Maine student discovers low-tech way to purify arsenic-contaminated water

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

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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

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

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Thursday February 24, 2000 2:55 pm	Maine student discovers low-tech way to purify arsenic-contaminated water Katherine Heggeman, a Bates College senior from Standish, has discovered a method for purifying arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Zimapan, Mexico. Heggeman, a geology major at Bates, will present research related to her senior honors thesis at the 35th annual meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, March 13-15 in New Brunswick, N.J.
Wednesday February 23, 2000 2:52 pm	Abrahamsen to discuss "Hyperbaric Medicine 2000" Dr. Robert Abrahamsen, director of the Total Wound Center at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, will discuss “Hyperbaric Medicine 2000″ at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in Keck Classroom G52 of Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road. Abrahamsen will discuss how this state-of-the-art medical treatment delivers 100 percent oxygen to patients in an environment of increased atmospheric pressure. The talk, sponsored by the Bates College Emergency Medical Services, is open to the public free of charge.
Tuesday February 22, 2000 2:50 pm	Designer McDonough to discuss "Designing a 'Green' World" William McDonough, named 1999 Designer of the Year by Interiors magazine, will discuss “Designing a ‘Green’ World” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, Bates College.
Friday February 18, 2000 2:47 pm	New England Piano Quartette to perform The New England Piano Quartette will perform the annual Alvin E. David Concert with works by Beethoven, Martinu and Faure at 8 p.m. Friday, March 3, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College. The performance will be followed by a reception in the Olin lobby, and the public is invited to attend free of charge. For more information, call the Olin Arts Center at 207-786-6135.
Friday February 18, 2000 2:42 pm	Theologian and artist to speak of her sense of the holy Elizabeth Bettenhausen, social ethicist, theologian, photographer and poet, will discuss “Bleeding Brain? That’s Life!” and present a two-hour interactive workshop “Does Art Increase Justice in the World?” offered in conjunction with an exhibit of Bettenhausen’s photographs and poetry, “Healthy, Holy Illness in My Head.”
Friday February 18, 2000 2:39 pm	Portland String Quartet performs with soprano Christina Astrachan The Portland String Quartet will perform a concert of Mozart, Dvorak and Thomas Myron, with guest soprano Christina Astrachan, at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge. For more information, call the Olin Arts Center at 207-786-6135.
Friday February 18, 2000 2:34 pm	Poet Gregory Orr to read Poet-memoirist Gregory Orr will read from a memoir about his troubled relationship with his father, supplementing his presentation with related family poems at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Thursday February 17, 2000 2:32 pm	Maultsby to discuss African American music in Dutch culture Portia Maultsby, professor of ethnomusicology and director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University, will discuss “African American Music in Dutch Culture: Issues of Identity and Representation” at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, March 2, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend the Muskie Millennial Series Lecture free of charge.
Thursday February 17, 2000 2:29 pm	Entrepreneurship series examines e-commerce hree Bates College alumni are featured in The Electronic Revolution, E-Commerce, the next presentation in the Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship, at 7 p.m. Friday, March 3, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.
Tuesday February 15, 2000 2:25 pm	Women's spirituality center continues Spiritual Journeys Roseanna Kazanjian, Constance Chandler-Ward and Judith Carpenter, members of Greenfire, a women’s spirituality center in Tenants Harbor, will discuss “Creating a Life in Community for Justice, for Work, for the Inner Life” at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in Skelton Lounge of Chase Hall on the Bates campus.

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Thursday

February 24, 2000
2:55 pm

Katherine Heggeman, a Bates College senior from Standish, has discovered a method for purifying arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Zimapan, Mexico. Heggeman, a geology major at Bates, will present research related to her senior honors thesis at the 35th annual meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, March 13-15 in New Brunswick, N.J.

Wednesday

February 23, 2000
2:52 pm

Abrahamsen to discuss "Hyperbaric Medicine 2000"

Dr. Robert Abrahamsen, director of the Total Wound Center at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, will discuss “Hyperbaric Medicine 2000″ at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in Keck Classroom G52 of Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road. Abrahamsen will discuss how this state-of-the-art medical treatment delivers 100 percent oxygen to patients in an environment of increased atmospheric pressure. The talk, sponsored by the Bates College Emergency Medical Services, is open to the public free of charge.

Tuesday

February 22, 2000
2:50 pm

Designer McDonough to discuss "Designing a 'Green' World"

William McDonough, named 1999 Designer of the Year by Interiors magazine, will discuss “Designing a ‘Green’ World” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, Bates College.

Friday

February 18, 2000
2:47 pm

New England Piano Quartette to perform

The New England Piano Quartette will perform the annual Alvin E. David Concert with works by Beethoven, Martinu and Faure at 8 p.m. Friday, March 3, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College. The performance will be followed by a reception in the Olin lobby, and the public is invited to attend free of charge. For more information, call the Olin Arts Center at 207-786-6135.

Friday

February 18, 2000
2:42 pm

Theologian and artist to speak of her sense of the holy

Elizabeth Bettenhausen, social ethicist, theologian, photographer and poet, will discuss “Bleeding Brain? That’s Life!” and present a two-hour interactive workshop “Does Art Increase Justice in the World?” offered in conjunction with an exhibit of Bettenhausen’s photographs and poetry, “Healthy, Holy Illness in My Head.”

Friday

February 18, 2000
2:39 pm

Portland String Quartet performs with soprano Christina Astrachan

The Portland String Quartet will perform a concert of Mozart, Dvorak and Thomas Myron, with guest soprano Christina Astrachan, at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge. For more information, call the Olin Arts Center at 207-786-6135.

Friday

February 18, 2000
2:34 pm

Poet Gregory Orr to read

Poet-memoirist Gregory Orr will read from a memoir about his troubled relationship with his father, supplementing his presentation with related family poems at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Thursday

February 17, 2000
2:32 pm

Maultsby to discuss African American music in Dutch culture

Portia Maultsby, professor of ethnomusicology and director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University, will discuss “African American Music in Dutch Culture: Issues of Identity and Representation” at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, March 2, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend the Muskie Millennial Series Lecture free of charge.

Thursday

February 17, 2000
2:29 pm

Entrepreneurship series examines e-commerce

hree Bates College alumni are featured in The Electronic Revolution, E-Commerce, the next presentation in the Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship, at 7 p.m. Friday, March 3, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.

Tuesday

February 15, 2000
2:25 pm

Women's spirituality center continues Spiritual Journeys

Roseanna Kazanjian, Constance Chandler-Ward and Judith Carpenter, members of Greenfire, a women’s spirituality center in Tenants Harbor, will discuss “Creating a Life in Community for Justice, for Work, for the Inner Life” at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in Skelton Lounge of Chase Hall on the Bates campus.