Alumni make May 15 a “great day”
Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.
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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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ThursdayFebruary 21, 2013 |
Multimedia: ‘Bates was my early-decision choice’ — President Spencer visits WRBC-FMSpencer’s interview on student radio station WRBC-FM touched on a range of topics, including the obligation of a liberal arts college to help graduates get job and what responsible investing looks like. |
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ThursdayFebruary 14, 2013 |
Symposium: How does knowledge about human difference play out at work?English professor Theri Pickens has organized a March 2 symposium that will show students how knowledge about identity and difference can be put into practice in the workaday world. |
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TuesdayJanuary 22, 2013 |
King would be ‘appalled’ at today’s rhetoric around poverty, Butler says in keynoteGetting 46 million Americans out of poverty will require wholesale changes in how we talk about, think about and take action around poverty, said keynote speaker Anthea Butler. |
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WednesdayDecember 5, 2012 |
Savoy Magazine names Sene ’00 among ‘most influential’ in corporate AmericaLena Sene ’00 is a managing parter with Deer Isle Capital and an expert on global investing in Africa. |
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WednesdayNovember 7, 2012 |
Matthews’ inaugural music to be reprised in orchestral concertMusic written for the recent inauguration of President Clayton Spencer is featured in the next performance of the Bates College Orchestra, on Nov. 10, |
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FridayNovember 2, 2012 |
Video: Inauguration momentsIt’s all here, from the fellowship of Bates’ four presidents together to the Spencer family gathering for a photograph. |
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ThursdayNovember 1, 2012 |
Video: time-lapse of Merrill’s transformation from gym to inaugural stageMerrill Gym undergoes a transformation from sports venue to theatrical stage for the inauguration of Clayton Spencer. |
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MondayOctober 29, 2012 |
Slide show: Inauguration of Clayton SpencerThe traditions, people and exuberance of a Bates presidential inauguration, all on a gorgeous mid-fall afternoon. |
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