Stories about "Bates values"
A Ukrainian student’s dance about war and hope: Why ‘love cannot be killed with just one shot’
Friday, May 12, 2023 10:31 am
To express human hope in the face of war’s inhumanity, Ruslan Peredelskyi '25 has used his immense talent in dance and in writing tell two stories about the war in Ukraine, including the killing of Iryna Filkina.
Keeping it real as Bates’ record-setting admission season hits the home stretch
Thursday, April 13, 2023 1:34 pm
A record 8,937 prospective students applied to Bates this year. And on April 3, a dozen of those newly admitted students made their way to a Pettengill Hall classroom to get a real taste of Bates academics.
Picture Story: ‘Share our love for our sport’
Friday, March 3, 2023 12:10 pm
Enjoy this immersive look at the Bates women’s varsity teams mentoring the next generation as they host area children on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
(Off-)Campus Construction Update: Feb. 15, 2023
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 7:23 am
Greening the grid: Bates’ latest sustainability project involves a 20-acre solar electricity array 60 miles from campus in the Maine town of Skowhegan.
A peek behind the curtain (Ep. 1): Contents of a costume shop
Friday, January 27, 2023 9:00 am
Step into the costume shop, ground zero for the many costumes in the Bates Theater Department's upcoming production of "Much Ado About Nothing" in the first "peek behind the curtain" of the production process.
‘Art & Activism’: The story behind this year’s two MLK Day posters
Thursday, January 12, 2023 11:49 am
Two distinctive posters for Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates celebrates the idea that "the history of MLK is beautiful," says Olivia Orr, the graphic designer who created the posters. "We're allowed to be joyful and artistic and expressive.”
Color these Bates students grateful
Friday, December 2, 2022 10:19 am
Bates students held their own version of a paint and sip night at the Ronj to paint postcards to express gratitude to someone special in their lives
Video: ‘Really cool outfits out of trash’
Friday, December 2, 2022 10:03 am
Watch Bobcats strut their stuff during the annual Trashion Show, where students model outfits designed by fellow students and made from campus trash.
They don’t call it a trash can’t: Can-do students model fashion created from campus trash
Friday, November 18, 2022 9:59 am
“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” as the proverb goes, and students took it to heart — and to the runway — during the 16th annual Trashion Show, and the first in-person edition since 2019.
From a Distance: What can you see in the bike garage on Frye Street?
Friday, November 11, 2022 2:06 pm
This interactive photograph depicts the goings-on at the bike garage on Frye Street.