Trustee Chair Emeritus E. Robert Kinney ’39, corporate and civic leader with ‘good, gutsy Maine business sense,’ dies at 96

The Bobcat looks forward to May 15, when Bates seeks 555 additional alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day. Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Alumni make May 15 a “great day”

Post by: Victoria Stanton on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.

Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Post by: Bates News on Monday, May 13, 2013

A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.

Bates expects to award bachelor's degree to approximately 450 students, representing 35 U.S. states and 28 countries, on May 26. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.

2013 Commencement honorary degrees announced; address by Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg

Post by: Bates News on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The honorary degree candidates “show us how the values that define the Bates experience can shape, and take shape in, the world,” said President Spencer.

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Thursday May 9, 2013 6:00 pm	Trustee Chair Emeritus E. Robert Kinney ’39, corporate and civic leader with ‘good, gutsy Maine business sense,’ dies at 96 Kinney was a model corporate leader, a former CEO of General Mills who “always ready with a helping hand.”
Monday May 6, 2013 3:23 pm	Slideshow: Student athletes get into GAME Day At the May 4 event, a panel of alumni shared how students can leverage their athletics experience for career success.
Tuesday April 9, 2013 4:31 pm	Pringle ’98, star of hip-hop ‘Othello,’ tells Time Out Chicago how Bates theater helped his rap artistry Rapper, writer, actor and director Postell Pringle ’98 is winning rave reviews for his star turn this spring in the title role of “Othello: The Remix” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Tuesday April 9, 2013 3:06 pm	Bangor Daily News profiles Whitten ’94, romance writers’ Librarian of the Year Whitten is a circulation assistant at Bangor Public Library who several years ago co-founded the library’s Not Your Ordinary Book Club.
Wednesday March 6, 2013 12:10 pm	Pangallo ’03 directs 17th-century comedy ‘Swaggering Damsel’ “The Swaggering Damsel,” a 17th-century comedy, appears in Bates College performances on Thursday through Sunday, March 21-24.
Monday March 4, 2013 12:35 pm	Local alumni share how Bates prepared them for the workplace Four alumni panelists discuss the connections between the classroom and their careers.
Monday February 25, 2013 5:52 pm	LA Times reviews Christmas in Hanoi featuring Joseph Kim ’96 Written by Eddie Borey, the cross-cultural family drama Christmas in Hanoi features Joseph Kim ’96 in one of the lead roles.
Monday February 25, 2013 11:02 am	Media describe arc of newspaperman Brian McGrory ’84, new Boston Globe editor McGrory once served 52 readers as a Boston Globe paperboy and now serves over a million as the paper’s new editor.
Monday February 25, 2013 9:32 am	Gallagher ’11 makes a splash in D.C. schools, garners hometown attention Drew Gallagher ’11 believes all his students “have the ability to rise.”
Wednesday February 20, 2013 11:16 am	Strictly Business profiles Home Bistro’s Dave Thompson ’81 Let Dave Thompson ’81 put dinner on your table.

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Thursday

May 9, 2013
6:00 pm

Kinney was a model corporate leader, a former CEO of General Mills who “always ready with a helping hand.”

Monday

May 6, 2013
3:23 pm

Slideshow: Student athletes get into GAME Day

At the May 4 event, a panel of alumni shared how students can leverage their athletics experience for career success.

Tuesday

April 9, 2013
4:31 pm

Pringle ’98, star of hip-hop ‘Othello,’ tells Time Out Chicago how Bates theater helped his rap artistry

Rapper, writer, actor and director Postell Pringle ’98 is winning rave reviews for his star turn this spring in the title role of “Othello: The Remix” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.