Category Archives: On-Campus
Announcement, On & Off Campus Events
Bowdoin Public Service Initiative
Upcoming deadline:
BPS Fellowships: Deadline Thursday, November 15th at noon.
Walk-in Hours: Mondays 9:00-11:00am, Thursdays 12:30-2:00pm, or by appointment. Banister 201. Learn more.
Election Night Results Screening Party
Starts at 8pm
Morrell Lounge (Smith Union)
Join the entire Bowdoin Community to watch the results come in! Free food will be provided by the Pub & McKeen Center (while supplies last). Sponsored by Bowdoin Republicans, Bowdoin Democrats, Bowdoin Student Government, and Bowdoin Votes.
Pop-up Art Show With Incarcerated Youth
Friday, November 9, 7-9pm
Ladd House
Enjoy multimedia art created by incarcerated students from Maine and across the USA. Meet the artists and pick up a copy of the new art magazine, The Truth of Incarcerated Youth (donations encouraged). Sponsored by Criminal Justice Reform Club. Contact Heather Gans.
COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES
Help Build Window Inserts for Brunswick Residents
Tuesday daytimes and/or Thursday evenings
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, corner of Pleasant and Union St, Brunswick, Maine
WindowDressers builds and distributes insulative window inserts for Brunswick residents who are struggling to make ends meet. The community workshop will include all training and tools required. Contact Sam Saltonstall.
On Campus Events: Upcoming Info session on research, jobs and fellowship Opportunities, Nov 6-Nov. 14
- Peace Corps Info Session: Tuesday, Nov. 6 @ 7 pm in Pickering Room, Hubbard Hall
- Summer Research Opportunities meeting: Thursday, Nov. 8 @ 4:00 pm in Druck 4: Bowdoin-funded research opportunities on-campus or off
- Info Session: Easter Research Group (ERG): Environmental consulting firm. Meredith Outterson ’17 will speak about post-grad opportunities. Thursday, Nov. 8 @ 7 pm in Pickering Room, Hubbard Hall
- Grad School 101: Friday, Nov. 9 3:00-4:30 pm in Visual Arts Center 303: Everything you ever wanted to know about graduate school: Liz McCormack, Dean for Academic Affairs and faculty members from STEM, Social Sciences and Humanities, and career planning representatives
- Career Planning Senior Etiquette Dinner, Sunday, Nov. 11 @ 5 pm, Main Lounge, Moulton Union
- An Insider’s Guide to Working as a Paralegal: Tuesday, Nov. 13 @ 7:30 pm in Man Lounge, Moulton Union. Panel discussion with 3 Bowdoin alumni currently working as paralegals. Whether or not you are interested in law school, this job can help you develop great project management, communication, teamwork and leadership skills.
- International Summer Experiences: Omprakash Info Session: Wednesday, Nov. 14 @ 4 pm, Career Planning Center, First Floor, Moulton Union. Connect to grassroots organizations around the world in education, healthcare, the environment or entrepreneurship.
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On Campus Event: Bowdoin Summer Fellowship & Research Information Session, Tuesday, November 6 @ 7PM Main Lounge, Moulton Union
Bowdoin Summer Fellowship & Research Information Session
Tuesday, November 6 7PM
Main Lounge, Moulton Union
Reception to follow
Don’t miss this event! Find out about paid summer fellowships and research opportunities at Bowdoin and beyond.
Job Opportunity: ERG (Environmental Consulting), INFO SESSION WITH ES Alum Meredith Outterson, Thursday, 11/8 @ 7PM, Pickering Room, Hubbard
ERG Environmental Consulting Information Session
Thursday, November 8 from 7-8pm
Pickering Room, Hubbard Hall withMeredith Outterson ES/Gov Major, Energy & Climate Analyst at ERG
At ERG, we owe our success to our employees. We are always looking for people who bring enthusiasm, creativity, and fresh perspectives. We hire talented, innovative professionals who embrace our collaborative philosophy, diverse culture, and dedication to client service. Then we offer a supportive, collegial work environment so they can excel.
A sampling of projects include:
US Environmental Protection Agency: REC’s Making Green Power Possible
US Dept of Labor: Using Lean Six Sigma to Improve Support for US Veterans
California Dept of Fish and Wildlife, Coastal Quest: Stakeholder Facilitation for California’s Wildlife Action Plan
Global Environment Fund: Partnership strategy for a Sustainable African Forestry Fund
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Evaluating NOAA’s Coastal Storms Program in the Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: FDA Data Analysis and Search Host
California Dept of Fish and Wildlife, Coastal Quest: Enhancing Management of California’s Marine Protected Area Network
US EPA: Support for Organizational Climate Survey
OPEN POSITIONS
On Campus Event: “Botanist’s Tour of Kate Furbish and Edwin Hale Lincoln”, Wed. 11/7 @ noon
Botanist’s Tour of “Kate Furbish and Edwin Hale Lincoln”
Wednesday, November 7 12-1
Bowdoin Museum of Art Pavilion
Join Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Research Botanist Melissa Cullina for a special tour of Kate Furbish and Edwin Hale Lincoln: New England Botanical Studies at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. The exhibition was developed in celebration of the opening of the Roux Center for the Environment, a new building on Bowdoin’s campus supporting interdisciplinary environmental scholarship. During the tour, Cullina will speak about the plants so carefully depicted by Lincoln and Furbish, noting natural history features and habitat preferences of each. She’ll also shed light on the artistic and botanical pursuits of the artists themselves. This tour is free and open to the public.
On Campus Event: Student Night at the Roux Center, Thursday, Nov. 1 from 7-9 PM
Student Night at the Roux Center
Thursday November 1, 7-9pm
All Bowdoin students are invited to a student’s night at the new Roux Center for the Environment! Come explore the space and enjoy food, crafts, the Meddiebempsters (around 7:45), and some natural history movies! This event is organized by students for students to help integrate the Roux Center into a community space. Please Join us! Sponsored by CERES and Sustainable Bowdoin.
On Campus Event: Environmental Studies (ES) Pre-Major Meetings! (Wed. 10/24- 7-8 pm, & Fri. 11/2 Lunch 12:45-1:45)
On Campus Event: “My Time With the 6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-62“, Wed. 10.24 @ 7PM
“My Time With the 6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-62“ with C. Stewart Gillmor
Wed. October 24, 2018 | 7:00 PM
Visual Arts Center, Beam Classroom
Stewart Gillmor, professor of history and science emeritus at Wesleyan University, will
mark the donation of his Soviet polar clothing to the Arctic Museum with an engaging talk about the fourteen months he spent as the only American at the Soviet Mirny Station in Antarctica, studying ionospheric physics.