Stories about "Service"
Bates students help young Native Americans see themselves in college
Friday, May 8, 2009 11:13 am
Bates College students spent a week of April encouraging Native American schoolchildren in Maine to picture themselves attending college in the state.
Genova '92, author of best-selling Still Alice, to visit
Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:47 pm
Lisa Genova, a member of the Bates College class of 1992 whose…
Navigating rough economic seas
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:44 am
By drawing on inspirational ancestors and marshaling its community, Bates moves forward.
A Swimmingly Successful Lesson
Friday, May 1, 2009 12:20 pm
The Bates Swim Team offers the Bates Bobcat Swim Lesson Program to area children twice yearly, teaching skills and a love of water. Here Dany Aupi '12 demonstrates a stroke to his student in Tarbell Pool.
French professor recognized for integrating service, teaching
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:32 pm
Alexandre Dauge-Roth, an assistant professor of French at Bates College, is one of three Maine college professors to receive a 2009 Maine Campus Compact award for infusing public service and civic engagement into their teaching. Dauge-Roth will receive a Donald Harward Faculty Award for Service-Learning Excellence in the Maine Campus Compact's eighth annual faculty and student awards ceremony April 16 at the Maine State Museum.
Merimanders, Bates chaplain open legislative session April 14
Friday, April 10, 2009 4:52 pm
The Merimanders, Bates all-female a cappella group, will perform in Augusta under…
'Students Talkin' About Food'
Friday, April 10, 2009 2:34 pm
The buzzwords fly around the room and no one stops to explain…
Seniors' development plan for Tanzanian town named Project for Peace
Friday, April 10, 2009 12:16 pm
Two Bates seniors have received a 2009 Davis Projects for Peace award for their plan to create an economic stimulus project in an African village.
Mount David Summit highlights student research across disciplines
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 3:54 pm
The eighth annual Mount David Summit, Bates College's annual celebration of student academic achievement, takes place April 3. More than 280 students are participating in this year's summit. In concurrent sessions throughout the afternoon at Pettengill Hall, participants present research posters, short talks, panel discussions, a photography exhibition and film screenings.
Food-justice advocate Winne brings praise for Bates, advice for Obama
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:09 pm
If you think of the yearlong Bates Contemplates Food initiative as an arch built from many stones, Mark Winne '72 set the moral keystone in place with a lecture on March 30.