Stories about "Civic engagement"
Slideshow: This Summer at Bates
Monday, August 10, 2020 12:52 pm
Under the pall of COVID-19, summer at Bates was quieter (and warmer) than usual. Still, the sun continued to rise and set each day of June, July, and August.
My Last Year of Teaching: Jane Costlow’s departure prompts reflections on past, present, and future
Thursday, June 11, 2020 9:17 am
It was the Tuesday after Commencement, and Jane Costlow paced around her Hedge Hall office, up to her elbows in books, boxes, papers, and assorted memorabilia.
With ‘The EngAging Project,’ Ellrodt ’20 aims to ease the ache of loneliness in old age
Thursday, May 14, 2020 10:06 am
With the help of 50-plus people who shared experiences and expertise, an environmental studies major has published a new resource for lonely and those who support them.
Shields up! Bates helping to ease PPE shortage
Friday, April 3, 2020 7:24 am
A Bates biology professor has a notable role in responding to a tough problem created by COVID-19: the shortage of personal protective equipment.
Video: Sankofa on MLK Day, where ‘reality isn’t a one-way street’
Friday, January 24, 2020 12:04 pm
This setting of this year's Sankofa show, presented on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, was the mythical Mays College — an intentional allusion to Benjamin Mays, Class of 1920.
‘Ask questions’: Insights from student legal translators
Friday, January 24, 2020 12:01 pm
In an MLK Day panel, volunteers explained the complexities of providing legal translation for refugees and asylum seekers.
‘I don’t know why I said that’: MLK Day keynote looks at hidden bias
Thursday, January 23, 2020 10:12 am
Biased author Jennifer Eberhardt's talk was rich in science, often sobering, yet ultimately uplifting.
Video: MLK Day’s Sankofa gives voice to Bates students and community
Friday, January 17, 2020 11:24 am
This year's edition of the popular student-run performance explores the experiences of women of color at Bates and in Lewiston.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2020: Building justice from the ground up
Thursday, January 16, 2020 1:09 pm
The theme for this year's programming: “From the Ground Up: Inequity, Bias, Privilege, Structure, Death.”
My Last Year: Semester’s end is a time of firsts and finalities for Jane Costlow
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 1:15 pm
The last few weeks of the semester represent the beginning of the end of Jane Costlow's 34-year career on the Bates faculty.