Alumni make May 15 a “great day”
Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.
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MondayMarch 4, 2013 |
Lecture series to explore encounters between Europe, Islamic world in theater, art and politicsAn expert in Spanish theater from Bard College opens a lecture series exploring cultural encounters between Europe and the Islamic world on March 4. |
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FridayFebruary 1, 2013 |
Makman ’14 among first nationwide to receive new language scholarshipA Bates junior studying in St. Petersburg, Russia, is among the first recipients of a new scholarship offered by CIEE. |
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MondayDecember 12, 2011 |
Barlow grant supports senior’s Christmas presence in EcuadorAt 6 a.m. Dec. 10, just hours after her last class of the semester, Tiarra Abell ’12 will begin her journey back to Ecuador, where she spent her junior semester. |
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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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MondaySeptember 26, 2011 |
Presentation to examine humanitarian work at U.S.-Mexico borderParticipants in an effort to provide humanitarian aid to Mexican migrants entering the U.S. will describe their work in a Bates College event at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Room G65 of Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). Claudia Aburto Guzman, associate professor of Spanish at Bates, leads this Public Works in Progress presentation titled Representations of Trails of Compassion: Volunteer Work at the U.S.-México Border. |
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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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FridayMay 20, 2011 |
Faculty members Duina, Fra-Molinero, Read, Vecsey promotedAt its May 14 meeting, the Bates College Board of Trustees voted to promote three faculty members from associate professor to full professor, and one lecturer to senior lecturer. The promotions take effect in August, at the start of the college’s academic year. The faculty members are Francesco Duina, sociology (promoted to professor), Baltasar Fra-Molinero, romance languages and literatures (professor), Kirk Read, romance languages and literatures (professor) and Katalin Vecsey, theater and rhetoric (senior lecturer). |
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