Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to discuss Brown vs. Board of Education decision

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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Friday May 14, 2004 10:20 am	Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to discuss Brown vs. Board of Education decision Syndicated Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, will give a lecture titled The Light That Failed about the 50-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown vs. the Board of Education at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, in the Bates College Chapel. The public is invited to attend this special session of the Great Falls Forum, free of charge.
Friday May 14, 2004 9:27 am	Bates premieres drama based on ancient myth “Tereus in Fragments: A Lost Play of Sophocles,” a dramatic version of one of the more disturbing myths from ancient Greece, premieres on the Bates College stage in performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18, in Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall, 305 College St. Admission is $6 for the general public and $3 for students and senior citizens.
Thursday May 13, 2004 8:44 am	Bates College Museum of Art, Maine College of Art offer joint exhibition of major Chinese artist In a collaboration unusual for Maine’s academic museums, the Bates College Museum of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, will jointly present an exhibition by Wenda Gu, one of the most important artists to emerge from China in recent decades.
Sunday May 9, 2004 10:25 am	Bates presents panel on the United States and the Middle East As a follow-up to a well-attended discussion last month about the United States and Iraq, Bates College presents a panel discussion about the United States and the Middle East at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 13, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend at no charge. For more information, call 207-786-6195.
Saturday May 8, 2004 11:32 am	Bates bests Bowdoin in President's Cup debate A team of three Bates College debaters defeated their Bowdoin College counterparts in a May 3 “President’s Cup” debate held in Chase Hall. The two sides faced each other over the resolution “The United States should withdraw all military forces from Iraq after the June 30 turnover of military power.”
Friday May 7, 2004 10:42 am	Weekend concerts feature classical and computerized music New music by a Bates faculty member and an afternoon of music for violin and piano highlight the performance offerings at Bates College on the second weekend of May.
Friday May 7, 2004 10:34 am	Distinguished astronomer R. Bruce Partridge to speak Astronomer R. Bruce Partridge visits Bates College to give a lecture titled “Photographing the Big Bang” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 10, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Avenue.
Wednesday May 5, 2004 9:12 am	Alternative roots-music acts from all over to perform at festival Musicians from Texas, Ohio, North Carolina and Maine will bring fresh perspectives to traditional sounds during the third annual WRBC Roots Music Festival from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater, adjacent to the Olin Arts Center, at Bates College, 75 Russell St.
Tuesday May 4, 2004 11:13 am	Faculty accomplishments listed on new Web page The Dean of Faculty’s Office has produced a new Web page that offers an annual overview of presentations and publications of Bates’ amazing faculty.
Tuesday May 4, 2004 11:05 am	Bates volunteers lead Rebuilding Day On May 1, a hot and sunny Saturday, a bunch of Batesies and other volunteers gathered for National Rebuilding Day, an annual community undertaking to rehabilitate housing for the disadvantaged.

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Friday

May 14, 2004
10:20 am

Syndicated Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, will give a lecture titled The Light That Failed about the 50-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown vs. the Board of Education at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, in the Bates College Chapel. The public is invited to attend this special session of the Great Falls Forum, free of charge.

Friday

May 14, 2004
9:27 am

Bates premieres drama based on ancient myth

“Tereus in Fragments: A Lost Play of Sophocles,” a dramatic version of one of the more disturbing myths from ancient Greece, premieres on the Bates College stage in performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18, in Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall, 305 College St. Admission is $6 for the general public and $3 for students and senior citizens.

Thursday

May 13, 2004
8:44 am

Bates College Museum of Art, Maine College of Art offer joint exhibition of major Chinese artist

In a collaboration unusual for Maine’s academic museums, the Bates College Museum of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, will jointly present an exhibition by Wenda Gu, one of the most important artists to emerge from China in recent decades.

Sunday

May 9, 2004
10:25 am

Bates presents panel on the United States and the Middle East

As a follow-up to a well-attended discussion last month about the United States and Iraq, Bates College presents a panel discussion about the United States and the Middle East at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 13, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend at no charge. For more information, call 207-786-6195.

Saturday

May 8, 2004
11:32 am

Bates bests Bowdoin in President's Cup debate

A team of three Bates College debaters defeated their Bowdoin College counterparts in a May 3 “President’s Cup” debate held in Chase Hall. The two sides faced each other over the resolution “The United States should withdraw all military forces from Iraq after the June 30 turnover of military power.”

Friday

May 7, 2004
10:42 am

Weekend concerts feature classical and computerized music

New music by a Bates faculty member and an afternoon of music for violin and piano highlight the performance offerings at Bates College on the second weekend of May.

Friday

May 7, 2004
10:34 am

Distinguished astronomer R. Bruce Partridge to speak

Astronomer R. Bruce Partridge visits Bates College to give a lecture titled “Photographing the Big Bang” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 10, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Avenue.

Wednesday

May 5, 2004
9:12 am

Alternative roots-music acts from all over to perform at festival

Musicians from Texas, Ohio, North Carolina and Maine will bring fresh perspectives to traditional sounds during the third annual WRBC Roots Music Festival from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater, adjacent to the Olin Arts Center, at Bates College, 75 Russell St.