Stories from June 2005
Faculty, Maine landscape share center stage at Museum of Art

Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:40 am

Artwork by Bates College faculty and artwork exploring diverse visions of the Maine landscape constitute the summer exhibitions at the Bates College Museum of Art, located at 75 Russell St.

Why Bates?

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 12:32 pm

On Valentine’s Day, as the Bates Admissions staff is halfway through reading, re-reading, and re-re-reading every one of a record 4,506 applications for the Class of 2009, the topic of conversation in Lindholm House is the courtship between applicant and college. For starters, the College expects a certain love light in the eyes of each student who applies. “We want people who want to be here, who have a passion for Bates,” says Jared Cash ’04, assistant dean of admissions.

2005 Summer Reading List

Saturday, June 4, 2005 4:37 pm

The ninth edition of our summer leisure reading list: Each spring, the College Store solicits from members of the Bates community their suggestions for good summer reads.

Emotions Symposium starts with 'happy' for Bates students

Thursday, June 2, 2005 9:17 am

Neuroscience major Whitney Sheen '05 of Flagstaff, Ariz., and psychology major Keith Hengen '06 of Concord, N.H., were among just seven undergrads to receive grants defraying travel costs for the 11th annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, held in April by the HealthEmotions Research Institute at UW-Madison.