1. Chance for Boston-area alumni to 'find career passion'
Join alumni in the Boston area on Saturday, Oct. 15, for a one-day seminar focused on creating a great career. "Chart a New Course: Finding Your Career Passion" will be facilitated by Harry Sobel, an expert in executive coaching, career development and helping professionals create jobs they love. For more information, contact Alli Lambert at 207-786-6239 or at www.bates.edu/career-workshop.xml

2. Five new Trustees named
President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has announced five appointments to the Bates College Board of Trustees: Robert E. Burke '59 of Boston, Mass.; Marjorie Northrop Friedman '95 of Dallas, Texas; Jennifer L. Guckel '88 of Charlestown, Mass.; Dana Petersen Moore '79 of Baltimore, Md.; and Quoc K. Tran '95 of Omaha, Neb. www.bates.edu/x69592.xml

3. From Bates to Oxford, and the world
As a junior at Bates, Volkan Yildiran Stodolsky '02 of Germantown, Md., received a national Beinecke Scholarship that paid for his graduate education in classical and medieval Islamic history at Oxford. Stodolsky said Bates made it possible for him to act on his curiosity about the world and different cultures. www.bates.edu/x68803.xml

4. The Campaign for Bates hits $91 million, enters final year
Campaign gifts totaling $91 million are the tangible evidence of how Trustees, alumni and parents have stepped forward to show their support for Bates, its mission and its values. With 11 months left to reach the $120 million goal, the opportunity remains to join this chorus. All gifts, no matter what size or designation, count toward the goal. Trustees, volunteers and staff will continue to reach out to potential donors, and the Trustees will announce a special challenge in the fall to further pique interest in this important effort. Learn more at www.bates.edu/campaign

5. Save the Date: Celebrate 150 years of Bates values
Beginning in October, President Hansen, Trustees and staff will hit the road for a series of nine festive regional events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Bates College. Join fellow alumni, parents and friends to renew Bates connections and hear about the enduring, distinctive character of a Bates education and plans to secure its future. Cities include Washington, D.C. (Oct. 11); Hartford, Conn. (Oct. 18); New York, N.Y. (Oct. 19); Boston, Mass. (Oct. 20); Chicago, Ill. (Nov. 16); Seattle, Wash. (Dec. 6); San Francisco, Calif. (Dec. 7); Los Angeles, Calif. (Dec. 8); and Portland, Maine (Dec. 14). Invitations to specific regions will follow. E-mail Alicia Richard at arichard@bates.edu for more information or visit www.bates.edu/150-years.xml

6. This Month in Bates History: A tragic death, a hopeful legacy
On Aug. 12, 1995, student park ranger Philip Otis '95 and another ranger set out to rescue an injured climber on Mount Rainier. In freezing rain, about 200 feet from the man, they slipped and fell to their deaths. A broken crampon was later found at the site. At the time of his death, Otis' spiritual and environmental beliefs were already intertwined, if not fully formed. His thesis had explored a theology of living in harmony with the environment, without, as the Bible says, "toil nor spin." In the decade since his death, Otis' ideas have found diverse expression at Bates. In 1996, a family gift in his memory established the Philip J. Otis Endowment to give students and faculty the chance to "study and reflect upon new and innovative ways to understand, appreciate, and express our interdependencies with the earth."

Otis Endowment: www.bates.edu/acad/depts/environ/otisprogram

Otis Fellowships: www.bates.edu/Otis-Fellowships.xml

7. Bates names sports information director
Jenny Allen has been named Bates sports information director in the Office of Communications and Media Relations. A native of Lewiston and former interim SID at SUNY Brockport, Allen will present Bates athletics to the extended Bates community and the general public through the news media, Bates publications and electronic communications, including the Web. www.bates.edu/x68832.xml

8. Help send the women's basketball team to Vegas
The record-setting women's basketball team hopes to go to Las Vegas to compete in the Desert Shootout, for the team's first tournament trip outside New England. The team is raffling two prizes to raise funds for the trip: $2,000, and the week's use of a house at Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport, Maine, in 2006. The trip would take place Dec. 18-23 and the competition, says head coach Jim Murphy '69, "will leave us better prepared for NESCAC games." Tickets are $50 apiece; write a check to "Bates College Women's Basketball" and send it to Murphy, Bates College, 2 Andrews Road, Lewiston ME 04240. The drawing will be held at halftime of the Nov. 30 game vs. Husson College. Visit www.bobcatsraffle.com for more information and scenes from the beach.

9. Bates People in the News
Recent Bates graduates were in the news. Maine media noted that For the Love of Small Scale, a film by three seniors and a junior, was a winner in a documentary film competition at the Maine International Film Festival. Also in Maine news was hoop standout Brian Gerrity '05, who holds a preparatory b-ball camp this month for college-bound players. Meanwhile, cycling magazines including VeloNews covered Ari De Wilde '05 and his senior thesis, a landmark history of collegiate cycling. On another front, a study of human impacts on the prehistoric Australian environment made the science pages, with Bates geologist Beverly Johnson a contributing researcher. www.bates.edu/bates-in-the-news.xml