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Bergen Pickett
Photographer — Class of
2029
Number of articles:
1
First Article:
October 24, 2025
Latest Article:
October 24, 2025
6 photos by Bergen Pickett
Bergen PickettMOLDY MADNESS: The College recently announced that Reed House will undergo renovation during the 2026-2027 academic year. Multiple college houses have faced recent infrastructure challenges, including mold in Reed House, a burst pipe in Quinby House and recurring drainage problems in Howell House.
Bergen PickettJAZZING IT UP: Director of Jazz Ensembles Kate Campbell Strauss shared their new album, produced alongside trumpeter and composer Emily Mikesell, with the Bowdoin community at a release event.
Bergen PickettSTORIED SEARLES: The controversial salmon neoclassical facade of Searles Hall has stood on the Main Quad since 1894. Now the subject of ghost encounter tales, the science building was constructed in honor of Mary Frances Sherwood, the wife of interior decorator Edward Searles, despite the fact that neither individual ever stepped foot on Bowdoin's campus.
Look up. Is it a ceiling that presses back down towards your skull? Or perhaps you are greeted by the brisk expanse of blue, speckled with myriad oranges, reds, browns and yellows: that iconic earth tone palette ritually gathering …
