Bates in the News

Below is a sampling of news stories about Bates and Bates alumni.
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Thursday

June 12, 2008
12:00 pm

Bowdoin fills coaching spot

On Wednesday, Adrienne Shibles ’91 was named women’s basketball coach at Bowdoin College, replacing Stefanie Pemper.

Monday

June 9, 2008
12:00 pm

New report calls avoidance a poor green alternative

A Rogers Casey Inc. researcher argues that targeted bets on “green” companies could prove superior to more sweeping strategies that purge polluters from institutional portfolios.

Saturday

May 17, 2008
12:00 pm

Dance on the Alumni Walk

Structured improvisation organized by Alissa Horowitz for the new alumni walk at bates college by Alissa Horowitz, with videography by Craig Saddlemire.

Thursday

May 8, 2008
4:00 pm

With Justice for All in Our Multicultural Nation

Morris Dees, founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke on civil rights and multi-culturalism. (Total time: 1:07:42)

Thursday

March 13, 2008
4:00 pm

The Public Voice: Speaking to and of the Culture

Jeffrey Brown, senior correspondent for “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” on PBS, talks about his experiences covering the arts, the current state of the media and issues around “the public voice” in American society. (Total time: 1:05:31)

Friday

November 30, 2007
4:00 pm

Balm in Gilead: On Love, Justice and the Word

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist and professor of education at Harvard University, recently gave the Bertha May Bell Andrews Lecture at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.

Wednesday

May 30, 2007
12:00 pm

Bates College Etude #1

Dance performance by Fisher Qua and Carol Dilley, with choreography by Carol Dilley, camera by Craig Saddlemire and Kristen Carey,…

Monday

May 28, 2007
12:00 pm

Bates College Etude #2

Dance performance by Meredith Sallee and Fisher Qua, with choreography by Sarah McCormick, camera by Craig Saddlemire and Kristen Carey, and video production by Bill Matthew.

Thursday

May 16, 2002
4:25 pm

Dean of Admissions Wylie Mitchell appears on New York public radio

Bates Dean of Admissions Wylie Mitchell appeared on WNYC radio’s issue-oriented talk program “On The Line.” The topic of the program was “Feeling Testy: Are Standardized Tests Fair?” Guests Mitchell and Rebecca Zwick of the University of California, Santa Barbara discussed the importance of SATs in higher education.