Stories about "Partners and public"
Annual Kendall Concert features Portland String Quartet
Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:36 pm
The Portland String Quartet will perform "The Art of Fugue" by J.S. Bach on the 250th anniversary of his death at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend the annual Edith C. and Raymond L. Kendall Concert, and the reception that immediately follows in the Olin lobby, free of charge.
Theater at Bates to stage outdoor performances of "Smoke on the Mountain"
Thursday, May 4, 2000 3:17 pm
Theater at Bates will stage four performances of the bluegrass gospel musical "Smoke on the Mountain" at 7 p.m. May 19, at 2 and 7 p.m. May 20 and at 2 p.m. May 21 at the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater, overlooking Lake Andrews on the Bates College campus. Admission is free with no reservations accepted. Rain site will be Schaeffer Theatre. Call 207-786 6161 for more information.
What the national publications are saying about Bates
Monday, May 1, 2000 3:03 pm
In "The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence," Bates is lauded for its service-learning opportunities and its consistent ranking in the top 10 among all colleges in terms of student participation in international study. It notes that some two-thirds of Bates graduates earn graduate degrees, and includes this summary comment from an administrator on alumni survey findings: "For a college with a long-standing reputation in the sciences, we were surprised to discover we had more graduates whose title was 'entrepreneur,' having founded their own businesses, than graduates who were M.D.'s."
Bates to host State Odyssey of the Mind Tournament April 8
Friday, March 24, 2000 12:44 pm
Seventy student teams from grades kindergarten through high school will compete at the day-long Maine State Odyssey of the Mind Tournament beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at various sites on the Bates College campus. The 12 state champion teams that emerge from the tournament at Bates will go on to compete at the Odyssey of the Mind 2000 World Finals at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, May 31-June 3. The public is invited to attend the state tournament at Bates free of charge.
Walsh to deliver Founders Day Convocation address at Bates
Monday, March 20, 2000 12:34 pm
Diana Chapman Walsh, the 12th president of Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass., will discuss "Living Our Stories Well" at noon, Monday, April 3, in Alumni Gymnasium as part of Bates' annual Founders Day Convocation, a time when the college reflects on the principles that were at its founding and continue to sustain it. The public is invited to attend the convocation without charge.
Glazer to perform homage to Johann Sebastian Bach at Bates
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 2:09 pm
Pianist Frank Glazer, artist-in-residence at Bates College, will perform "Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750" at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Seminar Series addresses "Entrepreneurship as Service"
Tuesday, January 11, 2000 3:27 pm
Executive directors from local nonprofit organizations and a national educational institute will discuss "Entrepreneurship as Service" at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.
Conference on crimes connected to the government to be held at Bates
Wednesday, January 5, 2000 3:18 pm
The 11th annual Maine Conference Investigating Crimes Committed by the FBI by will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.
Physicist who slowed the speed of light to speak
Saturday, January 1, 2000 1:57 pm
Lene Vestergaard Hau, a Danish physicist who stunned the global scientific community by slowing the speed of light in a Harvard University research laboratory, will discuss her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, in Room 204, Carnegie Science, Bates College. The public is invited to attend without charge.
Bates safety and security teach area kids self-defense
Tuesday, February 2, 1999 3:53 pm
Three members of the Bates College Office of Security and Campus Safety are teaching a program of self-defense to area 5 to 7 year olds and their parents at Smart Start Developmental Child Care Center in Auburn from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. through Feb. 25.