Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson is Commencement 2014 speaker, joining honorands John Seely Brown, Glenn Close and David Shaw
Bates will confer honorary degrees on leaders from the arts, business, journalism and technology during Commencement ceremonies May 25.
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WednesdayJanuary 16, 2013 |
Media covers 10-year anniversary of ‘Many and One’ gathering at BatesThe anniversary program featured Heather Lindkvist, special assistant to the president, and community organizer Sarah Davis ’10. |
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MondayOctober 22, 2012 |
Maine media quote Bates officials for stories on Supreme Court affirmative action caseBates officials react to the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin now being considered by the Supreme Court. |
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WednesdayOctober 17, 2012 |
Yemen needs ‘resilience’ approach, writes Diener ’99 in Christian Science MonitorIncreasing short-term relief aid — although an important stopgap measure — is not a durable solution for Yemen. |
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ThursdayAugust 9, 2012 |
Slide Show: Summer Scholars dive into college lifeSummer scholars are academically gifted first-year students who might be unfamiliar with the ins and outs of the college experience. |
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ThursdayJuly 26, 2012 |
Boone ’52, former Montford Point Marine, joins Congressional Gold MedalistsNate Boone is one of 20,000 Marines who went through segregated basic training in the ’40s. |
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MondayMarch 12, 2012 |
Press Herald interviews historian Miller ’96 on early civil rights movementThe Portland Press Herald’s Ray Routhier offers a Q&A interview with Eben Miller ’96, whose book Born Along the Color… |
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TuesdayJanuary 17, 2012 |
King Day Memorial Worship Service recalls memories, asks for actionBefore reading the Call to Worship at Bates’ annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Worship Service, Dean of Students James Reese shared his memories of King’s speech during the March on Washington. |
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WednesdayDecember 14, 2011 |
Peninsula Daily News features garden project led by Ellen Sabina ’09The Peninsula Daily Times of Port Angeles, Wash., describes efforts by Ellen Sabina ’09 to create a vegetable garden at… |
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MondayDecember 12, 2011 |
Barlow grant supports senior’s Christmas presence in EcuadorAt 6 a.m. Dec. 10, just hours after her last class of the semester, Tiarra Abell ’12 will begin her journey back to Ecuador, where she spent her junior semester. |
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FridayOctober 28, 2011 |
Bates was the diving board for global citizen Alyson Ewald ’90For Alyson Ewald ’90, Bates was like a diving board, and her pool was Olympic-size — the globe, into which… |
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