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$1 million grant to Bates College recognizes expanding commitment to first-generation student success
Thursday, May 5, 2022 3:35 pm
The $1 million grant will establish the Kessler Scholars Program at Bates to support first-generation students through direct financial support, individualized mentoring, and cohort-based activities.
Dr. Nirav Shah, leader of the COVID-19 public health response in Maine, to deliver 2022 Bates Commencement Address, joined by honorands Michael Bonney ʼ80, Nikki Giovanni, and the Rev. Becca Stevens
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 1:11 pm
As director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shah emerged as a trusted and valued source of public health guidance, wisdom, and compassion during the COVID-19 crisis.
Slideshow: Hour by hour with Bates students at 2022 Mount David Summit
Thursday, April 14, 2022 2:36 pm
Words and ideas, conversation and community: Welcome to the annual Mount David Summit, held in person for the first time since 2019.
Vice President for College Advancement Sarah R. Pearson ’75 to retire on June 30, 2022
Thursday, March 24, 2022 3:30 pm
A nationally recognized leader in higher education fundraising and the architect of the record-setting Bates Campaign, Pearson will retire on June 30, 2022, at the conclusion of the campaign.
Video: Highlights of an amazing Bates hoops season and its ‘One Shining Moment’
Friday, March 18, 2022 1:26 pm
We've got it all: Steals and blocks, off balance layups and nothing-but-net threes, and tumbles and hugs. Plus Luther Vandross!
Sean Findlen ’99 to step down as vice president for communications and public affairs at Bates
Thursday, February 17, 2022 12:06 pm
Findlen will step down on March 4, 2022, to accept a corporate communications position with a Fortune 250 financial services company.
Video: Maya Benziger ’22, from hesitation to the ‘full nine yards’
Friday, January 21, 2022 9:44 am
After a year and a half of COVID-cancelled a cappella performances, Maya Benziger '22 realized there was more at stake than just singing on stage: the entire pre-pandemic Merimander experience could disappear with her graduating class, and she realized, "I didn't want that to end with me."
Sociologist Ken Kolb ’98: Well-intentioned efforts to fix food deserts are ‘flawed’ and miss the point
Thursday, January 20, 2022 9:44 am
Access to better food is championed by the foodie movement, says Furman University sociology professor Ken Kolb '98, but "there's really no evidence that increasing access will actually change the way people eat."
Bates in the News: Jan. 13, 2022
Thursday, January 13, 2022 1:39 pm
The media recalls when the late Ruth Slovenski lost, then got back, her beloved bike, plus faculty insights into figure skating's reliance on gender stereotypes and new psychological research on antiracism.
Bates announces MLK Day 2022 events
Thursday, January 13, 2022 12:05 pm
It's a term you may have heard — "decolonization" — without fully grasping its meaning or relevance. If that's true for you, then welcome to Bates' 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance.