Stories about "Annual events"
Art majors' exhibition opens at Museum of Art
Monday, March 31, 2003 10:15 am
In photographs, sculpture, ceramics, prints and paintings in a variety of media, 15 art majors cap their college careers with the popular Annual Senior Exhibition, opening with a reception at 7 p.m. Friday, April 4. The exhibit at the Museum of Art runs through May 25 and is open to the public at no charge.
King Day events feature prominent activist and filmmaker
Saturday, December 21, 2002 2:47 pm
Award-winning filmmaker Joanne Grant, a writer and veteran civil rights activist of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, is the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Bates College.
First annual Mount David Summit celebrates intellectual life
Sunday, April 7, 2002 8:43 am
The first annual Mount David Summit will celebrate the strong intellectual life of the college.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Read-in
Thursday, January 3, 2002 3:51 pm
The Bates College education department and Center for Service-Learning sponsor an annual Martin Luther King Day Read-In at Martel School. Student, staff and faculty volunteers are encouraged to participate. Readers will share a book with a diversity theme with a 4th-, 5th- or 6th-grade student. The book will then be given to the child to keep.
The Evening Program
Thursday, January 3, 2002 3:50 pm
Student dancers, under the direction of hip-hop choreographer W. Barry Dean, will perform an original piece commissioned for the MLK Jr. observation. A resident of Lewiston, Dean comes from Chicago and attended the University of Southern Maine. He teaches hip-hop at Bates and with Elizabeth Hansen's Dance Studio in Lewiston.
Spiritual Journey
Thursday, January 3, 2002 3:45 pm
African American Mysticism: A Father and Son's Journey with Contemporary Mystic Howard Thurman
MLK Jr. Day Concurrent Workshops
Thursday, January 3, 2002 3:42 pm
MLK Jr. Day Concurrent Workshops.
Debate between Bates and Morehouse Colleges
Thursday, January 3, 2002 3:41 pm
The visiting team comes from Morehouse College, the Atlanta institution known for its tradition of illustrious graduates, including The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Benjamin Mays, Bates class of 1920, was president of Morehouse for 27 years and a mentor to King. The Bates debate team, of which Mays was an accomplished member, comes with a longstanding and esteemed tradition of debate. The forum includes an opportunity for audience members to speak.
The Keynote Presentation
Thursday, January 3, 2002 3:37 pm
Welcome by President Donald Harward Music by The Bates College Jazz Ensemble Overview by Jill R. Reich, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty Musical Selection: "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Naturally Seven Speaker Introduction by John McClendon, associate professor of African American studies and American cultural studies.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service
Thursday, January 3, 2002 3:35 pm
The Rev. Joan Martin William Rankin Professor of Ethics, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass. Music by The Bates College Deansmen, Shape Notes Singers and Northfield Also featuring Bates dancers Devon Fitchett '02, Justin Stebbins '02 and Aisha Bell '03, and a troupe of student actors who will provide a dramatic interpretation of the text that Martin has chosen for the evening.