Open to the World: In stories and statistics, Sen. Mitchell sums up worth of higher education

The Bobcat looks forward to May 15, when Bates seeks 555 additional alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day. Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Alumni make May 15 a “great day”

Post by: Victoria Stanton on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.

Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Post by: Bates News on Monday, May 13, 2013

A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.

Bates expects to award bachelor's degree to approximately 450 students, representing 35 U.S. states and 28 countries, on May 26. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.

2013 Commencement honorary degrees announced; address by Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg

Post by: Bates News on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The honorary degree candidates “show us how the values that define the Bates experience can shape, and take shape in, the world,” said President Spencer.

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Monday October 31, 2011 7:31 pm	Open to the World: In stories and statistics, Sen. Mitchell sums up worth of higher education Sharing the Chapel chancel with 15 Bates students supported in their studies by a statewide program that he founded, former…
Monday October 31, 2011 6:26 pm	Open to the World: Paul Marks ’83 headlines Hedge, Roger Williams dedication The journey of Paul Marks ’83 from Bates to China, and from being “a fairly unengaged student” to an international…
Monday October 31, 2011 6:24 pm	Local students participate in art outreach program “Rollin’ to Olin” is a new outreach program giving local schoolchildren a chance to experience music and visual art at…
Monday October 31, 2011 6:23 pm	Open to the World: Spain, ‘down the Plains’ come to Maine as poetry fest begins It had to be said: Sometimes, “something gets found in translation, too.” This truth was stated during the opening of…
Monday October 31, 2011 6:06 pm	Beware food-industrial complex, says Stonyfield’s Hirshberg P’13 By Roland Adams It was likely an evening of revelation for some and confirmation for others as Bates scrutinized the…
Monday October 31, 2011 6:03 pm	Open to the World: Foreign becomes familiar in Roger Williams Hall Bates’ global reach has been a driving theme behind Open to the World: Bates Celebrates Unbounded Learning, a celebration of…
Monday October 31, 2011 5:18 pm	Open to the World: Differences do transform, students of faith agree In Austin, Texas, Rose Levy-Rubinett ’12 grew up in a household where family history and Judaism were fused into a…
Monday October 31, 2011 4:42 pm	Defending their honors theses, young scholars undergo a final metamorphosis Behind the closed doors of an honors defense, young scholars undergo a final metamorphosis.
Saturday October 29, 2011 9:54 pm	Video: Leadership Symposium on Cost, Value and Financial Aid While the cost of higher education is certainly rising, a group of national leaders in higher education told an Oct….
Saturday October 29, 2011 9:53 pm	Video: Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell’s keynote to ‘Open to the World’ Sharing the Chapel chancel with 15 Bates students supported in their studies by a statewide program that he founded, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell LL.D. ’85 used incidents from his own life to drive home higher education’s value to both personal growth and economic success.

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Sharing the Chapel chancel with 15 Bates students supported in their studies by a statewide program that he founded, former…

Open to the World: Paul Marks ’83 headlines Hedge, Roger Williams dedication

The journey of Paul Marks ’83 from Bates to China, and from being “a fairly unengaged student” to an international…

Local students participate in art outreach program

“Rollin’ to Olin” is a new outreach program giving local schoolchildren a chance to experience music and visual art at…

Open to the World: Spain, ‘down the Plains’ come to Maine as poetry fest begins

It had to be said: Sometimes, “something gets found in translation, too.” This truth was stated during the opening of…

Beware food-industrial complex, says Stonyfield’s Hirshberg P’13

By Roland Adams It was likely an evening of revelation for some and confirmation for others as Bates scrutinized the…

Open to the World: Foreign becomes familiar in Roger Williams Hall

Bates’ global reach has been a driving theme behind Open to the World: Bates Celebrates Unbounded Learning, a celebration of…

Open to the World: Differences do transform, students of faith agree

In Austin, Texas, Rose Levy-Rubinett ’12 grew up in a household where family history and Judaism were fused into a…

Defending their honors theses, young scholars undergo a final metamorphosis

Behind the closed doors of an honors defense, young scholars undergo a final metamorphosis.

Video: Leadership Symposium on Cost, Value and Financial Aid

While the cost of higher education is certainly rising, a group of national leaders in higher education told an Oct….

Video: Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell’s keynote to ‘Open to the World’

Sharing the Chapel chancel with 15 Bates students supported in their studies by a statewide program that he founded, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell LL.D. ’85 used incidents from his own life to drive home higher education’s value to both personal growth and economic success.