Bowdoin College

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 95% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 27% of housing units are Singles.
• 18% of housing units are Doubles.
• 34% of housing units are Triples.
• 21% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 32 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 97% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 90% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Asian Week (culminating with the Asian Student Association Fashion Show, highlighting traditional attire of Asian nations); Battle of the Bands; Bear AIDS (a daylong benefit concert with 5 or 6 bands, including the winner of the Battle of the Bands); Black History Month (lectures, films & performances); Bowdoin Film Series; Bowdoin vs. Colby Ice Hockey games; Coffee House Nights with student performances; Common Good Day (a campus-wide day of community service); Common Hour (regular noon-time lectures & performances for the campus community); Ebony Ball; Foreign Language Tables (French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean); House System houses hosted weekly activities (Loose Leaves, trips to Portland Museum of Art, Portland Symphony, Popham Beach, etc. , movie nights, Monday night football, Oktoberfest, bands, coffee houses, Haunted House, volunteering, theme parties, faculty lectures, etc. ); International Week; Ivies Weekend; Junior/Senior Ball; Life 101 (classes in self-defense, cooking, auto repair, etc. ); Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration; Midnight Madness (opening of basketball season at Bowdoin); One Acts Festival (staged readings of student-written plays); Performing Arts Series; Senior Art Show; Spring Dance Performance; Spring Gala (formal dance with a swing orchestra); Teatime Concert Series; Winter’s Weekend (with a Broom Ball contest to benefit charity)
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 109 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Catholic Students Union, Christian Fellowship, Hillel, Meditation and Buddhist Studies Group
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) African American Society, Amnesty International, Anokha (South Asian Students Coalition), Asian Student Association, Caribbean Student Alliance, Circolo Italiano, Global Help, Hawaii Ohana, International Club, Korean-American Students Association, Latin American Student Organization, Russian Club
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Alpine Ski/Ski Race Club; Americans for Informed Democracy; Animation Society; Arabesque (ballet club); Architects & Designers; Art Club; Atheists; Baxter House Tutoring and Mentoring Programs; Bear Blades (skating club); Bear Buddies; Bears and Cubs; Book Buddies; Bowdoin Mentoring; Bridging the Generations/Adopt a Grandparent; Business Club; Cable Network; Campus Activities Board; Chaos Theory (women’s Ultimate Frisbee); Cheerleading Squad; Chess Club; Community Service Council; Craft Center; Crew Club (coed); Culinary Club; Cycling Club (coed); Debate Team; Democrats; Democratic Socialism; Digital Underground; Emergency Medical Services Club; Equestrians (coed); Evergreens (environmental awareness); Executive Committee of Student Government; Fencing Club (coed); Film and Video Society; Finance Society; Forward! (support of persons with disabilities); Fuzion; HIV/AIDS Peer Educators; Hockey Club (men); House System; Huntington Club (bird watching); Improvabilities (improvisational comedy); Inter-House Council; Jujitsu Club (coed); Kamerling Society (American Chemical Society); Karate Club (coed); Literary Society; Longfellows (a cappella group); Masque and Gown (drama club); Math Club (Emmy Noether Society); Meddiebempsters (all-male a cappella); Miscellania (all-female a cappella); Neuroscience Journal Club; Obvious (hip-hop & breakdancing group); Organic Garden Club; Outing Club; Peucinian Society (Classics-oriented club); Poeting Club; Polar Bear Nation (athletics cheering club); Polar Consulting Club; Polar Jazz Big Band; Queer/Straight Alliance; Republicans; Rock Climbing Club; Rugby Club (men); Safe Space (sexual assault awareness/support); SAVO (Student Admissions Volunteer Program); Student Government Association; Student Organization Oversight Committee; Student Peer Counseling & Advising; Student-led Service Organizations (20 local groups); Syncopated State (coed a cappella); Table Tennis Club (coed); Taiko (Japanese drumming club); Ultimate Frisbee (men, see Chaos Theory above for women); Unity Step Team; Ursus Verses (a cappella group); VAGUE (dance group); V-DAY (awareness of violence against women & children); Volleyball Club (men); W. A. R. R. I. O. R. S. (eating disorders awareness); Waterpolo Team (coed); WBOR 91. 1 FM (Bowdoin on Radio); Women’s Association; Yoga Club; Young & Sober
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Bowdoin Orient (weekly college newspaper); The Disorient (bi-weekly alternative newspaper); The Bowdoin Forum (annual academic journal of international affairs); Wavelength (annual photography journal); No Reply (magazine with intent to raise awareness of social differences); The Bowdoin Patriot (political newspaper); The Quill (annual literary publication); Bugle (annual yearbook)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Portland (30), Boston (130)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Portland (25)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Brunswick (0)
• Public transportation does not serve the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 40% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 46% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,835
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited, other