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WednesdayMay 26, 2010 |
Book drive for Kabul university enters last daysBates, Colby and Bowdoin have focused their traditional rivalries on a good cause. The three schools are vying to see which can gather the most donated textbooks for donation to the Polytechnic University of Kabul, in Afghanistan. |
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FridayApril 9, 2010 |
Projects for Peace grants to support Zambia, Afghanistan programsTwo Bates College students have received 2010 Davis Projects for Peace awards to fund development initiatives in Zambia and Afghanistan…. |
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FridayFebruary 12, 2010 |
Maine veteran, Afghan student to take part in Bates College panel on war in AfghanistanA panel of Bates College students and faculty, along with a Waterville peace activist, discuss the war in Afghanistan at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Bates College’s Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). |
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TuesdayAugust 5, 2008 |
To heal the woundedA book review in The New York Times praised the team of U.S. Army medical professionals, including Dr. Dave Lounsbury ’72, a retired colonel, that pushed for publication of War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Series of Cases, 2003–2007. |
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WednesdayOctober 16, 2002 |
U.S. Muslim woman describes peace pilgrimage to Afghanistan in Spiritual Journey seriesShamshad Sheikh, Muslim chaplain at Mount Holyoke College, will discuss her experiences in a Bates College lecture titled From Pakistan to Afghanistan via the United States: A Muslim Peace Pilgrim’s Journey, at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Avenue. The public is invited to attend this discussion, part of the “Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2002-03″ series sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain, free of charge. Call 207-786-8272 for more information. |
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ThursdayOctober 25, 2001 |
Bates historians to discuss meaning of Sept. 11Three Bates College historians and an anthropologist will lead a discussion of the Sept. 11 attacks and consider the tragedy’s aftermath in a forum at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. The public is invited to attend free of charge. |
