Stories about "Service"
CDC policy analyst Alicia Hunter '94 offers a healthy helping
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:12 am
"Some 300,000 children are affected by the new regulations," says Alicia Hunter '94, a senior health policy analyst for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Bates psychology professor studies achievement of boys and young men
Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:17 pm
Professor of Psychology Georgia Nigro participates in the Maine Boys Network, a consortium of policy analysts, educators and youth-services professionals that sponsored a year-long study on the academic underachievement of 540 Maine boys and young men
Bates study: Accept Somali work experience for GED, language skills
Friday, February 6, 2009 4:00 pm
The largest barrier to employment for many new Somali residents of Lewiston and Auburn is a lack of English language skills, according to a new report by a Bates College research group.
Duties, lessons and opportunities at 60
Friday, January 30, 2009 3:11 pm
In The Providence Journal, Dan Doyle '72, who turned 60 on Jan. 14, commented about becoming a septugenerian Baby Boomer
Bates study: Accept Somali work experience for GED, language skills
Monday, January 19, 2009 10:02 am
The largest barrier to employment for many new Somali residents of Lewiston and Auburn is a lack of English language skills, according to a new report by a Bates College research group. Somali respondents also voiced frustration that a General Educational Development (GED) certificate is often required as a minimum qualification for most entry-level jobs, regardless of prior job experience. The GED certifies that an individual has American high school-level academic skills.
The Packet
Friday, January 16, 2009 4:21 pm
Three times a year, I receive a packet from the editor of this magazine, a packet that no one else receives. In it are the stories of 50 or 60 people, all part of the Bates community in some way: alumni, faculty, staff. But they are united by more than being part of this community. They have all recently died.
A farmer's life grows on Otis fellow Anna Skarstad '11
Friday, January 9, 2009 3:56 pm
Anna Skarstad ’11 wants to be a farmer, but she’s not willing…
A farmer's life grows on Otis fellow Anna Skarstad '11
Friday, January 9, 2009 11:47 am
Anna Skarstad '11 wants to be a farmer, but she's not willing to hoe that row until she understands why. And she knows that farming is hard. "It's deeper, too," she says. "It's a life."
Bates alums producing sustainable food
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:40 pm
The College’s 2008–09 initiative Bates Contemplates Food got cover treatment in the…
Donated houses benefit Valley foundation
Saturday, December 6, 2008 12:00 pm
Harold Yudkin '33 died in 2004, but his sense of philanthropy is still being felt in Derby, Conn., where he lived, practiced law and was a commercial developer for many years. Two homes that Yudkin and his widow, Selma, owned in Derby are being donated to the Valley Community Foundation, which will sell them to establish a fund in their names.