Stories about "Maine and New England"
Iraq war veteran to speak
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:40 pm
Adam Cote of Sanford, who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a member of the Maine Army National Guard, visits Bates College to offer a firsthand account of his time in Iraq at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall.
Strout '77, author of 'Abide with Me' and 'Amy and Isabelle,' visits Bates
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:00 am
Elizabeth Strout, author of the nationally acclaimed novels Amy and Isabelle and this year's Abide with Me, visits Bates College to read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Maine homeless persons to present drama 'Hear Our Stories, Know Our Names'
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 12:00 am
The Bates College Office of the Chaplain and the college's Hunger and Homelessness Committee present "Hear Our Stories, Know Our Names," a drama performed by Maine homeless persons at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 2, in Chase Hall Lounge, 53 Campus Ave., Bates College. Open to the public free of charge, the performance is a collaboration of the Preble Street Resource Center, the Haymarket Fund and the Economic Justice Program of the Maine Council of Churches. Donations to the resource center and the justice program will be accepted. For more information, call the chaplain's office at 207-786-8272.
Bates College Choir offers two December programs
Friday, December 2, 2005 2:51 pm
John Corrie, lecturer in music at Bates College, directs the college choir in two December programs open to the public at no cost. The choir sings Johann Sebastian Bach's "Magnificat" and Morten Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna" at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. For more information, please call 207-786-6135.
Bates and Veterans for Peace present Iraq war poetry reading
Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:08 pm
Poet Brian Turner Brian Turner, author of the Beatrice Hawley Award-winning poetry collection Here Bullet (Alice James Books, 2005), will read from his work at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Benjamin Mays Center, Russell Street, Bates College. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Brooks Quimby Debate Council hosts annual high school tournament
Monday, November 21, 2005 3:16 pm
For the third consecutive year, the Brooks Quimby Debate Council hosted a Maine high school forensics tournament. Approximately 315 students took part in the all-day event on Saturday, Nov. 19. A scheduled tournament for the 2005-06 season of the Maine Forensics Association, the judged competition featured events in speech, Lincoln-Douglas and public forum debate and student congress. The MFA promotes the development of articulate leadership among secondary students throughout the state.
Historian William Cronon to give Otis Lecture
Monday, November 7, 2005 3:29 pm
William Cronon, a leading scholar on the human relationship with land and nature, visits Bates College to give the ninth annual Otis Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
High school students from across state welcomed for 25th Maine Day
Thursday, November 3, 2005 3:33 pm
On Friday, Nov. 11, high school juniors and seniors from all over Maine are invited to visit Bates College for the college's 25th annual Maine Day. Starting at 8 a.m., this open house draws students and their parents from as far afield as Aroostook and York counties, typically attracting as many as 150 participants. The program includes campus tours, visits to classes and workshops relating to the Bates application process
Bates to hold annual Graduate and Professional School Fair
Monday, October 24, 2005 3:49 pm
Bates College hosts its annual Graduate and Professional School Fair from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building, Central Avenue.
UMaine geologist to discuss fate of Mississippi Delta
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:16 pm
Joseph T. Kelley, a marine geologist and sedimentologist who focuses on shoreline issues, gives a talk titled "The Destruction and Proposed Reconstruction of the Mississippi River Delta" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave.