Stories about "Bates values"
Bates Purposeful Work expert: Sense of purpose offers a path forward during COVID-19
Friday, April 10, 2020 11:22 am
“These are extremely hard times. They are also extremely purposeful times, as a result,” says Bates psychologist and Purposeful Work expert Rebecca Fraser-Thill
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 10:26 am
This edition of This Month at Bates pivots from one world into the next.
Shields up! Bates helping to ease PPE shortage
Friday, April 3, 2020 7:24 am
A Bates biology professor has a notable role in responding to a tough problem created by COVID-19: the shortage of personal protective equipment.
Picture story: A community rallies as students depart campus
Monday, March 23, 2020 12:18 pm
Compelling and poignant photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen captures a historic community effort to support students leaving campus due to the COVID-19 crisis.
To succeed in an environmental career, pick a problem and become an expert, say Bates alumni
Thursday, March 12, 2020 5:35 pm
Dive deep into your chosen field by getting involved both locally and internationally, and by keeping tabs on a rapidly changing world.
My Last Year of Teaching: ‘I really love the one-on-one interaction’
Friday, March 6, 2020 10:38 am
Jane Costlow shares stories and insights from 34 years of advising senior thesis students.
Q&A: You needn’t know Chekhov’s ‘Seagull’ to appreciate this ‘Stupid F**king Bird’
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 4:20 pm
When Bates director Tim Dugan saw Aaron Posner's "sort of" adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull, he says, “I was immediately blown away."
Worms ate my coffee cup! and other Green Innovation Grants for 2019–20
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:36 pm
From plastic-eating worms to stapleless staplers, Bates' Green Innovation Grants support surprising — and surprisingly effective — sustainability projects.
My Last Year: Jane Costlow encourages young faculty to be themselves
Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:24 pm
As she approaches retirement, Costlow considers her progress through the cycle of faculty mentoring.
Video: Sankofa on MLK Day, where ‘reality isn’t a one-way street’
Friday, January 24, 2020 12:04 pm
This setting of this year's Sankofa show, presented on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, was the mythical Mays College — an intentional allusion to Benjamin Mays, Class of 1920.