First-years receive Projects for Peace grant to support NGO in India

The Bobcat looks forward to May 15, when Bates seeks 555 additional alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day. Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Alumni make May 15 a “great day”

Post by: Victoria Stanton on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.

Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Post by: Bates News on Monday, May 13, 2013

A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.

Bates expects to award bachelor's degree to approximately 450 students, representing 35 U.S. states and 28 countries, on May 26. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.

2013 Commencement honorary degrees announced; address by Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg

Post by: Bates News on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The 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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Tuesday May 8, 2012 10:17 am	First-years receive Projects for Peace grant to support NGO in India Two first-year students have received a Projects for Peace grant to stimulate economic growth and support a rural education initiative in India.
Monday October 26, 2009 1:28 pm	Five Bates College alumni receive Fulbright Scholarships Five Bates College graduates are teaching and conducting research abroad this year thanks to scholarships from the Fulbright Program, funded by the U.S. Department of State.
Tuesday October 20, 2009 12:01 pm	The Chronicle of Higher Education dubs John Atchley '06 a 'new kind of Fulbrighter' The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles John Atchley ’06 in a story about the changing focus of Fulbright scholars in…
Tuesday August 4, 2009 3:28 pm	Khon Kaen, Thailand In Thailand, the death of a loved one is never a sad occasion
Wednesday March 22, 2006 12:00 am	World Music Weekend explores an Indian epic Featuring the college gamelan orchestra and a Cambodian music and dance troupe, this year’s World Music Weekend at Bates College takes place Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Titled “The Ramayana in Southeast Asia,” the weekend explores adaptations of the ancient, seminal epic from India titled “Ramayana.”
Friday March 18, 2005 1:29 pm	Leading trade expert to advocate globalization A recent adviser to the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, and University Professor at Columbia University, Jagdish Bhagwati will give a lecture titled, “Globalization: Why It Has a Human Face,” Thursday, March 31, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Thursday October 7, 2004 1:31 pm	Second Bates graduate awarded 2004-05 Fulbright scholarship Cristin McKnight, of Los Angeles, is the second Bates College graduate to receive a 2004-05 grant for postgraduate research from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Tuesday March 2, 2004 10:23 am	Duo offers distinctive approach to classical music of India David Pontbriand, a Portland resident and performer on the stringed instrument called the sitar, offers a concert drawn from the classical ragas of northern India in a Bates College concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 5, in the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.
Monday January 26, 2004 9:42 am	'Monsoon Wedding' screening rescheduled The acclaimed Indian romantic film “Monsoon Wedding,” whose screening at Bates College was postponed last week, has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, in Room 105, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.
Wednesday November 14, 2001 1:50 pm	Talk by author Amitav Ghosh postponed A talk by the Indian author Amitav Ghosh, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives at Bates College, has been postponed due to air travel restrictions.

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Two first-year students have received a Projects for Peace grant to stimulate economic growth and support a rural education initiative in India.

Five Bates College alumni receive Fulbright Scholarships

Five Bates College graduates are teaching and conducting research abroad this year thanks to scholarships from the Fulbright Program, funded by the U.S. Department of State.

The Chronicle of Higher Education dubs John Atchley '06 a 'new kind of Fulbrighter'

The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles John Atchley ’06 in a story about the changing focus of Fulbright scholars in…

Khon Kaen, Thailand

In Thailand, the death of a loved one is never a sad occasion

World Music Weekend explores an Indian epic

Featuring the college gamelan orchestra and a Cambodian music and dance troupe, this year’s World Music Weekend at Bates College takes place Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Titled “The Ramayana in Southeast Asia,” the weekend explores adaptations of the ancient, seminal epic from India titled “Ramayana.”

Friday

March 18, 2005
1:29 pm

Leading trade expert to advocate globalization

A recent adviser to the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, and University Professor at Columbia University, Jagdish Bhagwati will give a lecture titled, “Globalization: Why It Has a Human Face,” Thursday, March 31, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.

Thursday

October 7, 2004
1:31 pm

Second Bates graduate awarded 2004-05 Fulbright scholarship

Cristin McKnight, of Los Angeles, is the second Bates College graduate to receive a 2004-05 grant for postgraduate research from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Tuesday

March 2, 2004
10:23 am

Duo offers distinctive approach to classical music of India

David Pontbriand, a Portland resident and performer on the stringed instrument called the sitar, offers a concert drawn from the classical ragas of northern India in a Bates College concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 5, in the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.