Bowland College, Lancaster
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| University | University of Lancaster |
| Motto | Bowland 'Til I Die |
| Established | 1964 |
| Named for | The Forest of Bowland |
| Principal | Mary Smyth |
| JCR President | Domenica Giorgianni |
| Dean | Val Bramhall |
| Undergraduates | 1,230 |
| Newspaper | The Bowland Lady |
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Bowland College is the oldest and fourth largest constituent college of Lancaster University. The College was named after the Forest of Bowland, to the east of Lancaster. Members of the College are informally referred to as Bowlanders.
Bowland was founded alongside Lonsdale College as the first two colleges of the University in 1964. The Bowland and Lonsdale buildings were built as mirror images of each other, but Lonsdale's building was not completed until a year after Bowland's, making Bowland the oldest college on campus . After Lonsdale's move to south-west campus in 2004, the original Lonsdale building was taken over by Bowland and is today known as "Bowland North".
Since 2004 the two colleges have competed in the annual Founders Series, consisting of nineteen sports contested over four days.
The lady in the College logo, The Bowland Lady, represents the personification of Bowland Forest, and is from a Lancashire map drawn by William Hole for the 1622 edition of a poem "Poly-Olbion, or a Chorographical Description of ... The Renowned Isle of Great Britain", the lifetime's work of Michael Drayton, a friend of Shakespeare. The poem is in the University Library; a copy of the map is in the College bar. The college magazine is also named after "The Bowland Lady". The Forest of Bowland was originally called "Bolland" and this pronunciation remains common amongst local people living in the forest.
The JCR motto is Bowland Til I Die.
The College has 641 study bedrooms overall, over two-fifths of which are en-suite. The standard residences in Bowland Main and Bowland North, along the North Spine, accommodate sociable kitchens shared between 16 and 26 people, and are situated around the College's main quadrangles. In contrast, Bowland Hall offers en-suite residences in a tranquil location by the tree-lined perimeter road; just four students share each flat.
Until 1995 the College occupied its main building, centred on its main quad, Bowland Tower and also Bowland Annexe which consisted of two wings overlooking Alexandra Square. In 1995 Slaidburn House was completed providing extra accommodation for the College to the south of Alexandra Square.
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