A crowd gathers in the Perry Atrium to hear the "Call to the Summit," offered by trumpetist William Davies '08 and an official welcome from Dean of Faculty Jill Reich and President Elaine Tuttle Hansen.

On a final note, joined by President Elaine Tuttle Hansen, Brad Oriel '06 of Newton Centre, Mass., lays out the objectives of his study to examine motor function, and the therapeutic qualities of two adenosine receptors, in rats afflicted with Parkinson's.

Michael Wilson '06 displays an image of Lewiston mill managers -- who admonished workers to "think" -- to make a point about paternalism in the work place.

Historian Charlie Clark '51, author of the recently published "Bates Through the Years: An Illustrated History," enjoys a presentation by Nathan Purinton '06 of Toledo, Ohio, and Michael Wilson '07 of Groton, Mass., on "Sentimentalism and the Lewiston-Auburn Community: Representations of Life in a Mill Town."

Nicole Nadeau '06, who grew up in Northern Maine, conducted oral histories with the Acadian community there, focusing on her relatives (such as the storyteller shown here) for her senior French thesis, "Rooted in the St. John Valley.