Stories from February 2009
Sony adds ad man again

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:36 am

Variety noted the return of Michael Pavlic '96 to Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing and Distribution as senior vice president of creative advertising. From 2003 to 2005, he worked at Sony Pictures as manager of creative advertising and helped produce ad campaigns for Hitch and other films. Pavlic most recently was producer-editor at Big Picture Entertainment.

Jazz groups feature talented musicians

Monday, February 16, 2009 4:38 pm

Ben Smeltzer '10, of the Bates Jazz Combo, rocks the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall as part of the evening program for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. The combo's members participate in the college's jazz band.

Bates Dining features many choices

Monday, February 16, 2009 4:22 pm

Bates Dining pizza chef Tina Vallerand performs her wizardry at the brick oven in the new Bates Dining Commons. A favorite of Bates students, Commons pizza is one of many popular choices that appears regularly on the Bates Dining menu.

A cappella thrives at Bates

Monday, February 16, 2009 3:49 pm

The Deansmen, one of Bates College’s two all-male a cappella groups, peforms during the Fourth Annual Harward Center Community Partnerships Community Celebration at the Lewiston Public Library.

L.L.Bean CMO Stephen Fuller '82 named Bates trustee

Sunday, February 15, 2009 4:08 pm

Bates College President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has announced the appointment of Stephen M. Fuller '82 of Freeport to the College's Board of Trustees.

Peaking for the 2009 NCAA skiing championships

Friday, February 13, 2009 4:50 pm

Sam Evans-Brown '09 completes a breakout weekend with his second consecutive fifth-place finish in the Bates Winter Carnival. In March, Bates hosts the 2009 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships and partners with two of Maine’s outstanding skiing venues: Sunday River in Bethel and Black Mountain in Rumford.

Carleton official named Beloit College president

Friday, February 13, 2009 1:10 pm

Various news outlets, including an Associated Press item in the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on the appointment of H. Scott Bierman '77 as president of Beloit College.

Career centers see more students and fewer recruiters in tight job market

Friday, February 13, 2009 1:05 pm

The recession is forcing job-seeking seniors — and the colleges that are trying to help them — to refine their strategies, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education story.

Student prepares for annual Senior Exhibition

Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:51 pm

Studio art major Jessica Kase '09 of Chappaqua, N.Y., works in her Olin Arts studio on an oil painting that will be part of her senior thesis project, an exploration of the intimate nature of creating portraits of strangers.

Chris Wilson '10

Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:39 pm

Bates junior Chris Wilson (Brewer, Maine) averaged 19.5 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game in leading Bates to a 54-53 win over Trinity and a narrow 71-66 loss to nationally ranked Amherst. He shot 13-for-25 from the field (.520) on the week, including 6-of-8 (.750) from behind the three-point arc.

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