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The Baldwin Program for Academic Development is based on an individualized and holistic approach to learning. The program offers activities and services such as peer tutoring, study groups, and study skills workshops, as well as individual consultation with peer academic mentors. Mentors help fellow students assess their academic strengths and weaknesses and develop individually tailored time management, organizational, and study strategies. Mentors may be particularly useful to students encountering difficulty balancing the academic and social demands of college life; struggling to find more effective approaches to understanding, learning, and remembering new material; experiencing problems with procrastination; or simply achieving the self-structuring demanded by an independent course or honors project.

In addition, the Baldwin Program for Academic Development provides a resource for faculty on teaching methods, pedagogical innovations, and student learning styles and needs. The director works with the Committee on Teaching and others to develop programs that support faculty members in their efforts to understand and improve learning in their classrooms. The Program is located in 102 Kanbar Hall.

The establishment of this program was made possible by a gift from Linda Baldwin,'73.

Contact Information

Location: Kanbar Hall, Room 102
Phone: (207) 725-3006
Fax: (207) 798-7008
Address:
Baldwin Program for Academic Development
Center for Learning and Teaching
Bowdoin College
6050 College Station
Brunswick, Maine 04011-8456

Office Hours during the academic year

  • Mondays through Thursdays: 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.
  • Fridays: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 and 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
  • Sunday through Thursday nights: 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

If you would like to make an appointment to meet with a mentor, please click here!

Baldwin Program Staff

Elizabeth Barnhart, Director
Bonita Labonte, Program Coordinator for the Center for Learning & Teaching
baldwinc@bowdoin.edu

Meet the Mentors: 2007- 2008 Academic Year