Stories about "Teaching and education"
MLK Day 2018: Education is ‘the key to the kind of society we need’
Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:38 pm
In an era when enlightenment seems to be draining from U.S. society, Bates on MLK Day was a source of replenishment, choosing education its theme.
Look What We Found: Mara Tieken’s green, battered, and beloved armchair
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 3:00 pm
Call it ugly, and she’ll agree, but Mara Tieken still loves the green chair for its personality and history, if not its Mad Men style.
Look What We Found: Kirk Read’s methuselah bottle of champagne
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 1:59 pm
A shuttered shop’s model bottles are now applaudable props for pedagogical dramas.
Diversity at Bates, other consortium schools to benefit from $5.5 million grant
Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:58 am
The Creating Connections Consortium, which includes Bates College, has received a $5.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to advance campus diversity.
Look What We Found: Andrew Kennedy’s Compound Microscope
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 5:40 pm
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Andrew Kennedy has a microscope in his Dana…
Bobcat First! helps first-gen students find success that lasts
Thursday, October 12, 2017 1:18 pm
The Bobcat First! program for first-generation-to-college students at Bates College promotes participants’ success at Bates and beyond.
New professors launch Bates careers, forge bonds just like first-years
Friday, September 22, 2017 12:33 pm
We know that students can be grouped by class year. Perhaps less obvious, but equally telling, are ways that faculty can be grouped.
Look What We Found: Chip Ross’ colorful 1990s fractal poster
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 4:51 pm
Bates mathematician Chip Ross won't toss a 20-year old coloring project. “This was a labor of love for me. I put my heart and soul into it.”
John Creasy, who ushered in the thriving modern era for geology at Bates, dies at age 71
Monday, June 26, 2017 2:01 pm
“We were in awe of him, but his intensity was contagious. There was so much respect for him: I wanted to work my butt off to impress John, to achieve for John.”
Video: Alex Eaton ’17 teaches the ins and outs of emergency medicine
Saturday, May 20, 2017 10:45 am
Bates EMS gives biology major Alex Eaton '17 of Lake Oswego, Ore., the opportunity to further his knowledge of medicine