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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 .
Brunswick was rebuilt again in 1727, and in 1739 incorporated as a town. It became a prosperous seaport, where Bowdoin College was chartered in 1794. [7] The Androscoggin River falls in three successive stages for a total vertical drop of 41 feet (12 m), providing water power for industry.
The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) maintains information on endowments at U.S. higher education institutions by fiscal year (FY). [1] As of FY2023 [update] , the total endowment market value of U.S. institutions stood at $839.090 billion, with an average across all institutions of $1.215 billion and a ...
Thereafter, he became president of Bowdoin College, also holding the position of chair of mental and moral philosophy at the College. In 1906, he penned the poem "The Offer of the College," which was given to every student at Bowdoin until 1969. [5] It was subsequently edited to reflect the changing demographics of the student body.
An 1889 Bowdoin graduate, George Files was a German professor at the college until his death in 1919 upon returning from France, where he had helped the YMCA with the war effort. In 1921, Mrs. Files endowed the George Taylor Files Professorship in Modern Languages at Bowdoin and sold their house to Sigma Nu , who in turn sold it to ARU in 1951 ...
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When Howell became the college's tenth president in 1968 at age 32, he was one of the youngest university presidents in the nation. Under his nine-year presidency, Bowdoin became a co-ed institution (1971), expanded its enrollment from 950 students to 1,350, founded its computing center, established Maine's first African-American center, developed African-American studies and 12-college ...