Stories from June 2001
Pangallo wins scholarship to work with D.C. political and media leaders

Thursday, June 28, 2001 4:07 pm

Bates College junior Dominick Pangallo of Salem, Mass., has been named the winner of an American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) scholarship opportunity for the summer of 2001.

Bates alumni receive awards at Reunion Weekend

Wednesday, June 27, 2001 4:19 pm

Bates College presented awards to distinguished alumni at the college’s Reunion Weekend 2001 held this year from June 15 to 17. John A. Kenney, M.D., class of 1942, was presented with the Benjamin Elijah Mays Award, while Sally Ehrenfried, class of 1989, received the Distinguished Young Alumni Service Award.

Bates Dance Festival launches performance season

Tuesday, June 26, 2001 8:09 am

The Bates Dance Festival, northern New England's leading contemporary dance producing and training program, announces its 2001 performance season, July 21 through Aug. 18.

Graduate produces Maine Public Broadcasting documentary

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 8:17 am

2001 cum laude graduate Nicole Goloskov of Chadds Ford, Pa., has produced "Camera Obscura," a video portrait of Rockland, Maine, photographer Chris Pinchbeck, to be broadcast Saturday, June 30, and Sunday, July 1, as part of the Maine Public Broadcasting television series "True North."

Bates College awarded grant to fund 10 community service fellowships for students

Thursday, June 14, 2001 9:17 am

Bates College, and its community partner LA Excels, have received a grant of up to $80,000 to support 10 community research fellowships for the summer of 2001 and 2002 for Bates College students.

Bates junior awarded Beinecke Scholarship and junior Jason Surdukowski named Harry S. Truman Scholar

Thursday, June 14, 2001 9:04 am

Bates College junior Volkan Stodolsky of Germantown, Md., has been awarded an Edwin, Frederick and Walter Beinecke Memorial Scholarship; junior Jason Surdukowski of Concord, N.H., a double major in studio art and political science, has been named a 2001 Harry S. Truman Scholar.

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich tells Bates graduates to seek balance

Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:53 am

Don’t let anxiety about income prevent you from seeking a balance in life, former Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich told Bates College graduates, their families and friends during Commencement exercises Monday, June 4.

Bates Bookstore announces annual summer reading list

Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:27 am

Sarah Potter '77, director of the Bates College Store, and her staff annually offer a summer reading list comprising titles suggested by Bates faculty and staff. This year's list, the fifth annual, includes more than 150 titles recommended by some 70 members of the Bates community.

College of Wooster awards Bates president Harward honorary doctorate

Tuesday, June 5, 2001 3:59 pm

Bates College President Donald W. Harward has been awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from The College of Wooster at the Ohio college's commencement this year.

Bates senior's documentary airs on PBS

Tuesday, June 5, 2001 3:46 pm

Bates College senior Frederick B. Brumder of Milwaukee, Wis., has produced "Prisoner of the Past: The Story of A World War II Jewish American P.O.W.," that will be broadcast Thursday, June 7, as part of "Maine Independents," a Maine Public Broadcasting television series.