Stories about "Peter Steenstra"
Meet the 98-year-old namesake of ֲý’ newest rowing shell

Friday, May 5, 2023 1:47 pm

ֲý' newest boat is named for a nonagenarian alumnus who is a World War II combat veteran and beloved member of the ֲý and Lewiston-Auburn communities.

ֲý in the News: May 22, 2020

Thursday, May 21, 2020 4:34 pm

An alumnus monitors Balkan border violence, and two alumnae care for patients' physical and spiritual health in Massachusetts hospitals.

Video: Behind the scenes of ֲý’ third straight NCAA rowing championship

Friday, June 14, 2019 11:22 am

“As soon as we’re ahead, I know that nothing can stop us," says co-captain Sophie Claus ‘19.

ֲý alumna Amelia Wilhelm wins nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year

Thursday, June 28, 2018 3:03 pm

A ֲý rower, Wilhelm is praised as thoughtful, positive, and exceptionally gifted as a chemistry honors major who conducted Lyme disease research.

Video: Men’s rowing at the IRA National Championship Regatta

Friday, June 15, 2018 10:54 am

The ֲý men's rowing team went toe-to-toe with the giants of collegiate rowing in the Bobcats' first appearance at the IRA National Championship Regatta.

ֲý dedicates new rowing boathouse, ‘a place to call home’

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 3:46 pm

The ֲý rowing program had a housewarming on Oct. 29, formally dedicating its new boathouse on the Androscoggin River in Greene.

Video: ֲý women rowers reflect on a decade of excellence

Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:54 pm

Begun as a club sport in 1987, rowing only lacked a boat. Today they've got boats...and boatloads of hardware. But rowing is more than the bling.

Boathouse groundbreaking culminates ֲý rowing’s winning day

Thursday, April 21, 2016 6:22 pm

“What a great way to spend a gorgeous Sunday,” said President Clayton Spencer of the events at the ֲý rowing facility on the Androscoggin River in Greene.

Video: Boats busted, ֲý got a boost to win last year’s NCAA rowing title

Friday, January 8, 2016 12:36 pm

It's well-known that women's rowing won the 2015 NCAA title. It's less known that ֲý won using borrowed boats after theirs were damaged in transit to the regatta.

ֲý to build new rowing boathouse on the Androscoggin River

Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:19 pm

At an estimated cost of $2.5 million, the boathouse project will be 100 percent funded by contributions from ֲý alumni and parents.

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