Environmentalist Leon Billings to speak about environmental agenda

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”

Post by: Victoria Stanton on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.

Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Post by: Bates News on Monday, May 13, 2013

A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.

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

Post by: Bates News on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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.

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Tuesday October 29, 1996 12:00 am	Environmentalist Leon Billings to speak about environmental agenda Leon Billings, an executive assistant to former Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie ’36, will speak on “Shift in the Environmental Agenda” at Bates College at 7 p.m. Nov. 4 in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Thursday October 24, 1996 11:09 am	Bioethics conference to be held A conference on the patient-provider relationship will be held at Bates College from 8:30 a.m. through 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Olin Arts Center. The conference is sponsored and accredited by Eastern Maine Medical Center.
Wednesday October 23, 1996 11:07 am	Student composers to perform A group of Bates student composers and their professor will make an informal presentation of their work on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Monday October 21, 1996 12:00 am	Bible conference to be held In an effort to link the academic work of Maine scholars with community interest in the Bible, the Department of Philopsohy and Religion at Bates College will host a three-day conference of biblical studies on Friday Nov. 1, Sat. Nov. 2 and Sunday Nov. 3. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Tuesday October 15, 1996 11:02 am	Four U.S. Senate candidates to debate for seat Four candidates for the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. William S. Cohen, R-Maine, will discuss their views in a televised debate at Bates College on Monday, Oct. 21. Any tickets remaining after distribution to students will be available starting Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Office of Special Projects and Summer Programs, 163 Wood St.
Friday October 11, 1996 11:00 am	Influential U.S. News editor to speak James Fallows, one of America’s most thoughtful social and political observers will speak on “The Media and Its Impact on Civic Discourse and Democratic Practice” on Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Thursday October 10, 1996 1:48 pm	Former Polytechnic University head discusses machines, biology, society An engineer will discuss science, technology and society on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall at Bates. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Thursday October 10, 1996 10:56 am	October Weekend to be held at Bates Between 60 and 70 high school students of color will visit to experience a three-day weekend of college life from Oct. 24 through Oct. 26.
Thursday October 10, 1996 12:00 am	Engineer George Bugliarello to discuss science, technology and society An engineer will discuss science, technology and society at Bates College on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Friday October 4, 1996 11:21 am	"Wasted" to be staged An English teacher at Edward Little High School in Auburn, Flynn did not determine the form or content of the play, subtitled “Thoughts Tasted, Moments Wasted: Perspectives on Bates College Culture 1995-96,” until he chose cast members. “We will collaboratively write a full-length play about Bates College culture in 14 days and mount the production in the following three weeks,” Flynn informed his troupe. “Wasted” will be performed with one 10-minute intermission. For more information, call the box office at 207-786-6161.

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Tuesday

October 29, 1996
12:00 am

Leon Billings, an executive assistant to former Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie ’36, will speak on “Shift in the Environmental Agenda” at Bates College at 7 p.m. Nov. 4 in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Thursday

October 24, 1996
11:09 am

Bioethics conference to be held

A conference on the patient-provider relationship will be held at Bates College from 8:30 a.m. through 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Olin Arts Center. The conference is sponsored and accredited by Eastern Maine Medical Center.

Wednesday

October 23, 1996
11:07 am

Student composers to perform

A group of Bates student composers and their professor will make an informal presentation of their work on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Monday

October 21, 1996
12:00 am

Bible conference to be held

In an effort to link the academic work of Maine scholars with community interest in the Bible, the Department of Philopsohy and Religion at Bates College will host a three-day conference of biblical studies on Friday Nov. 1, Sat. Nov. 2 and Sunday Nov. 3. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Tuesday

October 15, 1996
11:02 am

Four U.S. Senate candidates to debate for seat

Four candidates for the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. William S. Cohen, R-Maine, will discuss their views in a televised debate at Bates College on Monday, Oct. 21. Any tickets remaining after distribution to students will be available starting Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Office of Special Projects and Summer Programs, 163 Wood St.

Friday

October 11, 1996
11:00 am

Influential U.S. News editor to speak

James Fallows, one of America’s most thoughtful social and political observers will speak on “The Media and Its Impact on Civic Discourse and Democratic Practice” on Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Thursday

October 10, 1996
1:48 pm

Former Polytechnic University head discusses machines, biology, society

An engineer will discuss science, technology and society on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall at Bates. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Thursday

October 10, 1996
10:56 am

October Weekend to be held at Bates

Between 60 and 70 high school students of color will visit to experience a three-day weekend of college life from Oct. 24 through Oct. 26.

Thursday

October 10, 1996
12:00 am

Engineer George Bugliarello to discuss science, technology and society

An engineer will discuss science, technology and society at Bates College on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Friday

October 4, 1996
11:21 am

"Wasted" to be staged

An English teacher at Edward Little High School in Auburn, Flynn did not determine the form or content of the play, subtitled “Thoughts Tasted, Moments Wasted: Perspectives on Bates College Culture 1995-96,” until he chose cast members. “We will collaboratively write a full-length play about Bates College culture in 14 days and mount the production in the following three weeks,” Flynn informed his troupe. “Wasted” will be performed with one 10-minute intermission. For more information, call the box office at 207-786-6161.