Slideshow: This Month at Bates
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- In Garcelon Bog, Kat Harling ’17 (left) and Grace Boueri ’16 weigh twigs to obtain a “wet weight” for the sample. Various bog samples will be used to calculate the long-term storage of carbon, known as sequestration, in the bog. The course is “Scientific Approaches to Environmental Issues,” taught by Holly Ewing. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
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- After days of snowfall, the sun emerges. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
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- Lynne Lewis reacts to introductory remarks made by President Clayton Spencer during events held to honor Lewis’ appointment as the Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- Brittney Davis ‘14, center, dances with Bates modern dancers and Lewiston folk dancers during a contradance rehearsal in the Marcy Plavin Studios. The dance is a collaboration between the two groups and fuses traditional French-Canadian contradance and modern jazz. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
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- Bates softball coach McKell Barnes offers tips on technique to Hope Hutchinson, 12, of Greene during a youth clinic with the softball team in Gray Cage. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
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- Signs of spring frame Hathorn Hall. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- Jeremy Mack ’16 of Brooklyn performs his poetry at the the Benjamin Mays Center as part the Village Club Series’ Student Poetry Slam. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- Commons glows at dusk. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- The Bates women’s basketball team ended its season with a 67-40 win over Colby in Alumni Gymnasium. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- Thomas Tracy has received the 2014 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching. He’s the Phillips Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- Djibril Diakite ‘17 of Atlanta, offers a pointer to Daniel LaPrell, 13, of Auburn, in Alumni Gym: “Practice dribbling anytime you can. Use the advantage of quickness against bigger defenders.” (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- A shadow of the Class of 1910 gate falls outside of Roger Williams Hall. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
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- A well-attended talk for pre-med students, sponsored by the Bates Career Development Center, featured a cardiologist, general surgeon, plastic surgeon and third-year med student sharing stories about their careers in medicine. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- Simone Schriger ’14 (right) surprises Cheri-Ann Parris ’13 with flowers and a handmade valentine. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
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- “If there is a philosophy for walking, ours might be best expressed by Lewis Carroll: ‘A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,’” says Professor of Sociology Sawyer Sylvester, with his wife, Sheila, on their daily campus walk. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- Associate Dean of Students James Reese participates in a planning meeting for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Committee. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- “It’s 35 pounds, so with that much weight you have to rely on technique and form first. Then you can apply your power,” says Nick Margitza ’16, of Waterville, a thrower on the men’s track team. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- A display of famous French and Francophone faces — artists, writers and scientists — embellishes a Roger Williams Hall wall in the Department of French and Francophone Studies. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Holly Ewing snowshoes through Garcelon Bog on a field trip with students in her course “Scientific Approaches to Environmental Issues.” (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
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- Lacrosse player Moriah Greenstein ‘16 had five points in the Bobcats’ NESCAC opener vs. Amherst. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- “Growing up, I used to watch figure skating while having dinner with my family,” says economics and math double major Lei Lei ‘14 of Nanjing, China, watching Olympic women’s figure skating while eating brunch in the Den with Rohan Jaffrey ‘14 of Jersey City, N.J. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- Quarterback Nick LaSpada ‘17, a sociology-major-to-be, of Billerica, Mass., does glute-ham raises in the Davis Fitness Center during an off-season workout with his teammates. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- “I like to study in empty and unorthodox places. I find them more peaceful,” says environmental studies major Caitrin Griffin ‘16 of Geneva, Ill., studying on the second floor of Commons in a position that keeps her “actively engaged.” (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- With a bouquet and a kiss, Luke Matarazzo ’14 of Shelton, Conn., greets his mother courtside in Alumni Gym prior to his final game for Bates. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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- A student in the course “Literature of Agriculture” joins a field trip to the R.E Hemond dairy farm. Jane Costlow, Clark A. Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies, teaches the course. (Sarah Crosby/Bates College)
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- Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ryan Nelson, left, assists a student in a lab for CH/ES 108B, “Chemical Reactivity in Environmental Systems.” (Phyllis Graber Jensenj/Bates College)
Yes, February was another chilly month. But as George Harrison noted, here comes the sun. And we say it’s all right. Photography by Sarah Crosby and Phyllis Graber Jensen.
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