Alumni make May 15 a “great day”
Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.
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WednesdayMay 11, 2011 |
Museum of Art offers inside look at Wyeths, installment of Maine Drawing ProjectLong recognized for the strength of its drawing collection, the Museum of Art reveals multiple dimensions of that medium in major exhibitions this summer. Part of a statewide initiative exploring the art of drawing, the exhibition Emerging Dis/Order: Drawings by Amy Stacey Curtis, Alison Hildreth and Andrea Sulzer features new work by respected Maine artists. Meanwhile, art and illustrated letters from one of America’s most famous artist families constitute Andrew and Jamie Wyeth: Selections from the Private Collection of Victoria Browning Wyeth. |
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FridayApril 29, 2011 |
Campus Construction Update: April 29, 2011“Wow” was the consensus among the dozen-plus faculty and staff on an April 26 tour of Hedge Hall led by project manager Paul Farnsworth and clerk of the works Chris Streifel. |
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MondayApril 18, 2011 |
Campus Construction Update: April 18, 2011Like cars and telephones, buildings are catching up rapidly to their human masters in the realm of intelligence. The renovated Roger Williams and Hedge halls, for instance, will wisely empower their occupants to stay comfortable without wasting energy. |
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TuesdayApril 5, 2011 |
Campus Construction Update: April 5, 2011A little more than a year after its beginning, the renovation of Hedge and Roger Williams halls is at its peak. That’s speaking numerically, at least. The counts of both subcontracting firms and workers on site will top out during the next few weeks, according to project manager Paul Farnsworth. The number of “subs,” as construction folk call ‘em, under lead contractor Wright-Ryan Construction will be up to 19 or so. And about 90 workers will be swinging hammers, slinging slate and stringing cables. |
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TuesdayMarch 22, 2011 |
Campus Construction Update: March 22, 2011Flooded ceilings seem to be a theme in this week’s Campus Construction Update. |
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TuesdayMarch 22, 2011 |
Campus Construction Update, March 22: Hedge and Roger Williams hallsIf a contractor told us that it was time to flood our ceiling, we would take exception. For one thing, it would make a big mess. For another, we can flood our own ceiling, thank you, and often have. |
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TuesdayMarch 22, 2011 |
Campus Construction Update, March 22, 2011: College ChapelThree years shy of its 100th birthday, the Bates College Chapel will be the object of a new construction project this year — starting next week, in fact. For the next nine months, workers will be replacing the venerable building’s slate roof and tending to the turrets at each corner. |
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WednesdayMarch 16, 2011 |
Learned Ladies continues through weekendThe Bates theater department production of Molière’s 1672 satire The Learned Ladies continues through March 20, with performances at 7:30… |
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ThursdayMarch 10, 2011 |
Robin Starr '85 of Skinner Inc. to discuss her career in the artsRobin Starr ’85, director of the American and European paintings and prints department at the Massachusetts auction house Skinner Inc., returns to Bates to discuss her career in the arts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St. |
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MondayMarch 7, 2011 |
The Rev. Peter Gomes '65, a 'joyous man,' remembered in Chapel observanceThe mourners who gathered in the Chapel today to remember the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes ’65 stayed silent when… |
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