Alumni make May 15 a “great day”
Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.
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TuesdayMay 21, 2013 |
Bates produces its largest-ever number of Fulbright grant recipientsKnown as a top producer of students receiving Fulbright U.S. Student Grants, Bates will graduate 10 such students — a record number for the college. |
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ThursdayMay 9, 2013 |
Trustee Chair Emeritus E. Robert Kinney ’39, corporate and civic leader with ‘good, gutsy Maine business sense,’ dies at 96Kinney was a model corporate leader, a former CEO of General Mills who “always ready with a helping hand.” |
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TuesdayApril 23, 2013 |
2013 Commencement honorary degrees announced; address by Stonyfield Farm’s Gary HirshbergThe 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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ThursdayApril 18, 2013 |
Three Bates students receive Davis Projects for Peace awardsInitiatives to foster Mideast dialogue and nurture collaborative conversations in Myanmar have garnered Davis Project for Peace awards for three students. |
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WednesdayApril 17, 2013 |
Marcus ’82 offers first-hand accounts of Boston Marathon bombings and aftermath for EsquireJon Marcus ’82 describes solidarity and resolve in the aftermath of the April 15 bombings. |
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TuesdayApril 16, 2013 |
Bates leads the pack in March Mania competitionSpurred by the mantra “Beat Colby,” Bates’ young alumni have secured their first March Mania victory in the challenge’s four-year history. |
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FridayApril 5, 2013 |
Yarn bomb is a different kind of benchwarmerJulia Foxworth ’13 of New York City, at right, spent much of April 5 “bombing” a bench on Alumni Walk — yarn bombing, that is. |
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TuesdayApril 2, 2013 |
China: State of the culture, culture of the stateThree senior thesis projects presented during the Mount David Summit illustrated intriguing examples of the state role in Chinese culture. |
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WednesdayMarch 6, 2013 |
Pangallo ’03 directs 17th-century comedy ‘Swaggering Damsel’“The Swaggering Damsel,” a 17th-century comedy, appears in Bates College performances on Thursday through Sunday, March 21-24. |
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ThursdayFebruary 28, 2013 |
Student soloists featured in Bates College Orchestra concertThree Bates seniors are featured as instrumental soloists in works by Strauss, Bruch and Mozart as the Bates College Orchestra performs on March 9. |
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