Stories from March 2005
Maine essayist Franklin Burroughs to give Otis Lecture
Thursday, March 3, 2005 10:09 am
Franklin Burroughs, author of the acclaimed books "Billy Watson's Croker Sack" and "The River Home: A Return to the Carolina Low Country," visits Bates College to give the eighth annual Otis Lecture Wednesday, March 9, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.
Three faculty members receive tenure
Thursday, March 3, 2005 9:16 am
Faculty members in the fields of art, psychology and the study of American and African American culture were awarded tenure at Bates College this year. The three tenure recipients are assistant professor Pamela Johnson of the Department of Art and Visual Culture; associate professor John McClendon of the programs in African American studies and American cultural studies; and assistant professor Michael Sargent of the Department of Psychology.
Vietnamese victim and plaintiff to discuss historic Agent Orange case
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 9:36 am
Dr. Phan Thi Phi Phi, one of three Vietnamese plaintiffs in a lawsuit against American chemical manufacturers, and Susan Hammond, deputy director of the New York-based Fund for Reconciliation and Development, will discuss this historic case in a lecture titled "Agent Orange: A New Vietnam War" Thursday, March 3, in Chase Hall Lounge.