Open New England's (BU) 2/24/2012 Women's Squash Wellesley at Bowdoin 2/25/2012 Nordic Skiing at Middlebury Carnival/EISA (Rikert Touring Ctr.) 2/25/2012 Women's Squash Bowdoin at TBA 2/26/2012 Women's Squash Bowdoin at TBA |
