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
Eric Dyer
Help! From community engagement and tutoring to residence life

Monday, March 29, 2021 3:10 pm

A staffer at the Harward Center takes a less-is-more approach to helping…

Tim Kivus on Garcelon Field
Help! From the lab and finances, to the spirit and outdoors

Monday, March 22, 2021 3:57 pm

This week's portraits of Bates staff who help students in unprecedented times feature a groundskeeper, a laboratory assistant, a financial aid counselor, and an associate multifaith chaplain. Each one is making a difference.

Hoi Ning Ngai
Help! From theater and computers to a purposeful life

Monday, March 15, 2021 12:20 pm

This week's portraits of Bates staff who help students in unprecedented times feature a technology support specialist, theater technical director, and a Purposeful Work staffer helping students "see and highlight their resilience" during the pandemic.

Counseling & Psychological ServicesTonya Bailey-Curry, LCSW-Licensed Clinical Social Worker at 161 Wood St. offices Tonya received her Bachelor’s degree in Social and Behavioral Science and her Master’s degree in Social work, both from the University of Southern Maine. Her approach to working with clients is through client-centered modalities, grounded in trust and relationship building.Her areas of interest include trauma, grief and loss, diversity and inclusion, and human growth and development across the lifespan.
Help! Who’s there when Bates students need someone

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 1:27 pm

Here's our first in a series of portraits of Bates staff, folks who help position students for success in their work and lives at Bates.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Monday, February 22, 2021 2:30 pm

Just before Thanksgiving, Bates hunkered down for a long winter. But as students returned in mid-February, everyone’s step quickened, and life began anew.

Prof of Environmental Studies and Christian A. Johnson Prof of Interdisc Studies Holly Ewing and Lecturer in Environmental Studies & Learning Associate in Environmental Studies Camille Parrish take students in the Soils/Lab course for a field trip to Pettengill Farm in Freeport, Maine. A nineteenth century salt-water farm on the estuary of the Harraseeket River, the farm is owned by Freeport Historical Society(FHS). It includes a saltbox house (ca. 1800) on 140 acres of fields, woods, antique apple orchards and salt marsh. Most interesting are the etchings (sgraffitti) found on the plaster walls in the upper chambers of ships, sea monsters, longboats and animals. The farmhouse remains without plumbing, central heat and electricity and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Mildred Pettengill was its last resident and lived in the house until 1970.The students are digging up soil and making observations (soil profiles) before putting it back where it came from.ENVR 310 - Soils/LabDepending on one's point of view, soils are geological units, ecosystems, the foundation of plant life, a place for microbes to live, building material, or just dirt. This course takes a scientific perspective and explores the genesis of soils, their distribution and characteristics, and their interaction with plants. Field studies emphasize description of soils, inferences about soil formation, and placement within a landscape context. Labs investigate the chemistry of soils and their role in forestry and agriculture.
Bates students dig into the science of dirt in a historic Maine landscape

Monday, December 7, 2020 5:46 pm

Bates environmental studies professor Holly Ewing guides her students to historic coastal Maine farmland for course that digs into the science of dirt.

Setbacks and successes: How students navigated academic surprises in the fall 2020 semester

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 8:01 am

For every challenge or setback — and let’s be clear, this was very difficult on our students — they often found something that worked, something that felt “normal,” and someone who gave them a little help. Read how seven Bates students fared.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 9:53 am

It’s been a remarkably challenging and unprecedented few months. But let’s not forget to call it safe and successful, too.

Slideshow: What they brought for comfort

Monday, November 2, 2020 6:13 pm

We talked to Bates students about the treasured objects, from juggling clubs to house plants, that they brought with them to ease the stress of being away from home during a pandemic. 

The Maple tree, as seen from the third floor of Hedge Hall.
Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Monday, October 19, 2020 6:55 pm

We shouldn’t worry, but each September we do: Will this year’s campus…

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