Biographer of the Rev. Benjamin Mays ’20 to speak at Bates

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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Friday March 22, 2013 11:30 am	Biographer of the Rev. Benjamin Mays ’20 to speak at Bates Bates presents award-winning Benjamin Mays biographer Randal Maurice Jelks on March 25.
Wednesday March 6, 2013 1:10 pm	Inside Africa Fashion Show explores traditional fashions, Africa’s worldwide influence Reflecting the influence of African fashion abroad as well as the diversity of the continent’s apparel, the second annual Inside Africa Fashion Show takes place March 15.
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.
Thursday February 28, 2013 3:39 pm	Theologian to argue for close links between Christian theology, queer theory A Massachusetts theologian will make the case for close links between Christian theology and queer theory in a lecture on March 12.
Thursday February 28, 2013 3:06 pm	University of British Columbia sociologist to discuss outlook for ‘gayborhoods’ A sociologist from the University of British Columbia discusses the future of longstanding ‘gayborhoods’ in a March 11 talk.
Thursday February 14, 2013 3:16 pm	Symposium: How does knowledge about human difference play out at work? English professor Theri Pickens has organized a March 2 symposium that will show students how knowledge about identity and difference can be put into practice in the workaday world.
Tuesday February 5, 2013 4:19 pm	CANCELED: Feb. 11 talk by author of ‘Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome’ Please watch bates.edu/events for information about a new date for DeGruy.
Tuesday February 5, 2013 12:00 pm	Figuring out Erica Rand, the scholar Red Nails, Black Skates is a crash course in Erica Rand’s areas of cultural criticism, through the lens of figure skating.
Thursday January 24, 2013 3:25 pm	Outside the lines, athletes face social and economic challenges, say MLK Day panelists Coaches and students agree, athletes from underrepresented backgrounds face tough challenges.
Tuesday January 22, 2013 5:00 pm	King would be ‘appalled’ at today’s rhetoric around poverty, Butler says in keynote Getting 46 million Americans out of poverty will require wholesale changes in how we talk about, think about and take action around poverty, said keynote speaker Anthea Butler.

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Friday

March 22, 2013
11:30 am

Bates presents award-winning Benjamin Mays biographer Randal Maurice Jelks on March 25.

Wednesday

March 6, 2013
1:10 pm

Inside Africa Fashion Show explores traditional fashions, Africa’s worldwide influence

Reflecting the influence of African fashion abroad as well as the diversity of the continent’s apparel, the second annual Inside Africa Fashion Show takes place March 15.

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.

Thursday

February 28, 2013
3:39 pm

Theologian to argue for close links between Christian theology, queer theory

A Massachusetts theologian will make the case for close links between Christian theology and queer theory in a lecture on March 12.

Thursday

February 28, 2013
3:06 pm

University of British Columbia sociologist to discuss outlook for ‘gayborhoods’

A sociologist from the University of British Columbia discusses the future of longstanding ‘gayborhoods’ in a March 11 talk.

Thursday

February 14, 2013
3:16 pm

Symposium: How does knowledge about human difference play out at work?

English professor Theri Pickens has organized a March 2 symposium that will show students how knowledge about identity and difference can be put into practice in the workaday world.

Tuesday

February 5, 2013
4:19 pm

CANCELED: Feb. 11 talk by author of ‘Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome’

Please watch bates.edu/events for information about a new date for DeGruy.

Tuesday

February 5, 2013
12:00 pm

Figuring out Erica Rand, the scholar

Red Nails, Black Skates is a crash course in Erica Rand’s areas of cultural criticism, through the lens of figure skating.

Thursday

January 24, 2013
3:25 pm

Outside the lines, athletes face social and economic challenges, say MLK Day panelists

Coaches and students agree, athletes from underrepresented backgrounds face tough challenges.

Tuesday

January 22, 2013
5:00 pm

King would be ‘appalled’ at today’s rhetoric around poverty, Butler says in keynote

Getting 46 million Americans out of poverty will require wholesale changes in how we talk about, think about and take action around poverty, said keynote speaker Anthea Butler.