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Office of Alumni Relations BOWDOIN COLLEGE Bowdoin College PRESORtEd 4000 College Station FiRSt-ClASS MAil Brunswick, ME 04011-8431 U.S. POStAgE PAid FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17–SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 BOwdOin COllEgE HOMECOMING 2O14 HOMECOMING 2 O14

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Homecoming Registration Admissions Interviews, Tours, and Information Sessions DINING INFORMATION BOWDOIN’S LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS ATHLETIC FACILITIES BOWDOIN BOOKSTORE All alumni, family members, and guests are welcome For information about interviews, please contact the Bowdoin College Museum of Art goubears.com david Saul Smith Union and encouraged to attend Homecoming weekend. Office of Admissions at 207-725-3100. Saturday’s Bowdoin’s Dining Halls go to for more information Come in and enter to win a Bowdoin Sea Bags tote Only a few events require pre-registration or a fee, tour and information session details are noted in the Enjoy Bowdoin’s award-winning food—dining hall Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and updated schedules. valued at $150! twenty percent off all book titles. and details about those events are noted in the event Homecoming schedule. menus, hours, and information are available at Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Farley Field House** Sunday noon – 5:00 p.m. Spend $50 or more and get a Bowdoin gift schedule listings. bowdoin.edu/dining. Friday 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Accessibility last chance to see Richard Tuttle: A Print Retrospective, (one per customer while supplies last). Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Homecoming Information Table Bowdoin College is committed to making its campus Bowdoin Café which closes on Sunday, October 19. Enjoy 10 percent Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. accessible to persons with disabilities. However, not david Saul Smith Union off during the Museum of Art Shop’s Homecoming sale. Friday 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. all areas of campus are fully accessible. individuals with Friday 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Greason Swimming Pool** Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. George J. Mitchell Department of Bogart Court (ground level), david Saul Smith Union special needs or questions should contact the Office Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. lifeguard on duty Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Special Collections & Archives Find schedule updates, a list of open classes, and of Alumni Relations at [email protected] or Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.; 8:00 p.m. – Midnight Friday 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.; 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. other information here and sign the Homecoming book. 207-725-3266. Bowdoin Express Convenience Store Hawthorne-longfellow library Closed Saturday and Sunday Friday Updated Homecoming weekend information is also ATMs 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. available at bowdoin.edu/alumni/homecoming and david Saul Smith Union Closed Saturday and Sunday Lubin Family Squash Center** Friday on the mobile site. there are two AtMs on Bowdoin’s campus: a Bank of 9:00 a.m. – Midnight Friday 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Saturday Hatch Science Library America AtM is located on the ground level of david 9:00 a.m. – Midnight Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Carpool Connections Sunday Saul Smith Union to the right of the Bowdoin Express 11:00 a.m. – Midnight Friday 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. looking to share a ride back to campus? go to Convenience Store, and a Midcoast Federal Credit Union Jack Magee’s Grill Saturday noon – 8:00 p.m. bowdoin.edu/alumni/homecoming to connect with AtM is located in the Coles tower lobby. Sunday noon – Midnight Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness** others in your area. david Saul Smith Union Friday 6:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Computer and Internet Access Hawthorne-Longfellow Library For the Homecoming Weekend mobile app: Friday 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 a.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Amtrak Downeaster Computers are available for use on the first floor of •download guidebook (http://guidebook.com/getit/) Saturday 11:30 a.m. – Midnight Friday 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Amtrak now offers daily service between Boston’s north Hawthorne-longfellow library and throughout david •tap “download guides” Sunday 6:30 p.m. – Midnight Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. guests must be at least 18 years of age to use Station and Brunswick. the train station is located on Saul Smith Union and thorne Hall during building •Search for “Bowdoin” Jack Magee’s Pub Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness. Station Avenue approximately five hundred yards from hours. to access wireless from your computer, tablet, Visit the library’s exhibitions: Threatened and david Saul Smith Union campus. there’s a special discount for Homecoming or smartphone, connect to Bowdoin’s “Bowdoin- Endangered and Envisioning Extinctions, which **Guests wishing to use athletic facilities must Friday 7:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. weekend travelers. go to amtrakdowneaster.com and guest” wireless. address species extinction through book art. sign a waiver at the location they visit. reference promotion code V405 to receive 15 percent Saturday 7:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. and Found #BackatBowdoin off the regular (full) adult fare. (the offer is valid for Sunday closed Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum items found during Homecoming weekend are held at travel only on downeaster trains October 15–21, 2014, and Arctic Studies Center the Homecoming information table located at Bogart Hot Dog Stand and three days’ advance purchase is required. Other Hubbard Hall Court on the ground level of david Saul Smith Union. whittier Field restrictions may apply.) Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. After Homecoming weekend, call the Office of Alumni during Saturday’s football game, Bowdoin’s softball Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. By attending Homecoming, each individual understands Relations at 207-725-3266. team will sell hot dogs and snacks. Sunday 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and agrees that Bowdoin College will be taking photos and Stop by to explore Cape Dorset and Beyond: Inuit Art video at events, and may publish them in any format or from the Marcia and Robert Ellis Collection and A Bit of media without additional permission from the individuals a Personal Universe: Travels in the Maritime Northeast. who appear in the images. HOMECOMING 2O14

Noon 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs. Lebanon Valley College Homecoming Harvestfest: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 Morrell gymnasium A Celebration of Autumn in Maine Throughout the Morning Cram Alumni House, 83 Federal Street Men’s Water Polo Tournament Noon greason Swimming Pool Men’s Basketball Alumni Tailgate After the games, come celebrate fall at Bowdoin with live music, lawn games, and cold beers poured by Maine craft west end zone of whittier Field 9:00 a.m. breweries Allagash, Maine Beer Company, Banded Horn, [email protected] Women’s Tennis Matches—Bowdoin Invitational RSVP to coach tim gilbride at Oxbow, and the classic Shipyard Brewing Company. Enjoy if you would like to attend. Pickard tennis Courts 10:30 a.m. local food and the best of Bowdoin dining. there will also be 25th Reunion Committee Gathering a bouncy house and face painting for the kids! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 12:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Schwartz Outdoor leadership Center Football vs. Trinity College Throughout the Day Throughout the Day 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Women’s Rugby Reunion Brunch whittier Field Open Classes Men’s Water Polo Tournament Additional details about the gathering will be mailed to the Climbing Wall Open thorne dining Hall Relive the vibrant, intellectually challenging experience of greason Swimming Pool Class of 1990 Reunion volunteers. if you are interested in Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness Additional information about the weekend’s schedule will volunteering to help with your 25th Reunion, please email 12:30 p.m. a Bowdoin class. You’ll find a list of current classes open to no experience necessary, but minimum height and weight be mailed to women’s rugby alumnae. if you would like to 9:00 a.m. [email protected]. Women’s Rugby vs. Williams College alumni and visitors at the Homecoming information table. requirements must be met and those under 18 must be attend, please register by Friday, October 10, 2014, online Women’s Tennis Matches—Bowdoin Invitational Pickard Field accompanied by an adult. at bowdoin.edu/alumni/homecoming, or call the Office of Noon 10:30 a.m. Pickard tennis Courts Alumni Relations at 207-725-3266. Women’s Tennis Matches—Bowdoin Invitational Admissions General Information Session 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Pickard tennis Courts 9:30 a.m. Richard E. Steele Room, Burton-little House Children’s Activities Women’s Soccer Alumnae, Team, and Parents’ Tailgate 10:30 a.m. whittier Field Athletic Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony Join Kathryn Stegeman, Bowdoin’s associate dean of lawn near the southeast entrance of Sidney J. watson Arena Race—Phil Soule Phlail 5K and Kids’ Fun Run 1:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. and Breakfast admissions, for an overview of Bowdoin’s admissions process. during the football game, kids can make new friends while (Rain site: Sidney J. watson Arena) Annual Giving Volunteer and Cookout Farley Field House dining Room, thorne Hall jumping in the bouncy house or enjoying arts and crafts, Various locations RSVP to coach Brianne weaver at [email protected] Kids’ fun run (.5K, untimed) starts at 10:30 a.m.—race day the Bowdoin College Athletic Hall of Honor celebrates its 11:00 a.m. pumpkin decorating, and face painting. if you would like to attend. registration only. 5K race starts at 11:00 a.m. Registration Additional information about the weekend’s schedule will 2014 inductees. now in its eleventh year, the Bowdoin Men’s Rugby vs. University of New England 1:00 p.m. opens at 10:00 a.m. Please arrive at least twenty minutes be mailed to Annual giving volunteers. if you would like to College Athletic Hall of Honor was founded to perpetuate Pickard Field 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Field Hockey vs. Connecticut College before start for race day registration. Entry fee is free attend, contact the Office of Annual giving at 207-725-3437 the memory of those persons who have brought Chamber Choir Alumni Sing 11:00 a.m. Ryan Field for kids’ fun run and $20 for 5K. Free nike dri-Fit shirt and or [email protected] by Friday, October 3, 2014. distinction, honor, and excellence to Bowdoin through their Bowdoin Chapel Guided Tour of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art visor for first 100 5K registrants. For online