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The Bobcat looks forward to May 15, when Bates seeks 555 additional alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day. Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College
Alumni make May 15 a “great day”
Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.
By Victoria Stanton on May 14, 2013
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Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty
A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.
By Bates News on May 13, 2013
Bates expects to award bachelor's degree to approximately 450 students, representing 35 U.S. states and 28 countries, on May 26. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.
2013 Commencement honorary degrees announced; address by Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg
The honorary degree candidates "show us how the values that define the Bates experience can shape, and take shape in, the world,” said President Spencer.
By Bates News on April 23, 2013
Scientific American quotes Adler ’00 research on negative emotions and well-being
Under the headline “Negative Emotions are Key to Well-Being,” Scientific American writer...
By Jay Burns on May 22, 2013
Sunday Telegram profiles Metropolis Ensemble founder Andrew Cyr ’96
With Metropolis Ensemble, Andrew Cyr is meeting his goals of attracting nontraditional classical audiences and giving young classical music composers a chance.
By Bates Magazine on May 22, 2013
Boston Spirit Magazine blog profiles On the Town actor John Ambrosino ’01
Ambrosino has a lead role in the production of On the Town at Boston's Lyric Stage, May 10 to June 8.
By Bates News on May 22, 2013
With the exception of Hakimah Abdul-Fattah and Cameron Sheldon, who were abroad, the 2013 Fulbright grant recipients attended a May 13 reception at the home of Bates President Clayton Spencer. From left: Catherine Tuttle, Libby Egan, Tara Prasad, Marisa Mohrer, Spencer, Valerie Jarvis, Hansen Johnson, Nora Flanagan, Taryn O'Connell. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.
Bates produces its largest-ever number of Fulbright grant recipients
Known as a top producer of students receiving Fulbright U.S. Student Grants, Bates will graduate 10 such students -- a record number for the college.
By Doug Hubley on May 21, 2013
Al Filreis, a Bates parent who holds several teaching positions at the University of Pennsylvania, was this year's featured speaker for Bates' annual May Conference on teaching techniques.
“MOOC” master discusses new teaching approach with Bates faculty
Professor Al Filreis of the University of Pennsylvania spoke about his belief that massively open online courses (MOOCs) can bring the humanities to the masses — and his belief that the kinds of courses...
By Meg Kimmel on May 20, 2013
Choreographer and dancer Erin Gottwald '98 confers with rapper, writer, actor and director Postell Pringle '98. The classmates are on campus to lead longstanding Short Term unit "Tour Teach Perform," in which students create a dance piece and teach it to pupils in local schools. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
Video: Classmates Pringle, Gottwald return to develop ‘Tour, Teach, Perform’ piece
Choreographer and dancer Erin Gottwald ’98 joins rapper, writer, actor and director Postell Pringle ’98 to lead longstanding Short Term unit “Tour Teach Perform."
By Bates News on May 10, 2013
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Trustee Chair Emeritus E. Robert Kinney ’39, corporate and civic leader with ‘good, gutsy Maine business sense,’ dies at 96
Kinney was a model corporate leader, a former CEO of General Mills who "always ready with a helping hand."
By Jay Burns on May 9, 2013
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Campus extends helping hands to downtown fire relief efforts
As the Lewiston-Auburn community rallies around the victims of three multi-building fires downtown, Bates is coordinating campus efforts to support the relief.
By Bates News on May 9, 2013

Scores

Women’s Outdoor Track T-15th/57 at ECAC Div. 3 Championships (May 16-17)

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Men’s Outdoor Track 1st/59 at ECAC Div. 3 Championships (May 16-17)

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Women’s Rowing competes at ECAC/National Invitational Rowing Championships

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Men’s Rowing competes at ECAC/National Invitational Rowing Championships

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Women’s Outdoor Track T-32nd/35 at Open New Englands (May 10-11)

2013-05-11 | Story
Home events are marked in bold and * (asterisk) indicates a NESCAC opponent.

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