Stories about "Teaching and education"
Picture story: 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates
Friday, January 25, 2019 10:54 am
Faculty, local residents, staff, and students gather for a Bates observance with the theme “Lifting Every Voice: Intersectionality and Activism.”
Video: Washington Post interviews Clayton Spencer about Purposeful Work innovations
Friday, January 18, 2019 10:44 am
Purposeful Work meets a major — though not always fulfilled — responsibility of a liberal arts college: helping students find jobs that feel meaningful.
Video: MLK Day at Bates is a chance to ‘get vulnerable’
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 6:55 pm
Racism and other social inequalities are ever-present but not ever-discussed. Members of the Bates MLK Day planning committee invite us to open the conversation.
‘Just like Bates’: Ngan Dinh ’02 helps build Vietnam’s first liberal arts university
Thursday, December 20, 2018 8:40 am
Among the first Vietnamese students to attend Bates, Ngan Dinh ’02 is now a key figure in the creation of Fulbright University Vietnam.
What is truth? In a team-taught seminar, first-years learn to find out
Thursday, December 6, 2018 11:11 am
The truth is, the new seminar is less about figuring out what “the truth” actually is and more about exploring methods of discerning and crafting truth.
Look What We Found: Joe Hall’s chunk of ash wood
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:06 pm
The ash tree looms large in Wabanaki culture. That’s why Hall, a Bates historian, keeps a hunk of the hardwood in his Pettengill Hall office.
Look What We Found: Stephanie Kelley-Romano’s alien pop-up book
Thursday, November 1, 2018 4:33 pm
Walk into Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Stephanie Kelley-Romano’s…
Look What We Found: Michael Rocque’s fun house
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 5:34 pm
“There are a lot of messages in this office,” says Assistant Professor of Sociology Michael Rocque, “and one of them is that it's OK to play with toys.”
Picture story: Hoops alumni pass it forward
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 11:29 am
Watch as 80 youngsters are the first to try the new Alumni Gym floor and get expert coaching from three Bates hoops legends, including the Delpeche brothers.
College search advice, practical and heartening, from Bates admission experts
Friday, June 15, 2018 10:43 am
From big-picture goal setting to the do's and don'ts of the college essay, three Bates experts offer advice for the college search.