registration, accomplishments in athletics. this year’s inductees are: Join Robby greenlee and the Chamber Choir to sing through 1:00 p.m. go to getmeregistered.com. For more information, 5:00 p.m. Meet at the bottom of the stairs in the Museum of some golden oldies. Bob Patterson ’68 (posthumous) – men’s basketball Women’s Soccer vs. Connecticut College Women’s Volleyball vs. Bates College • Art Pavilion contact nathan Alsobrook at [email protected] or •Joe Bonasera ’73 – football, men’s lacrosse, and men’s Pickard Field 4:00 p.m. 207-725-3830. Morrell gymnasium take a guided tour with Anne Collins goodyear and Frank track and field Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting goodyear, co-directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of •Joe gaffney ’95 – men’s ice hockey 1:00 p.m. Room 106, Banister Hall 11:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Art, and don’t miss the major exhibition Richard Tuttle: Field Hockey Alumnae Game •laura Schultz landry ’96 – women’s basketball Men’s Rugby Alumni Game csoaamaine.org Women’s Rugby Gathering A Print Retrospective. the tour has limited space and is For other meetings in the area, go to or call •Heather Hawes ’00 – field hockey and women’s lacrosse Pickard Field 800-737-6237 Ryan Field Sea dog Brewing Company, topsham first-come, first-served. . •Coach John Cullen – women’s soccer, softball, and RSVP to coach nicky Pearson at [email protected] For early arrivers, join fellow players for a casual men’s ice hockey 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. if you would like to attend. get-together to kick off the weekend. Homecoming Concert—Bowdoin Chorus and Bowdoin Women’s Volleyball vs. Babson College All alumni and guests are welcome. if you would like to Tour of Bowdoin’s New Solar PV Facility Chamber Choir Morrell gymnasium attend the Hall of Honor event, register by Friday, October Bus departs from the granite Polar Bear, Hyde Plaza 7:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Bowdoin Chapel 10, 2014, online at bowdoin.edu/alumni/homecoming, located on three acres acquired from the former Brunswick Jack Magee’s Pub Open 6:00 p.m. or call the Office of Alumni Relations at 207-725-3266. naval Air Station and on the roof of the Farley/watson 2:00 p.m. Jack Magee’s Pub, david Saul Smith Union Women’s Rugby Reunion Reception and Dinner the cost for the buffet breakfast is $15 per adult. go to complex, the facility totals approximately 4,500 solar panels Guided Tour of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art daggett lounge, thorne Hall 7:00 p.m. the Homecoming homepage for additional information and is expected to meet about 8 percent of Bowdoin’s Meet at the bottom of the stairs in the Museum of Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting and children’s pricing. annual electrical demand. the tour has limited space and is Art Pavilion Additional information about the weekend’s schedule will Room 106, Banister Hall first-come, first-served. Join Anne Collins goodyear and Frank goodyear, co-directors be mailed to women’s rugby alumnae. if you would like to For other meetings in the area, go to csoaamaine.org 10:00 a.m. of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, for a guided tour of attend, please register by Friday, October 10, 2014, online Volleyball Pre-Game Brunch with the Women’s 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at bowdoin.edu/alumni/homecoming, or call the Office of or call 800-737-6237. Open House at the Resource Center for Sexual and the Museum’s inspirational galleries and exhibitions. the Volleyball Team Alumni Relations at 207-725-3266. the reception will begin Gender Diversity tour has limited space and is first-come, first-served. north Private dining Room, Moulton Union dining Hall at 6:00 p.m. with dinner following at 7:15 p.m. 24 College Street RSVP to coach Karen Corey at [email protected] 2:30 p.m. if you would like to attend. Come see the Center’s newly renovated space and chat Women’s Rugby Alumnae Game with current students and staff about issues and programs Evening Pickard Field 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. involving lgBtiQA students on campus. All are welcome. Men’s Rugby Reunion Reception and Dinner Tour and Volunteer at Bowdoin’s New Organic Garden Schwartz Outdoor leadership Center 11:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. (immediately following noon game) 52 Harpswell Road (new walking path to garden available Campus Tour Men’s Soccer Family, Friends, and Alumni Tailgate Additional information about the weekend’s schedule from the southeast corner of Coffin Street parking lot) Burton-little House Outside main entrance of Farley Field House will be mailed to men’s rugby alumni. if you would like to Meet the organic garden staff for a tour of the new garden attend, please register by Friday, October 10, 2014, online take in new campus landmarks along with the places you (Rain site: second floor of Farley Field House) plot and 1850s barn. Enjoy an opportunity to do some at bowdoin.edu/alumni/homecoming, or call the Office of remember well through a student-led tour. the tour leaves RSVP to coach Scott wiercinski at [email protected] light gardening! Alumni Relations at 207-725-3266. from the Office of Admissions. if you would like to attend. The paw icon throughout the schedule highlights the weekend’s family-oriented events. Noon 2:45 p.m. (immediately following 1:00 p.m. game) 7:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Men’s Soccer vs. Connecticut College Field Hockey Parents’ Tailgate Jack Magee’s Pub Open Look for the soccer ball icon throughout the schedule Pickard Field Ryan Field Jack Magee’s Pub, david Saul Smith Union for athletic-related events.