1. Kroepsch Award goes to professors Ambrose, Herzig
In recognition of the excellence of their teaching, associate professors William Ambrose, biology, and Rebecca Herzig, women and gender studies, have been honored with this year's Ruth M. and Robert H. Kroepsch Awards. They were nominated for the awards by Bates students and recent alumni. www.bates.edu/x62462.xml

2. Bates upsets No. 1 Bowdoin for Murphy's 200th win
The Bates College women's basketball team, ranked No. 4 in the latest D3hoops.com national poll, upset No. 1 Bowdoin, 74-62, at Alumni Gymnasium Tuesday night, giving Coach Jim Murphy '69 his 200th win. See the story and slideshow: www.bates.edu/pubbates/x63126.xml

3. Three receive Phillips Faculty Fellowships
Three faculty members have received institutional Phillips Fellowships to support a full year's leave at full pay for the pursuit of significant scholarship, new research or the development of new courses or pedagogical approaches. The recipients are Pamela Baker '69, professor of biology; J. Dykstra Eusden '80, professor of geology; and for her second award of the winter, Rebecca Herzig, associate professor of women and gender studies. www.bates.edu/x62446.xml

4. The Campaign for Bates to visit Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland
After six successful events to launch The Campaign for Bates in cities around the country this fall, look for three more stops in U.S. cities in February. On Feb. 8 in Philadelphia alumni and parents will gather at the Four Seasons Hotel to hear from Vice President for External Affairs Bill Hiss '66 and Trustee Susan Bove Kinney '78. On Feb. 9 in Chicago, President Elaine Tuttle Hansen and French Professor Dick Williamson P'05 will join alumni and parents at the Women's Athletic Club. That event is hosted by Trustee Carole Segal P'95 and Alumni Council member Katie Segal Frekko '95. Also on Feb. 10, Cleveland-area alumni and parents are invited to join Bill Hiss and Trustee David Boone '62 at the home of Mark and Shelly Saltzman P'07 in Gates Mills, Ohio. The Saltzmans and Michael and Elizabeth Nochomovitz P'07 are hosting the gathering. Six more regional campaign events are scheduled through May. www.bates.edu/alumni-events.xml

Read more about the most recent campaign events in Seattle and Los Angeles. www.bates.edu/x63105.xml

5. Commencement day change starts in 2006
For the last several years, Bates has held its commencement ceremony on the first Monday after Short Term, which in most years coincides with Memorial Day. Beginning in May of 2006, Bates College Commencement will take place one day earlier, on the Sunday following the end of Short Term (May 28, 2006). Baccalaureate services will be moved to Saturday, and other events will be rearranged to accommodate the new date. For fuller details, see: www.bates.edu/x63019.xml

6. Deadline March 1 for Barlow alumni travel grants
The Barlow Alumni Travel Grant is an award of up to $3,500 to fund travel abroad by a Bates alumni educator who has been teaching kindergarten through 12th grade for at least five years. The grant must support educational and professional goals. Alumni are invited to apply online; the deadline is March 1 and the grant announcement will be made March 15. The Barlow Endowment, made possible by David Barlow '79, also funds a range of student study-abroad programs, plus opportunities for students to link their experiences with their academic work on campus. Application forms and information are available online: www.bates.edu/barlow-grant.xml

7. Alumni with biology background eligible for scholarship
The Biology Department, in conjunction with the Medical Studies Committee, is soliciting applications for the Harriet M. and Fred E. Pomeroy Fund scholarship. Recipients receive $5,000 to help support graduate/professional training in biology or health sciences. To qualify, alumni must have completed significant coursework in biology while at Bates and successfully completed at least one year of graduate or professional study. Learn more: abacus.bates.edu/career/Pomeroy.htm

8. Capital business networking reception Feb. 23
You are invited to a business networking reception at 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Sesto Senso restaurant, 1214 18th Street NW in Washington, D.C. Please join us for a business card exchange and a discussion about creating a Bates Business Networking group in Washington. For more information, contact Alli Lambert at mlambert@bates.edu or 207-786-6239.

9. Hydrocarbon research draws $210,000 in grants for chemist
Rachel Narehood Austin, associate professor of chemistry, has received two grants totaling $210,000 to support her research into the oxidation of hydrocarbons in the environment. Austin was awarded a $60,000 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation in December; in January, she received an academic research enhancement award of $150,000 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health. www.bates.edu/x62831.xml

10. From Bates Archives: Campus life in winter
Students have never used the long Maine winters as a reason to hibernate! As this month's historic slideshow on the Bates Sesquicentennial Web site illustrates, the beauty of winter, along with activities such as theater, debate and various winter sports, invigorate both the mind and body. www.bates.edu/x62318.xml

11. Williamson, Quigley honored in third alumni hockey reunion
The mid-January trek to Underhill Arena has become a welcome habit for ice hockey alumni from the '60s, '70s, and '80s as they reunite on the ice. Moreover, 2005 marks 30 years of service to Bates for Dana Professor of French and onetime hockey coach Dick Williamson. Williamson is retiring at the end of the academic year, and former players have established the Bates Alumni Ice Hockey Award in his honor. Read more and see the photos: www.bates.edu/alumni-hockey.xml

12. The Body Holographic at Museum of Art
The Body Holographic: Harriet Casdin-Silver, an exhibition of work by a pioneering figure in the art of holography, runs through March 19 at the Bates College Museum of Art. Showing simultaneously are Between Science and Art, comprising botanical X-ray photographs by contemporary Ohio artist Judith K. McMillan, and New Acquisitions: Local and Global Contemporary Photography, featuring artists from Maine, China and Africa. The exhibition is made possible by the Synergy Fund, a gift to the museum to explore ideas across disciplines through the arts. www.bates.edu/x62361.xml

13. This Month in Bates History: Debating Harvard at City Hall
Like an up-and-coming prizefighter, Bates debaters in the early 20th century craved a shot at the best. In 1920, that meant a match versus Harvard, "the mecca of Bates' debating hopes," in the words of the Mirror. Weary of beating up on "institutions inferior to her standard," Bates finally lured Harvard to Lewiston in February 1920. The debate was set for Lewiston's City Hall on Feb. 23, and though enjoying home-field advantage, Bates otherwise had to accept and overcome "onerous" conditions to hold the field. Story and photo: www.bates.edu/pubbates/x62221.xml

14. Bates People in the News
The turning of the year found an unprecedented number of Bates people making news. Among them: President Elaine Tuttle Hansen, writing in Baltimore's Sun, called for a new appreciation of a 1980 novel by Marilynne Robinson. Dr. Howard Scher '72 talked to Fortune magazine about former financier Michael Milken's role in cancer research. And two Trustees made appearances: Darrell Crate '89, on the occasion of his re-election as head of the Massachusetts GOP, and Chairman Burton Harris '59 on assuming a new post with Boston's North Bennet Street School. www.bates.edu/bates-in-the-news.xml