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Four Bowdoin faculty members were elected to emeritus status during the May 11-12, 2012 meeting of the Bowdoin College Board of Trustees. Thomas Cornell was elected Richard E. Steele Artist-in-Residence Emeritus; Jane Knox was elected Professor Russian Emerita; James McCalla was elected Associate Professor of Music Emeritus; and Craig McEwen was elected Daniel B. Fayerweather Professor of Political Economy and Sociology Emeritus.
Continue reading Bowdoin Trustees Honor Four Retiring Faculty Members Students in the Latino Education: Family, Culture and Schooling course added another dimension to those concepts in a symposium that brought their research to the public through poster presentations. Students examined key contributors to the achievement gap and, through research and projects, offered solutions that at once support student achievement and parent engagement, and challenge the rhetoric said to be pervasive in what critics have labeled the “whitestream” (white and mainstream) educational climate. Partners and target organizations include: La Vida in Lynn, Mass; Mano en Mano in Milbridge, Maine; and MASA Mex-Ed in the Bronx, N.Y. The symposium was made possible by support from the Latin American Studies Department, Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good, and Office of Academic Affairs.  Daniel Lowinger '12 Things are clicking into place for Danny Lowinger ’12. He’s lined up a marketing job at Lego Systems in Connecticut after making a connection with Michael Moynihan ’89, the toy maker’s vice president of marketing. Lowinger and Bowdoin Career Planning Director Timothy Diehl spoke with ABC News about the importance of networking in an article that reports that job prospects for graduates are the best since the recession. Bowdoin seniors held a show Friday night in the Fort Andross Mill in downtown Brunswick for one night only. Their work on display included an interactive experiment designed by a neuroscience/art major, oil portraits, black-and-white ink drawings, pigment prints, installations, shimmering oil paintings on copper plates, and “unconventional materials,” according to one student, whose metallic sculpture snaked around the gallery. 
For the second time in program history, the Bowdoin College baseball team has earned a trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Polar Bears (25-18) have been given an at-large bid to the tournament and will open play Wednesday evening against St. Joseph’s (Maine) in a regional hosted by Eastern Connecticut State University. Check live stats and watch the game as it’s streamed live. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. | On This Day in Civil War History…Bowdoin Talks: Lectures, Discussions and Events |
