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Feb 4, 2022 · At the start of the 1997-1998 school year, five College Houses were in operation: Baxter, Burnett, Helmreich, Reed and Howard Hall. Bradley reported to the Board that four fraternities—Alpha Kappa Sigma, Chi Delta Phi, Kappa Delta Theta and Theta Delta Chi—were operating in good health.
In March of 1997, the Board of Trustees approved the recommendations of the Trustee Commission on Residential Life (CRL). Fraternities at Bowdoin were phased out and a new system of inclusive "College Houses" was implemented. After more than a century and a half of fraternities at Bowdoin, their abolition was a historic shift for the College."I think it was the most profound change to happen ...
Before they were phased out, beginning in the late 1990s, fraternities were an important part of Bowdoin’s social life. This article, which outlines the history of Greek life at the College, ran on the front page of the Orient on September 28, 1973 (Document AW, 49). It notes, “fraternities at Bowdoin have never been quite as exclusive as ...
Dec 16, 1992 · While the role of the fraternity system is being debated on college campuses around the country, the issue has been especially important at Bowdoin because the fraternities dominated social life ...
The social experience for women was, naturally, varied. Different fraternities treated women students with varying levels of warmth and excitement during rotational dining, Bowdoin’s version of traditional fraternity rush. Although many women had positive experiences with Greek societies, there were some allegations of gender-based harassment ...
Sep 27, 2019 · That is to say, Bowdoin’s model looked nearly identical to our country’s standard Greek life narrative—with one major difference. While Bowdoin’s first fraternity was founded in 1841, the College did not become coeducational until 1971, 130 years later. Women had to force their way into the institution’s social scene.
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Bowdoin’s 200th academic year began with the inauguration of Barry Mills ’72 as the fourteenth president and the fifth alumnus to lead the College. Mills, who worked with the faculty to redefine a liberal arts education for the twenty-first century, led the first major curriculum reform at Bowdoin since the early 1980s.
