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Round-Up: Fellowships, Scholarships Take Students Far Into Studies
Tuning Into WBOR, Bowdoin's Beloved Freeform Radio Station
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
2015 Common Good, Alumni Council Awards Presented at Reunion Convocation
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Jun 27
Barbara Haskell: "Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960"
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Jun 27
Opening Reception for "Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960"
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Jun 29
Climate change and Arctic landscapes: Understanding modern and future changes using lessons from the past
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Jul 2
Bowdoin International Music Festival, Music at the Museum: "Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960"
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Jul 16
Joachim Homann, Gallery Conversation: "Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960"
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Jul 23
Bowdoin International Music Festival, Music at the Museum: "Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960"
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Jul 30
Linda Docherty, Gallery Conversation: "Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960"
The Offer of the College
TO BE AT HOME in all lands and all ages;
To count Nature a familiar acquaintance,
And Art an intimate friend;
To gain a standard for the appreciation of others' work
And the criticism of your own;
To carry the keys of the world's library in your pocket,
And feel its resources behind you in whatever task you undertake;
To make hosts of friends...
Who are to be leaders in all walks of life;
To lose yourself in generous enthusiasms
And cooperate with others for common ends -
This is the offer of the college for the best four years of your life.
Adapted from the original "Offer of the College"
by William DeWitt Hyde
President of Bowdoin College 1885 - 1917
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