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Summer renovations improve facilities across campus
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While concussions down from last year, College sees general increase in reports
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College welcomes seven new faculty members for next year
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‘Theater of War’ comes alive at Bowdoin through voice of ‘Girls’ star Adam Driver
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Online course registration set to arrive Fall 2013
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College welcomes seven new faculty members for next year
Seven new faculty members have been hired for the 2013-2014 academic year. Most will fill professorships and one appointee will also take on the new role of director of Bowdoin’s marine lab at the Coastal Studies Center on Orr’s Island.
David Carlon, of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, will arrive at Bowdoin as a tenured associate professor of biology—contingent on the approval of the trustee’s meeting in May. He will also fill the newly-created position of the director of the marine lab on Orr’s Island.
Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd stated that a review of Bowdoin’s facility on Orr’s Island several years ago concluded that the College could use that resource to a greater extent. A bequest to support a marine biologist was used to create the position that Carlon will fill next year. As director, he will be in charge of the lab’s administration, grant writing associated with the facility, and the allocation of resources among different faculty who do their research there.Although Carlon received his doctorate from the University of New Hampshire, his specialty is in tropical marine systems—a far cry from the temperate waters of the Atlantic. Despite this difference, he feels more than ready to take on Maine’s waters.
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Talk of the Quad: Sophomore slump
Yesterday marked the application deadline to study abroad. All sophomores who desire to leave Brunswick and venture into the “real” world next year have made the formal commitment to do so.
This also means that those people—a reported 50 percent of the Class of 2015—have already declared their majors and minors.
The planning this entails has made my fellow classmates and I conceptualize the rest of our Bowdoin careers on a detailed level. When I come back, will I have enough Government credits for a major? Should I major in Biology and try to minor in English? Musings like this have been commonplace among my peers over the past few weeks.
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Trustees award tenure to four humanties professors
On February 8, the Board of Trustees voted to advance four Bowdoin faculty members to the rank of tenured professor, effective July 1. The four appointees are Sarah Conly of the philosophy department, Mark Foster of the English department, Doris Santoro of the education department and Jill Smith of the German department.
Forty-eight percent of Bowdoin’s faculty is tenured. These individuals have been promoted from “assistant professor”—the title that comes precedes tenure—to “associate professor,” or have attained full professorships.
Every member of the philosophy, German and education departments is tenured now that Professors Conly, Smith and Santoro have received the promotion.
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‘Theater of War’ comes alive at Bowdoin through voice of ‘Girls’ star Adam Driver
There were few empty seats in Kresge Auditorium last night during the 216th production of Theater of War. A simple table with four seats and four microphones appeared on stage. The actors entered, and after brief introductions, began dramatic readings of scenes from Sophocles’ plays “Ajax” and “Philoctetes.” Labeled a “social impact project,” “Theater of War” selects scenes by Sophocles that deal with a range of emotions including loyalty, abandonment, mental affliction, honor and disgrace. The theme of mental instability and the struggle for empathy while in the throes of injury as demonstrated by Philoctetes transcend their time period and serve as narratives that relate seamlessly to experiences had by the military community and the civilians effected by war.
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Class of 2012 gift to fund financial aid over next four years
The Class of 2012 senior gift is one that promises to keep on giving to the College's financial aid program. Current seniors and members of the development office have begun the process of creating a class gift that will have an immediate impact on the Class of 2016. The gift will take the form of a new scholarship for financial aid. It is yet to be determined if a single student will benefit or if the funds will be divided among multiple students in the next academic year.
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15 students leave Colby in wake of sexual misconduct
Fifteen Colby students have left the school, either in suspension or permanent withdrawal, as a result of the sexual misconduct that occurred there this fall. According to student newspaper The Colby Echo, the students are being cited for violating the College's policy on "sexual misconduct, lying to school officials and hindering an internal investigation."
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3.4% increase in Res Life applications; new process
One hundred and forty-five people applied for positions as proctors and RAs on the Residential Life staff for the next academic year—the highest applicant pool ever. Nonetheless, this number is only 3.4 percent larger than the 141 people who applied last year for the same 71 positions. This year's pool contains 46 current staff members who have reapplied and 99 new applicants. Twenty-six members of the staff are graduating in May.
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Bates’ Kerner replaces Torrey
Kelly Kerner will be leaving Bates College and joining Bowdoin as senior vice president for development and alumni relations. He will replace Bill Torrey, who worked at the College for more than 20 years and is currently serving as vice president for university advancement at Bentley University.
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While concussions down from last year, College sees general increase in reports
Twenty-five Bowdoin athletes and non-athletes have sustained concussions this year, down from 39 in Fall 2010. Despite the decreasing trend, the College has seen an overall increase in reports of the injury in the past years. As concussions have received heightened scrutiny nationally, the College has in turn increased its efforts to both raise awareness of the injury and educate students of its impact.
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Off-campus jobs provide community interaction, better pay
The College prides itself on having ample employment opportunities for all students who want a job , employing 70 percent of the student body over the course of a school year. But despite the jobs available on campus, a small number of students choose to take their talents to the surrounding area and work at businesses around Brunswick.
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Mid-season review: field hockey
There is really only one team at Bowdoin whose soundtrack could feature "We Are the Champions": the field hockey team. Not only is the squad Bowdoin's only team to have won a national championship, but it has done so three times in the past four years.
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Online course registration set to arrive Fall 2013
Bowdoin is set to get a technological makeover. The installation of a new student information system will allow students to register for courses online for the first time ever. Members of the Board of Trustees and President Barry Mills approved the purchase of the new information system, called Banner, at a May trustee meeting.
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Summer renovations improve facilities across campus
Students returned to campus to find that a number of changes had been made to several buildings.