Stories about "Service"
The Rev. Peter Gomes ’65, Harvard minister and beloved son of Bates, dies at age 68
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 3:00 pm
The Rev. Peter J. Gomes '65, D.D. '96 died Feb. 28, 2011, at Massachusetts General Hospital of complications from a stroke he suffered in December. He was 68 years old.
Fun, music, treats in store at Harward Center's sixth Community Celebration
Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:21 am
Expect fun, food and performances at the sixth annual Community Celebration hosted by the College's Harward Center for Community Partnerships.
The Bates Outing Club has a way of getting inside your heart, writes Baker-White '13
Monday, December 20, 2010 5:13 pm
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A day at the (gubernatorial) race: MPBN, Bates partner for debate
Thursday, October 28, 2010 11:18 pm
Featuring four of the five candidates for the Blaine House -- Democrat Elizabeth Mitchell and independents Eliot Cutler, Shawn Moody and Scott -- the MPBN debate held in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall capped a day at Bates largely centered around the event.
Kaluba '10 returns to discuss development projects in Zambia
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:30 pm
Chomba Kaluba '10 gives the presentation Literacy and Microfinance for Sustainable Development and Peace, explaining his work with a Zambian nonprofit organization that he founded and directs, in a Homecoming Weekend presentation at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).
Civic Forum series concludes with panel on journalism, democracy
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 4:20 pm
Three experienced journalists offer a discussion titled "The Role of Journalism in a Democracy" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, in Bates College's Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Healthcare expert to offer lessons from Taiwan's universal system
Monday, October 18, 2010 12:04 pm
Dr. William Hsiao, an economist at the Harvard School of Public Health and architect of Taiwan’s universal healthcare system, offers the presentation Taiwan's Health Reforms: Lessons for the U.S. and Maine at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.
Student from Afghanistan leads book drive for Kabul university to top 2,000 volumes
Thursday, October 7, 2010 4:10 pm
Last spring, Bates, Colby and Bowdoin colleges channeled their long-standing rivalry for altruistic purposes. The three schools competed to collect the most books to donate to the Polytechnic University of Kabul, in Afghanistan. A Bates student, Kabul native Mustafa Basij-Rasikh '12, launched the project in an effort to restock the university’s library, left critically short of English literature and textbooks. The book drive collected more than 2,000 books in a variety of disciplines. Bates raised the most books.
Civic Forums offers presentations on education reform, healthcare
Monday, October 4, 2010 10:31 am
Exploring topics of broad interest, Bates College's Civic Forum series begins in October with a panel discussion on education reform, followed by a presentation by an expert on health care finance. In a discussion titled Wrestling with School Reform in Maine: National Strategies, Local Realities, national and regional education experts examine different approaches to reform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The following week, Dr. William Hsiao, an economist at the Harvard School of Public Health and architect of Taiwan’s universal healthcare system, offers the presentation Taiwan's Health Reforms: Lessons for the U.S. and Maine at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, also in Muskie Archives.
Conference at Bates draws experts in African refugee healthcare
Friday, October 1, 2010 4:10 pm
From Oct. 15-17, Bates hosts African Refugee Health: Best Practices, a regional conference also sponsored by, and presenting refugee health experts from, St. Mary's Health System and the Central Maine Medical Family in Lewiston, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).