Alumni make May 15 a “great day”
Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.
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FridayOctober 29, 2004 |
George Mitchell, Vanessa Kerry stump for John KerryIn next Tuesday’s presidential election, Americans have a choice between “fear and hope,” former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell told an audience of about 100 at Bates College at midday Thursday, Oct. 28. Speaking in support of Sen. John Kerry and presented by the Bates Democrats, the Maine Democrat was the one of the latest in a series of notable figures campaigning here on behalf of the presidential candidates. |
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WednesdayOctober 27, 2004 |
Maine Day draws high school studentsOn Thursday, Nov. 11, high school students from all over Maine will visit Bates College for Maine Day. |
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FridayOctober 22, 2004 |
Law professor Derrick Bell gives Brown v. Board of Education talkThe exhibition “Multicultural Center Retrospective: Eight Years of Diversity Programming” opens Thursday, Oct. 28, with a 6 p.m. reception whose guests include the author and attorney Derrick Bell, featured in a 7 p.m. talk commemorating the historic Brown vs. Board of Education decision. The public is invited to attend free of charge the reception and the lecture, held in Chase Hall Gallery and Chase Hall Lounge respectively, Campus Avenue, Bates College. For more information, call 207-786-8376. |
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ThursdayOctober 21, 2004 |
Comedian visits to discuss Maine's creative economyBates College presents Michael Miclon, a well-known Maine comedian and new vaudevillian, with a talk about the state’s creative economy at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, Campus Avenue. |
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WednesdayOctober 20, 2004 |
Men's cross country ninth, women's soccer 21st in national pollsThe Bates College men’s cross country team is ranked ninth nationally among NCAA Division III institutions, and the women’s soccer team made its debut in the national polls on Tuesday, ranking 21st. |
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ThursdayOctober 14, 2004 |
Panel to discuss Vietnam and Iraq warsTo provide historical perspective on what happened more than three decades ago and what is going on now in the Middle East, a Bates College panel consisting of a Vietnam veteran, a Vietnamese student from Hanoi, a Republican Party student activist, and a former member of Congress and Reagan arms control official will debate the differences and similarities between the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq. |
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WednesdayOctober 13, 2004 |
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra continues Bates Concert SeriesDistinguished by an eclecticism that encompasses free improvisation, Duke Ellington classics and sacred music, Boston’s Aardvark Jazz Orchestra continues the 2004-05 Bates College Concert Series at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, in the Olin Arts Center, at 75 Russell St. |
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MondayOctober 11, 2004 |
Bates announces $120 million campaign, largest in its historyBates College announced the public phase of the most ambitious fund-raising effort in its history Oct. 9 – a $120 million campaign focused on endowment for greater student financial aid, academic programs and facilities improvements. |
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SundayOctober 10, 2004 |
PowerPoint Analysis: SAT Submitters and Non-SubmittersPowerPoint presentation on 20-year Optional SAT study to the National Association for College Admissions Counseling national conference in Milwaukee Oct. 1 by William C. Hiss, Bates College vice president for external affairs. Use of this information is embargoed to Oct.1. |
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SaturdayOctober 9, 2004 |
Bates community urged to register, vote“It’s often said that democracies are measured by the participation of their citizens,” President Elaine Tuttle Hansen observed. “We are fortunate at Bates to have student Democrats and Republicans who each year take that civic commitment to heart and work to register their fellow students.” |
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