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WednesdayFebruary 11, 1998 |
Local residents receive Class of 1997 ScholarshipsChristopher J. Gousse of Lewiston and Brian H. Houston of Poland have been named inaugural recipients of a Bates College scholarship fund awarded annually to children of Bates employees. |
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FridayOctober 31, 1997 |
Social activist to discuss spirituality at BatesKip Tiernan, founder of Rosie’s Place for Women, the Greater Boston Food Bank and Healthcare for the Homeless, will discuss “A Social Activist’s Perspective” as part of a new Bates College lecture series, “Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul,” at 4:30 p.m., Nov. 14, in the Benjamin Mays Center. The public is invited to attend free of charge. |
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WednesdayJuly 30, 1997 |
Bates Dance Festival holds youth arts programThe Bates College Dance Festival, in sponsorship with the City of Lewiston Recreation Department, is conducting a three-week “Youth Arts Program” from July 28 through Aug. 16 at the Lewiston Memorial Armory on Central Avenue. Sixty-one Lewiston children, ages six to 17, are involved with music and dance classes Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon. |
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MondayJune 2, 1997 |
Bates Dance Festival plans community performance projectThe Bates Dance Festival invites senior citizens and teenagers from Lewiston-Auburn and surrounding communities to participate in a three-week intensive workshop, July 28 through Aug. 15, under the direction of choreographer and educator Jeff Bliss. |
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ThursdayMay 1, 1997 |
Wortham receives Maine Service-Learning AwardStanton Wortham, assistant professor of education at Bates College, has been honored with the Maine Campus Compact’s Faculty Service-Learning Award. Wortham was recognized for designing several innovative service-learning projects, including a program in which Latino Bates students tutor and mentor Latino schoolchildren in S.A.D. 52 (Turner, Maine) schools. |
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TuesdayJanuary 14, 1997 |
Bates community to hold "read-in"In commemoration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and in an effort to encourage literacy, more than 120 students, faculty and staff from Bates College will hold a “read-in” for youngsters in grades K-3 classrooms in Lewiston and Auburn schools on Thursday and Friday . |
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TuesdaySeptember 3, 1996 |
Lecture series on civic life to beginA Harvard political scientist will discuss civic life as the first talk in a lecture series, The Quality of Our Civic Discourse and Civic Life, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited to attend free of charge. |
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TuesdayMarch 12, 1996 |
Maine Gay Men's Chorus to appearThe Maine Gay Men’s Chorus will perform a concert, “Love Don’t Need A Reason,” at Bates College on March 17 at 3 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge. |
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ThursdayMarch 7, 1996 |
FBI's Alleged Crimes are Conference TopicSpeaking at 1 p.m. March 23 will be Ed Tatro, who will present a four-hour lecture in which he will link the FBI to the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Tatro was a consultant to director Oliver Stone during the filming of the motion picture “JFK.” |
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MondayFebruary 5, 1996 |
Students seek local stories of the Great DepressionStudents in a Bates College economics seminar are asking area residents who lived through the Great Depression to discuss their experiences. |
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