Campus extends helping hands to downtown fire relief efforts

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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Thursday May 9, 2013 1:44 pm	Campus extends helping hands to downtown fire relief efforts As the Lewiston-Auburn community rallies around the victims of three multi-building fires downtown, Bates is coordinating campus efforts to support the relief.
Thursday May 9, 2013 1:00 pm	Bates responds to Lewiston fires In the wake of recent fires in downtown Lewiston, the Bates community is organizing to respond to the needs of our neighbors.
Thursday May 2, 2013 12:00 pm	Senior thesis Q-and-A: The 1950s debate over Androscoggin River pollution In her thesis, Taryn O’Connell ’13 examines strategies used to reach different social classes in Lewiston during a landmark pollution debate.
Friday April 26, 2013 11:01 am	Maine Campus Compact honors two for civic involvement Maine Campus Compact will honor two members of the Bates community for their commitment to public involvement.
Thursday February 21, 2013 9:29 am	Thanks to tar-sands oil letter, two sophomores named advocacy project finalists Two Bates sophomores are among finalists in a letter-writing competition designed to teach college students effective advocacy.
Wednesday January 16, 2013 2:58 pm	Media covers 10-year anniversary of ‘Many and One’ gathering at Bates The anniversary program featured Heather Lindkvist, special assistant to the president, and community organizer Sarah Davis ’10.
Monday November 12, 2012 6:49 am	Veteran of Chavez-era United Farm Workers campaigns to give Andrews Lecture Marshall Ganz, a public policy expert at Harvard, delivers the annual Andrews Lecture on Nov. 14.
Wednesday October 31, 2012 4:29 pm	Psychology department receives national award for dedication to service Bates is one of two higher-education institutions nationwide to be honored by the American Psychological Association for a distinctive culture of service to the field of psychology.
Monday October 15, 2012 4:45 pm	Maine’s TED-inspired organization to present ‘Villages’ at Bates Oct. 20 On Oct. 20, the Olin Arts Center hosts the daylong event Villages, produced by Maine’s independent organizer of TED-style presentations, TEDxDirigo
Tuesday October 2, 2012 10:07 am	Former Maine labor commissioner to discuss Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member Laura Fortman, Maine’s former commissioner of labor, gives the lecture “Frances Perkins: New Deal Legacy and Lessons for Today” on Oct. 10.

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Thursday

May 9, 2013
1:44 pm

As the Lewiston-Auburn community rallies around the victims of three multi-building fires downtown, Bates is coordinating campus efforts to support the relief.

Thursday

May 9, 2013
1:00 pm

Bates responds to Lewiston fires

In the wake of recent fires in downtown Lewiston, the Bates community is organizing to respond to the needs of our neighbors.

Thursday

May 2, 2013
12:00 pm

Senior thesis Q-and-A: The 1950s debate over Androscoggin River pollution

In her thesis, Taryn O’Connell ’13 examines strategies used to reach different social classes in Lewiston during a landmark pollution debate.

Friday

April 26, 2013
11:01 am

Maine Campus Compact honors two for civic involvement

Maine Campus Compact will honor two members of the Bates community for their commitment to public involvement.

Thursday

February 21, 2013
9:29 am

Thanks to tar-sands oil letter, two sophomores named advocacy project finalists

Two Bates sophomores are among finalists in a letter-writing competition designed to teach college students effective advocacy.

Wednesday

January 16, 2013
2:58 pm

Media covers 10-year anniversary of ‘Many and One’ gathering at Bates

The anniversary program featured Heather Lindkvist, special assistant to the president, and community organizer Sarah Davis ’10.

Monday

November 12, 2012
6:49 am

Veteran of Chavez-era United Farm Workers campaigns to give Andrews Lecture

Marshall Ganz, a public policy expert at Harvard, delivers the annual Andrews Lecture on Nov. 14.

Wednesday

October 31, 2012
4:29 pm

Psychology department receives national award for dedication to service

Bates is one of two higher-education institutions nationwide to be honored by the American Psychological Association for a distinctive culture of service to the field of psychology.