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About Bowdoin
Bowdoin College has been educating leaders for America and the world since the dawn of the American republic. Founded in 1794, Bowdoin is a highly selective college of approximately 1,730 students of distinction from across America and around the world.

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In 1906, Bowdoin's president, William DeWitt Hyde, wrote "The Offer of the College" ... Learn more

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Academics
Academics
Bowdoin’s curriculum offers a bold blueprint for liberal education designed to inspire you to become a world citizen and leader with acute sensitivity to the social and natural worlds.

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Campus Life
Campus Life
An environment based on mutual respect, active learning, and freedom of inquiry, and engaged with local, national, and international communities.

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Location: Bowdoin / Upward Bound

Upward Bound

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT!

Check out our Alumni profiles page for first-hand advice and inspiring stories from alumni who are in college or just graduated. Adding more soon, so check back often!

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

We have assembled our summer staff team for 2012 at this time. If you are interested in applying to be part of our summer staff in 2013, please check back here in January.

STUDENTS:

We are very excited to be currently meeting new students! Year round staff have been conducting info sessions at our partner schools and applications are due from interested students by March 23. If you have questions, please see your guidance office or call the UB office at 1-877-879-2731 for more info.

PARENTS:

Check out our Student/Parent Pages! They're full of useful info, calendars, & web links to help you prepare for college and get through the admissions & financial aid process. If you know of a resource we should include, please let us know!

ALUMNI:

Want to get in touch with old UB friends? Join us on Facebook- we have a people profile (Bowdoin Upward Bound) and a group page (Bowdoin College Upward Bound) where you may find lots of old friends.

We also encourage you to join the New England-wide FB group for Alumni of TRiO programs: https://www.facebook.com/groups/7569151774/

Funded through the U.S. Department of Education, Upward Bound is a program that helps high school students get into & succeed in college.

Our students are the first generation in their family to graduate from college and come from low-income households.

There are over 700 Upward Bound programs nationwide. The Bowdoin College program works with students from 11 Maine high schools.

Want to know more about UB??? Read one Upward Bounder's story of her amazing UB summer.