大学的房子
Established in 1998, today’s eight 大学的房子 are a cornerstone of the Bowdoin residential experience. Sometimes referred to as the “living rooms” of campus, the houses sponsor special meals, 研究了, and other events for first-year affiliates. They also host campus-wide events from lectures and film screenings to apple picking trips and registered parties. Each College House is comprised of 20-30 members, has an officer team, and is advised by two faculty or staff advisors.
House residents are selected through an application process with input from faculty, 院长, 学生, 和工作人员. Successful selection is based on creative programming ideas and willingness to contribute to an energetic, 合作的团队. All College House members gain leadership skills that often propel them to other highly visible leadership roles at the College. Once selected into a College House, 学生 can choose to run for a house chair or programming chair role. There is no shortage of support for these leaders; the residential life directors, 院长 in the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, and faculty 和工作人员 advisors all serve as advisors to the 大学的房子.
Programming in the Houses
Year after year, 大学的房子 enrich our campus community with a diverse offering of programs. 这些项目, funded by the College, serve both academic and social purposes, ranging from debates with state politicians to broom-ball tournaments between houses. House members develop and coordinate all aspects of these programs, providing them an opportunity to expand their learning and skillsets outside of the classroom. If you are interested in programming with a College House, please contact one of the house officers, 发现以下.
白宫顾问
The active participation of faculty 和工作人员 in the College House system is vital to the system's success and to the College's overall mission. 教师-College House engagement helps to integrate the academic and social spheres of the College as described in the Commission on 住宅生活's Interim Report. 教师 members advising first-year 学生 in a particular first-year residence hall are encouraged to be involved in the house associated with that residence hall. 教师 engage with the 大学的房子 through many Kurtz fund-sponsored events and meals, join 学生 for debates and film screenings, and bring their families to events like House trick-or-treating, 去郊游, 和音乐会. 工作人员 members are also an important aspect of the College House System. Each house is paired with a staff advisor - someone from either the 住宅生活 office or the Dean of Student Affairs office - whose primary purpose is to assist houses in engaging staff members as well as help bring campus-wide initiatives, like the Women's Resource Center, Career Planning Center, 郊游俱乐部, Religious and Spiritual Life, Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, 退稿信中心, Gender Violence Prevention and Health Center, into the 大学的房子. They also assist in the planning and organization of educational events at the Houses and help Houses develop their role as thoughtful leaders in the broader campus community.
House Affiliations
All incoming first-year 学生 are affiliated with a College House based on their floor in the first-year bricks. First-year 学生 are paired with “buddies”, a College House member or group of members, that serve as peer mentors who help acclimate first-学生 to campus life at Bowdoin. Affiliates are encourage to participate in all College House events and have full access and privileges of the House.
The Donald and Barbara Kurtz Fund, managed by the Office of 住宅生活, supports campus events that encourage learning and discussion outside the classroom and bring faculty, staff and 学生 together within the 大学的房子.
Programs include:
- Dinner with Six Strangers
- Winter-Break Book Club
- Donuts with Diplomats
- Branching Out of Brunswick: Rural Maine Education Panel
- 游击女郎 Talk and Reception
In previous years the Kurtz Fund has helped sponsor events with special guests including DeRay McKesson, Arlene Saxonhouse, 肖恩达芬奇, 诺姆·乔姆斯基, Mike Rosen, Jose Antonio Vargas, and Maine Inside Out.