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.

pjensen@bates.edu

Stories by Phyllis Graber Jensen
The Bates Bobcat (played by BCO writer Freddie Wright) tours Lake Andrews and the historic Quad with BCO designer Kirsten Burns. On left, in brown shirt, William Spencer Orto Symmans ’23, whose neuroscience thesis is titled “ A Data-Drive Taxonomy of Olfactory System Principal Neurons.” On right, in striped shirt, Evan Koch ’23, whose neuroscience thesis (adviser: Jason Castro) is titled “A Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex of Autistic Individuals Across Age and Sex.”
Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Monday, June 5, 2023 4:02 pm

As we slide into summer, we pause to share various moments from the month of May.

Picture Story: Bates Baccalaureate 2023

Friday, June 2, 2023 1:20 pm

An immersive Picture Story shares images of Bates seniors pausing at Baccalaureate to remember, rejoice, and give thanks.

Picture Story: A sweet Bates ritual that binds the Class of 2023

Friday, May 19, 2023 2:34 pm

Senior savor a rite of passage. It’s a college ritual like none other. (Trust us: We've checked.)

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Thursday, April 13, 2023 11:47 am

Spring is a time of rebirth. With that in mind, we've included a newborn in this latest edition of This Month at Bates, a collection of images filled with signs of resilience, community, creativity, and spirit. We hope that there's something for everyone on our latest visual menu.

Picture Story: ‘Sometimes…dreams come true’

Friday, March 10, 2023 11:34 am

Follow along as President-elect Garry W. Jenkins and his husband, Jon J. Lee, get to know Bates folks and the Bates campus during their first official visit, March 6–7, culminating in Jenkins' first remarks to his new community.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Thursday, March 9, 2023 4:14 pm

Snapshots from February: snow (and so much of it!), sports, and stages big and small, presenting everything from plays to a president-elect.

Picture Story: ‘Share our love for our sport’ 

Friday, March 3, 2023 12:10 pm

Enjoy this immersive look at the Bates women’s varsity teams mentoring the next generation as they host area children on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

Picture Story: Puddle Jump 2023

Friday, February 17, 2023 1:02 pm

Through her mission to bring the great flavors of West Africa to a wider audience, Chef Zoe Adjonyoh has been pioneering modern West African food in the forms of supper clubs (London, Berlin, New York, Accra, Wales, Russia), her own restaurant in Brixton, pop-ups, street food, and events since 2010. She led a class/cooking demonstration with DCCE Chef Jason Tardif on Jan. 8, 2023. •12:00n-1:00p- 221/222 •Cooking Class for Students- •Red Red and Plantain: We are making Red Red Bean Stew! So good they named it twice - This dish is so called, I’m told, because it’s coloured red twice – once from the red of the palm oil and a second time from the tomatoes. But there’s a lot of duplication in the titles of dishes in Ghanaian cooking in any case. This stew of black-eyed beans (cowpeas) cooked in a gently spiced tomato sauce is a great vegan dish eaten all day long in Ghana – an alternative to baked beans for breakfast or as a bean casserole for lunch or dinner. Students who appear in the photos (and DCCE Chef Owen Keene and Assistant VP Christine Schwartz dropped by): Luz Rubio Vazquez ’23 (black sweater, front row) Adi Sandoval ’23 (purple top, second row) Danny Zuniga Zarat ’25 (multicolored collared shirt with glasses, second row) Starr Bradley ’25 (Nike t-shirt and garnet hat, third row) Rashad King ’25 (gray sweatshirt, scarf, third row) Maddie Lee ’24 (blue turtleneck, first row) Leah Belber ’26 (denim overalls, second row) Isaac Levinger ’24 (plaid shirt over hoodie, third row)
Picture Story: A delish dish from chef Zoe Adjonyoh

Friday, February 10, 2023 1:50 pm

Noted chef and writer Zoe Adjonyoh, author of Zoe's Ghanian Kitchen, visited Bates this week, giving a talk, working with Bates chefs, and — as seen in this delicious and immersive Picture Story — showing students how to prepare a traditional Ghanian dish.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:25 pm

January experiences: Clowning, celebrating, studying, knitting, reading, knitting, debating, GPSing, and scoring (our 999th point!).

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