Where Are They Now?

The Bates Summer Scholars Program was established in 2007; to date, two classes of Summer Scholars have graduated. One scholar in this group transferred to another college, but all others have graduated from Bates, giving the program a 95.5% graduation rate. Very impressive!

So what are the grads doing now?

Graduate School:  Summer Scholars have enrolled in such programs as:

School of Dentistry, University of Connecticut

Education Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University

Master’s Program in Health Advocacy, Sarah Lawrence College

Barcelona Graduate School of Economics/Science and Innovation

Neurophilosophy Graduate Program, Georgia State University

Masters Program in Nursing, University of Southern Maine

Masters of Public Health Program, Dartmouth College

Employment:  Many Summer Scholars are out there in the world making a difference at such positions as:

Researcher, Massachusetts General Hospital

Legal eDiscovery Specialist, Key Discovery

Associate, Symmetrical Capital Venture Capital

Associate, Youth Partners Program for Autistic Children, Massachusetts General Hospital

Microbiologist/Food Scientist, Katahdin Analytical Services

Science Teacher, Teach for America

Counselor, Upward Bound, Rhode Island College

Admissions Associate, The Calhoun School

The Summer Scholars make great Batesies. While at Bates, Summer Scholars are engaged and active members of the community who make a significant contribution to the life of the college.

Summer Scholars are active in:

Student government (class president)

Dana Scholars (the highest honor bestowed on students after their first year)

Chase Hall Committee (concert programming)

Sabado Gigante (huge performance of Latinos Unidos club)

Sankofa (huge Africana performance at MLK Day)

Bates Modern Dance Company

Sangai Asia club

Women of Color club

Amandla! (African American club)

Bates Emergency Medical Services

Basketball team

Football team

Volleyball team

College Choir

Jazz ensemble

A cappella singing

Admission tour guides

Junior Advisors and Residential Coordinators (residence life leaders)

Math tutors

Research presenters, Mount David Summit

Summer research in biology, chemistry, English, and neuroscience, on and off campus

Community service, and community-engaged research

Club Med (medical studies student club)

Liberal Arts- Engineering Dual Degree Program

And three Scholars have served as residence fellows and teaching assistants in the Bates Summer Scholars Program!