College costs aren’t the real issue, higher-ed experts tell Bates symposium

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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Sunday March 25, 2012 8:33 am	College costs aren’t the real issue, higher-ed experts tell Bates symposium Everyone knows the big story about higher education: The price of college is out of control. That story sets the…
Monday December 19, 2011 8:08 pm	Clayton Spencer elected eighth president of Bates The Bates College Board of Trustees has elected Clayton Spencer, to become the eighth president of Bates, effective July 1, 2012.
Wednesday December 7, 2011 4:56 pm	Audio slide show: Fresh and Healthy David Longdon ’14 reflects on his summer as a leadership intern with Lots to Gardens, a youth-oriented, sustainable urban agriculture program in Lewiston.
Monday October 31, 2011 6:24 pm	Local students participate in art outreach program “Rollin’ to Olin” is a new outreach program giving local schoolchildren a chance to experience music and visual art at…
Monday October 31, 2011 6:06 pm	Beware food-industrial complex, says Stonyfield’s Hirshberg P’13 By Roland Adams It was likely an evening of revelation for some and confirmation for others as Bates scrutinized the…
Monday June 20, 2011 3:19 pm	BatesNews monthly update: June 2011 For Bates alumni, parents and friends, here is a look back at stories that represent the major Bates events and…
Thursday June 9, 2011 5:56 pm	Campus-wide phone system now working Due to a severe electrical storm on Thursday afternoon, the Bates campus-wide phone system was temporarily out of order. The…
Friday May 20, 2011 4:10 pm	Bluegrass to brass, Midsummer Lakeside Concerts are a sound proposition From bluegrass to 19th-century brass band music, from global sounds to high-tech traditional, the 2011 Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series offers sounds for every music lover. The series opens with bluegrass, folk and Americana by the Crunchy Western Boys at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 14, in the Keigwin Amphitheater by Lake Andrews. The series continues with four more concerts, all at 6 p.m. Thursdays.
Wednesday April 13, 2011 3:08 pm	To the Bates Community From President Elaine Tuttle Hansen Dear Members of the Bates College Community, As Mike Bonney notes in his message, I will be stepping down as…
Thursday March 31, 2011 8:57 pm	Weather cancellation of scholarship luncheon While the Mount David Summit will continue as planned, the annual Mount David Society Scholarship Luncheon on Friday, April 1,…

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Everyone knows the big story about higher education: The price of college is out of control. That story sets the…

Clayton Spencer elected eighth president of Bates

The Bates College Board of Trustees has elected Clayton Spencer, to become the eighth president of Bates, effective July 1, 2012.

Audio slide show: Fresh and Healthy

David Longdon ’14 reflects on his summer as a leadership intern with Lots to Gardens, a youth-oriented, sustainable urban agriculture program in Lewiston.

Local students participate in art outreach program

“Rollin’ to Olin” is a new outreach program giving local schoolchildren a chance to experience music and visual art at…

Beware food-industrial complex, says Stonyfield’s Hirshberg P’13

By Roland Adams It was likely an evening of revelation for some and confirmation for others as Bates scrutinized the…

BatesNews monthly update: June 2011

For Bates alumni, parents and friends, here is a look back at stories that represent the major Bates events and…

Campus-wide phone system now working

Due to a severe electrical storm on Thursday afternoon, the Bates campus-wide phone system was temporarily out of order. The…

Bluegrass to brass, Midsummer Lakeside Concerts are a sound proposition

From bluegrass to 19th-century brass band music, from global sounds to high-tech traditional, the 2011 Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series offers sounds for every music lover. The series opens with bluegrass, folk and Americana by the Crunchy Western Boys at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 14, in the Keigwin Amphitheater by Lake Andrews. The series continues with four more concerts, all at 6 p.m. Thursdays.