Alumni make May 15 a “great day”
Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.
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ThursdayApril 30, 2009 |
Candido Bousquet '12Bates first-year Candido Bousquet (Colombo, Sri Lanka) displayed terrific versatility Saturday at the NESCAC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Connecticut College, and was one of the Bobcats keys to nipping Tufts for second place at the meet by half a point. |
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ThursdayApril 30, 2009 |
Important information regarding H1N1 (swine flu)This is the first of what we anticipate will be a series of communications as we all deal with the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak in the United States and internationally. |
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WednesdayApril 29, 2009 |
In Praise of Melancholy author to speakEric G. Wilson, whose 2008 book Against Happiness offers a provocative antidote to America’s culture of “happiness at all costs,” visits Bates College to give a talk called “The Power of Melancholy” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, in Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave. |
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WednesdayApril 29, 2009 |
Acclaimed young jazz pianist Jonathan Batiste to performLed by a jazz pianist whose acclaim belies his youth, the Jonathan Batiste Band performs at Bates College at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. |
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WednesdayApril 29, 2009 |
Rejection: Some colleges do it better than othersWall Street Journal columnist Sue Shellenbarger samples college rejection letters and declares that Bates beats out Stanford for the “toughest” such missive. The Bates letter, she writes, “delivers a more direct, and perhaps more honest, message: ‘The deans were obliged to select from among candidates who clearly could do sound work at Bates.’” Dean of Admissions Wylie Mitchell tells Shellenbarger that brevity is the best way to show respect for rejected applicants. |
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WednesdayApril 29, 2009 |
'Ethnicity, Inc.' lecture highlights visit by noted social scientistsJohn Comaroff, an influential social scientist at the University of Chicago, gives a talk titled “Ethnicity, Inc.: The Commercialization of… |
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TuesdayApril 28, 2009 |
Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout reflects on writingMaine Public Broadcasting reporter Tom Porter interviews Elizabeth Strout ’77, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Olive… |
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MondayApril 27, 2009 |
Leah Maciejewski '12Bates first-year catcher Leah Maciejewski (Tewksbury, Mass.) capped a terrific game in dramatic fashion Saturday against Trinity, doubling down the left-field line to score Karen Ullmann with the game-winning run in the 11th inning for a 9-8 Bates victory. |
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MondayApril 27, 2009 |
Fish '96 and Huston accomplish North Pole questSleeping just three hours over the last four days, Tyler Fish ’96 and John Huston reached the North Pole on April 25, 2009, becoming the first Americans to ski unsupported to the pole. |
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SundayApril 26, 2009 |
On same-sex marriage, look to IowaWriting in the Lewiston Sun Journal, Associate Professor of Psychology Michael Sargent joins the discussion of a proposed same-sex marriage… |
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