Stories about "Service"
Bates student helps two communities win $50,000 playground grants
Friday, March 27, 2009 1:02 pm
In a striking display of altruism and initiative, a Bates College first-year student collected enough yogurt lids to win a national contest. The prize: $100,000 in grants to help create and improve places for children to play for communities in Maine and Maryland.
Environmental journalist McKibben speaks at Bates
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:39 pm
Bill McKibben, the environmental journalist who wrote the first book aimed at a general readership about climate change, gave a talk titled "Global Warming: Fighting Against It, Living With It" on Thursday, March 12.
Former Maine governor to address role of leadership in environmentalism
Monday, March 23, 2009 10:27 am
Former Maine Gov. Angus King Jr. visits Bates College to address the theme "Protecting the Environment: Reflections on the Role of Leadership" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.
Bates to screen 'Visible Community' documentary by Saddlemire '05
Monday, March 23, 2009 10:12 am
Bates College graduate's documentary about a citizen response to a controversial construction proposal in Lewiston will be screened at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in Bates College's Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52), 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).
George E. Stewart made East Hartford a better place
Sunday, March 15, 2009 11:51 am
The Hartford Courant published a feature obituary for George Stewart '46, a resident of East Hartford who died Feb. 22. The story noted that Stewart was "an active volunteer in community organizations and president of a local bank [who] seemed to know everyone and over the decades had been involved in nearly every town activity."
'Bates Contemplates Food' presents alumni in two events
Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:16 pm
Borealis Breads founder Jim Amaral '80 and food activist-author Mark Winne '72 are among Bates College alumni featured in two March events relating to the Nourishing Body and Mind: Bates Contemplates Food initiative.
Athletics' passionate friends
Sunday, March 1, 2009 1:21 pm
Bobcat Buddies — Friends of Bates Athletics raises $220,000 in inaugural season.
No News is Bad News
Sunday, March 1, 2009 12:24 pm
The volume of news from Washington, D.C., is growing, but fewer newspaper journalists are around to explain it. At stake, perhaps, is the democratic process.
Author McKibben and key figure in 'renewable energy island' to speak
Friday, February 27, 2009 3:25 pm
Bill McKibben, the environmental journalist who wrote the first book aimed at a general readership about climate change, gives a talk titled "Global Warming: Fighting Against It, Living With It" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave.