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Bowdoin College (/ ˈ b oʊ d ɪ n / ⓘ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine.Chartered in 1794, the college offers 35 majors and 40 minors, as well as several joint engineering programs with Columbia, Caltech, Dartmouth College, and the University of Maine.
Maine's public education system also includes the Maine Community College System, comprising seven schools, and the Maine Maritime Academy. The state's three oldest institutions of higher education are Bowdoin College (founded in 1794), Colby College (1813), and Bates College (1855).
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain 1852, Bowdoin College professor (1855–62), Civil War brigadier general, Medal of Honor recipient, Maine governor (1867–71), and president of Bowdoin College (1871–83) Michael J. Connor 1980, USN Vice Admiral, Commander, Submarine Forces (2012–2015) Abraham Eustis 1806 (M.A.), officer during the War of 1812
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Maine over 100 ft from ground level. ... College 6 Maine State House [3] 185 (56) 4 ... (Bowdoin College) 150 (46) 16: 1964 ...
Massachusetts Hall is the oldest building on the campus of Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. It was built 1798–1802, and has seen a number of uses during the school's long history. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]
The Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum is a museum located in the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.Named after Arctic explorers and Bowdoin College graduates Robert E. Peary (Class of 1877) and Donald B. MacMillan (Class of 1898), it is the only museum in the lower 48 states of the United States dedicated completely to Arctic Studies.
The Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum was the home of American Civil War general, Bowdoin College president, and Maine Governor Joshua L. Chamberlain for over 50 years. Located at the corner of Maine and Potter Streets in Brunswick , Maine , the house is now open seasonally to the public and is in the process of being restored as it was when ...
The Bowdoin Polar Bears are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Bowdoin College, located in Brunswick, Maine. The Polar Bears compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Bowdoin College currently fields teams in fourteen men's sports and sixteen women's ...