Phyllis Graber Jensen

Phyllis produces photography and video for college news and major marketing pieces, including web-based multimedia. She has strategic oversight of story-telling video projects.

Stories by Phyllis Graber Jensen
Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 3:15 pm

From thermoses in the classroom to preparation in the locker room, from eggs in the dining hall to wax in the studio, we’ve navigated campus from March to April.

Bates College women’s basketball team reacts to being selected to participate in a NCAA tournament during a watch party in Commons 221 on February 26, 2024. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College)
Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Thursday, March 7, 2024 10:11 am

Not much snow, but enough. Lots of winning (there’s never enough, but…

Slideshow: Leap year’s here, so let’s leap back 20 years

Friday, March 1, 2024 12:42 pm

Photographs taken on leap day from 2024 back to 2004.

Picture Story: Puddle Jump 2024

Thursday, February 15, 2024 5:42 pm

Enjoy this immersive (but not submersive!) photo coverage of the Puddle Jump, plus read historical newspaper accounts of our enduring enchantment with jumping into icy cold water in the winter.

7–8pm | MLK Day Spoken Word Festival Presentation: The Multifaith Chaplaincy convenes an evening of powerful words and uplifting songs to celebrate the many voices of the movement that propelled Martin Luther King Jr. We will hear from poets, spoken word artists, and musicians, including original works by students, faculty, and the evening’s special guest, Maya Williams, poet laureate of Portland, Maine. Jakob Adler ’24, Aidan Richmond ’24, and Jerry Brogan, Prelude Ian-Khara Ellasante, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, poetry; Alexandra Nevarez ’24, poetry; Caroline McCarthy ’26, poetry; Ahmednoor Hassan ’27, poetry; Bora Laguna ’25, poetry; Raymond Clothier, associate mutlifaith chaplain; Brittany Longsdorf, multifaith chaplain.
Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Friday, February 2, 2024 4:51 am

The past month featured a fierce storm and the usual January snow, but also a thought-provoking Bates MLK Day keynote and several stirring art installations and exhibits. Plus a big Bates' win over Colby in men's basketball.

Picture Story: A winter night for the arts

Friday, January 26, 2024 11:16 am

From Coram Library, home of the new Immersive Media Studio, to Olin Arts Center, flung open for Open Studio night, the campus was alight with the arts on a winter night.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Thursday, December 7, 2023 8:04 am

In the last 30 days, we’ve photographed on and off campus, switched from daylight savings to standard time, and adjusted to the arrival of winter in Maine. Bates business as usual, right? Of course, there’s no such thing, as each season and time has its own rhythm and particulars.

This Month at Bates

Thursday, November 2, 2023 11:44 am

What began with warmth and optimism in early October ended with a tragedy in our home city of Lewiston. Bates and Lewiston have responded with strength and hope, realizing there’s a long road ahead.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 3:07 pm

Starting with summer, and ending with fall (but it still feels like…

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 12:25 pm

June was full of rekindling: alumni pouring onto campus for Reunion, Bates' Employee Enrichment Week, and a new outdoor gear-lending library co-founded by Hallie Herz '11 — all in This Month at Bates.

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