Andover's Julia Littlefield Awarded Austrian Government Teaching Assistantship

BRUNSWICK, ME (05/23/2011)(readMedia)-- Julia Littlefield, of Andover, Mass., and a member of the Bowdoin College Class of 2011, has been awarded an Austrian Government Teaching Assistantship, under the auspices of the Austrian-American Fulbright Commission.

Littlefield has been selected as an English Teaching Assistant in Graz.

During her nine-month appointment, Littlefield will draw upon her experience as a TA for Bowdoin's German department as she works with students at an area high school and technical school, teaching and tutoring English and American culture.

About Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College is a highly selective liberal arts college located in Brunswick, Maine, about 25 miles north of Portland. One of the oldest colleges in the nation, it received its charter in 1794. Bowdoin enrolls approximately 1,750 students from across the country and around the world.

Notable alumni include 14th U.S. President Franklin Pierce (class of 1824), writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (both 1825), African-American newspaper editor John Brown Russwurm (1826), Civil War hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1852), Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary (1877), former Senate Majority Leader and architect of the Ireland peace accord George J. Mitchell (1954), former U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen (1962), and Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson (1979).