Convocation 2012 reveals common ground in art of compromise

The Bobcat looks forward to May 15, when Bates seeks 555 additional alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day. Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Alumni make May 15 a “great day”

Post by: Victoria Stanton on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.

Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Post by: Bates News on Monday, May 13, 2013

A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.

Bates expects to award bachelor's degree to approximately 450 students, representing 35 U.S. states and 28 countries, on May 26. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.

2013 Commencement honorary degrees announced; address by Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg

Post by: Bates News on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The honorary degree candidates “show us how the values that define the Bates experience can shape, and take shape in, the world,” said President Spencer.

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Wednesday September 5, 2012 3:45 pm	Convocation 2012 reveals common ground in art of compromise What’s political compromise got to do with a Bates education? As Convocation 2012 reveals, plenty.
Friday August 31, 2012 12:37 pm	Focus will be on virtues of compromise as Bates greets Class of 2016 Welcoming the most selective and geographically diverse class in the school’s history, Bates begins its 2012-13 academic year Sept. 4.
Friday September 9, 2011 2:01 pm	Video: What course are you excited to teach? As faculty members joined the academic procession for Convocation on Sept. 6, we asked several professors a question: What course…
Thursday September 8, 2011 6:58 pm	Multimedia: an academic community begins its 154th year Phyllis Graber Jensen captures the scenes of Convocation, which welcomed approximately 500 members of the Class of 2015 and marked…
Wednesday September 7, 2011 5:36 pm	Video: Francesco Duina's Convocation address on 'Winning' Professor of Sociology Francesco Duina offers the keynote address at Convocation 2011. Duina is the author of the book Winning:…
Wednesday September 7, 2011 5:31 pm	Video: President Cable explores 'our shared anthem" in Convocation address In her Convocation Invitation to the College Community, President Cable transcended the usual convocation advice, instead asking the entire campus…
Wednesday September 7, 2011 3:59 pm	Don’t be ruled by social constructs, ‘Winning’ author tells Convocation audience “Become a sociologist of conscience, or perhaps an archeologist of culture,” the Bates College Class of 2015 was told as the new academic year began — in other words, this is your time to understand, and redefine, the social norms that guide us through life.
Thursday September 1, 2011 2:56 pm	Francesco Duina and the Convocation keynote In his 2011 Convocation keynote address, Professor of Sociology Francesco Duina will draw from his book Winning, inviting all incoming…
Thursday September 1, 2011 2:47 pm	Convocation to feature remarks by faculty member nationally noted for recent book Bates begins its 154th academic year on Tuesday, Sept. 6, with Convocation ceremonies that formally open the year and welcome new students, including transfer students and the 506 members of the Class of 2015.

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What’s political compromise got to do with a Bates education? As Convocation 2012 reveals, plenty.

Focus will be on virtues of compromise as Bates greets Class of 2016

Welcoming the most selective and geographically diverse class in the school’s history, Bates begins its 2012-13 academic year Sept. 4.

Video: What course are you excited to teach?

As faculty members joined the academic procession for Convocation on Sept. 6, we asked several professors a question: What course…

Multimedia: an academic community begins its 154th year

Phyllis Graber Jensen captures the scenes of Convocation, which welcomed approximately 500 members of the Class of 2015 and marked…

Video: Francesco Duina's Convocation address on 'Winning'

Professor of Sociology Francesco Duina offers the keynote address at Convocation 2011. Duina is the author of the book Winning:…

Video: President Cable explores 'our shared anthem" in Convocation address

In her Convocation Invitation to the College Community, President Cable transcended the usual convocation advice, instead asking the entire campus…

Don’t be ruled by social constructs, ‘Winning’ author tells Convocation audience

“Become a sociologist of conscience, or perhaps an archeologist of culture,” the Bates College Class of 2015 was told as the new academic year began — in other words, this is your time to understand, and redefine, the social norms that guide us through life.