Stories about "Bates values"
Make way for ducklings and the Bates Class of 2024 ivy stone
Thursday, May 23, 2024 4:00 pm
Amelia Hawkins ’24 wants her Bates classmates to graduate with a sense of hope, so she created an ivy stone design everyone can rally around: the ducks at Lake Andrews.
Bates announces five new Fulbright Student awards for 2024–25
Thursday, May 23, 2024 1:00 pm
Bates announces five new Fulbright Student awards for teaching and research in Cyprus, Bulgaria, Taiwan, Thailand, and Norway in 2024–25.
Slideshow: Lunch, supper, and ‘such a genuine bond within us’ in Commons, Part II
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 10:06 am
In Part II of our Day in the Life of Commons, meet more of the staff who create an awesome dining experience for students, and students who, in unison, speak their appreciation for such a happy place on campus.
Bates College installs Garry W. Jenkins as ninth president
Saturday, May 4, 2024 1:17 pm
Installed as the ninth president in Bates College history on Saturday, Garry W. Jenkins used his inaugural address to offer four cornerstones to guide the work of the college. Keeping the college strong and vibrant benefits not only Bates students but U.S. democracy, he said. “They rise together.”
Bates professor Sonja Pieck authors award-winning book about German conservation, memory, and wounded land
Friday, April 19, 2024 4:30 pm
Sonja Pieck’s book "Mnemonic Ecologies," about the once-militarized inner German border becoming a Green Belt, tells a story of how "something healing could come out of the pain."
A cool Bates rowing ritual: putting out the docks, earlier than ever before
Friday, March 15, 2024 9:37 am
A historically warm winter meant that the Bates rowing teams could put out their docks and get onto the water earlier than ever before.
Picture Story: Feel the ‘Alumni Magic’ as women’s basketball team wins two NCAA games
Friday, March 8, 2024 12:50 pm
Enjoy this immersive photography capturig two great days to be a Bobcat as the Bobcats won two NCAA tourney games in the place they say has "Alumni Magic."
Humanity comes first in casting students for Bates theater’s ‘The Gravediggers Union’
Friday, March 8, 2024 11:21 am
Filling in for a cast member during a dress rehearsal, visiting director Kevin R. Free hopped into a grave on the set, but not before offering a giggle and a burst of mirth because, he says, “Joy is my activism."
What It Took: A childhood hobby creates community, a fun honors thesis, and me time for Grace Acton ’24
Friday, March 1, 2024 1:00 pm
At high risk for COVID, Grace Acton arrived at Bates during the height of the pandemic. By embracing a childhood hobby of sewing, she found mentors, community, and academic fulfillment.
What It Took: Whether happy or not, our personal stories can improve our well-being, says Jonathan Adler ’00
Friday, February 2, 2024 5:00 am
Storytelling is one of the oldest art forms. Adler, a clinical psychologist and researcher, tells us that our personal stories that don’t have to have a positive or happy ending. Difficult stories can offer a narrative option for how we make meaning.