Alumni make May 15 a “great day”
Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.
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WednesdayOctober 17, 2012 |
Bates announces new tenure-track faculty teaching in autumn 2012Six new tenure-track members of the faculty began teaching at Bates in autumn 2012, representing dance, economics, German, neuroscience and psychology, religious studies, and classical and medieval studies. |
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MondayOctober 31, 2011 |
Open to the World: Spain, ‘down the Plains’ come to Maine as poetry fest beginsIt had to be said: Sometimes, “something gets found in translation, too.” This truth was stated during the opening of… |
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MondayOctober 31, 2011 |
Open to the World: Foreign becomes familiar in Roger Williams HallBates’ global reach has been a driving theme behind Open to the World: Bates Celebrates Unbounded Learning, a celebration of… |
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FridayOctober 7, 2011 |
Bates presents second annual Translations international poetry festival and conferenceDuring the first “Translations” poetry festival at Bates College, in 2010, conference organizer Claudia Aburto Guzmán had an encounter that seemed to crystallize the event for her. This innovative festival presented international poets reading their work in the original language, with English translations prepared by Bates faculty and students. Working with Somali poet Omar Ahmed, “it struck me that I was involved in the true practice of communication,” says Aburto Guzmán, associate professor of Spanish. |
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FridayOctober 7, 2011 |
U.S. Sen. George Mitchell among speakers for weeklong ‘Unbounded Learning’George Mitchell, the former U.S. senator delivers the keynote address during a weeklong celebration of international and interdisciplinary education at Bates |
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ThursdaySeptember 1, 2011 |
Anne Connell '10, Fulbright teaching assistantship recipientAnne Connell ’10 received a Fulbright assistantship for teaching English as a foreign language in Germany. She feels a deep engagement with the work of breaching language barriers and exploring the circumstances of Germany’s Turkish population. |
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WednesdayAugust 31, 2011 |
Ana Brzezinska '11, Fulbright teaching assistantship recipientAna Brzezinska ’11 has received an English Teaching Assistantship from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. These grants support recipients in positions as teaching assistants who work with local students on their English language skills and knowledge of the United States. As the same time, the teaching assistants pursue individual research. |
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MondayJune 6, 2011 |
Campus Construction Update: June 7, 2011Like sands through the hourglass, so are the final days of the renovation of Hedge and Roger Williams halls. On Monday, June 27, faculty in philosophy, religious studies and environmental studies will receive key-card access to the renovated Hedge Hall and be able to start settling into their spiffy new offices. Four weeks later, July 25 is moving day for staff of the Language Resource Center and Off-Campus Study office and the faculty of the foreign-language programs that will occupy Roger Williams Hall. |
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FridayAugust 27, 2010 |
Bates Matters: Traditions and FacilitiesHow a tradition of learning inside, outside, and around the classroom influences Bates facilities growth By President Elaine Tuttle Hansen… |
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SaturdayNovember 1, 2008 |
Wake Up CallA chain of such experiential moments — the solo fast being just one of the more salient examples — stretched from one end of Short Term to the other. As far as I knew, nothing quite like “Wake Up!” had ever been tried at Bates before. It was a hybrid that wedded rigorous academic inquiry with direct, personal, unmediated experiential learning. |
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