Stories about "Service"
Bates Athletics welcomes local youth for L/A Community Day
Thursday, October 6, 2011 3:31 pm
Bates Athletics hosts L/A Community Day on Saturday, Oct. 22, in conjunction with several home games against Middlebury College. The college invites all Lewiston and Auburn schoolchildren to these events, involving the local community in the NCAA's "Take a Kid to the Game" initiative. In addition to the Bobcat athletic contests, there will be youth clinics, campus tours and other fun family activities, as well as Auburn/Lewiston Fly Football games before the Bates football game and at halftime.
Civic Forums examine Androscoggin River, social entrepreneurship
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:04 am
The Civic Forum Series at Bates offers presentations about the Androscoggin River and about social entrepreneurship during October. Bowdoin College faculty members Michael Kolster and Matthew Klingle explore the Androscoggin River. The following week, a co-founder of the fair-trade coffee importer Equal Exchange is among four of the nation's leading social entrepreneurs who discuss their work.
Multimedia: Homecoming 2011 offers something for everyone
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:49 pm
Homecoming 2011 featured a wide range of activities and opportunities for good…
Presentation to examine humanitarian work at U.S.-Mexico border
Monday, September 26, 2011 11:44 am
Participants in an effort to provide humanitarian aid to Mexican migrants entering the U.S. will describe their work in a Bates College event at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Room G65 of Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). Claudia Aburto Guzman, associate professor of Spanish at Bates, leads this Public Works in Progress presentation titled Representations of Trails of Compassion: Volunteer Work at the U.S.-México Border.
Chronicle of Philanthropy essay by Campbell '83 offers lessons about 9/11 fundraising
Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:52 am
A Chronicle of Philanthropy essay by David Campbell ’83 looks at the…
Video: AESOP students work at a Habitat for Humanity project in Lewiston
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 5:45 pm
Led by Erik Barth ’12 of Hanover, N.H., and Caroline Watson ’13…
Bates journalism students help break dam-safety story
Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:02 am
A news story about 93 potentially hazardous dams in Maine, prepared by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, is getting attention all around the state and in Washington, D.C. And Bates students played a crucial role in its development.
Dean Emeritus James Carignan '61, man of 'high energy, principled action and unwavering commitment,' dies at 72
Monday, August 15, 2011 9:35 am
Click on thumbnails, above, to view the slide show. Dean Emeritus of…
Teach for America again counts Bates among top contributors
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 2:01 pm
Bates College is again among a group of 20 U.S. colleges and…
Video: Sun Journal visits Lewiston summer camp founded by Sleeper ’08
Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:51 am
Lewiston Sun Journal reporter Bonnie Washuk visits Tree Street Youth, a bustling…