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Byrnes ’05 sets sights on more gold in London

Andy Walter — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:04:30 +0000

Bates athletics will be represented at a fourth consecutive Olympic Games: Andrew Byrnes '05 and Canada's men's eight are focused on winning a second straight gold medal in London.

BatesNews Monthly Update: July 2010

Bates News — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:35:42 +0000

For Bates alumni, parents, and friends, here is a look back at stories that represent some of the major Bates events and achievements of the past month, important upcoming events, and a sampling of Bates people making news.

In this issue:

1. Video: Graduates share thoughts on four years at Bates
2. Multimedia: Athletics Celebration Dinner honors generations of supporters
3. Multimedia: Reunion 2010 celebration
4. President’s baccalaureate address on role of ‘friendship and friendliness’
5. Video: New Bates mission statement approved
6. Higher rates now offered for Bates charitable gift annuities
7. How can the act of writing help college students feel engaged?
8. June blog from Japan
9. Duncan nominated by NESCAC as NCAA Woman of the Year
10. Coaches, student-athletes pitch in on community service projects
11. Bates in the News

1. Video: Graduates share thoughts on four years at Bates
Each year, graduating seniors attending a luncheon with Bates Trustees are invited by President Elaine Tuttle Hansen to offer brief comments on their time at Bates. See a sampling of our latest graduates’ reflections.
http://home.bates.edu/views/2010/07/02/grads-on-bates/

2. Multimedia: Athletics Celebration Dinner honors generations of supporters
The Bobcat sports year ended in late May but the cheering continued well into June with two events central to the Bates athletics experience. A June 12 groundbreaking celebrated the donor-funded Garcelon Field project during Reunion. Five days later in Boston, the Bates Athletics Celebration Dinner honored a wide spectrum of sports legends and athletics contributors from many generations.
http://home.bates.edu/views/2010/07/01/athletics-dinner-2010/

3. Multimedia: Reunion 2010 celebration
Alumni from classes ending in 0′s and 5′s returned to campus to enjoy their Reunion along with many Bates Outing Club alumni who returned to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the BOC. Weekend stories, award citations, photos and videos:
http://www.bates.edu/reunion.xml

4. President’s baccalaureate address on role of ‘friendship and friendliness’
If you didn’t hear it at the 2010 Commencement, the text of President Elaine Tuttle Hansen’s baccalaureate address is now online. Hansen explored the role of friendship and friendliness in a Bates education: “This is a place distinguished by its ‘friendly’ atmosphere,” she said at the May 30 ceremony, “where, as one of the parents here today put it three or four years ago, students quickly experience ‘that glue of belonging.’”
Read the full address:
http://www.bates.edu/x220914.xml

5. Video: New Bates mission statement approved
Concluding a three-year review, the Bates College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new Mission Statement of the College at its spring meeting. The subcommittee from throughout the College that developed the mission statement offered some thoughts, in video clips and text, about what the different words and phrases mean to them.
http://home.bates.edu/views/2010/07/02/mission-statement/

6. Higher rates now offered for Bates charitable gift annuities
The Office of Gift Planning is pleased to announce that in keeping with the latest guidelines from the American Council on Gift Annuities, we now offer higher rates for charitable gift annuities. This is a great opportunity to make a legacy gift to Bates while generating a fixed stream of income – now or in the future – for yourself and/or someone you love, all with attractive tax advantages. For more information, contact us at 800-762-3145 or email: giftplanning [at] bates [dot] edu, or call Erin Martin, Director of Gift Planning, directly at 207-786-8373.

7. How can the act of writing help college students feel engaged?
A recent Bates-hosted conference explored the various and sometimes unexpected ways that writing can help students feel more connected to their academic work. Underscoring the theme, five Bates students told a roomful of academics how their writing assignments helped — and hindered — their own satisfaction in college.
http://home.bates.edu/views/2010/07/07/chas-bates/

8. June blog from Japan
From June 6-19, Associate Professor of English Eden Osucha and students Astrid Gleaton and Kaad Jones were Bates’ representatives to Technos International Week http://www.bates.edu/technos.xml at Tokyo’s Technos College, along with faculty and students from seven other U.S. colleges and colleges in the U.K., New Zealand and Taiwan. The annual trips are made possible through a gift of the Tanaka Memorial Foundation. The Bates trio recorded their experiences and impressions as they explored Japan together.
http://juneinjapan.blogspot.com/

9. Duncan nominated by NESCAC as NCAA Woman of the Year
Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan ’10 is one of two student-athletes the New England Small College Athletic Conference has chosen to submit as its nominees for the 2010 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
http://www.bates.edu/x220937.xml

10. Coaches, student-athletes pitch in on community service projects
Many coaches and staff members from the Bates Department of Athletics teamed up in a service project in conjunction with Rebuilding Together Lewiston/Auburn on May 22. Earlier in the month, approximately 150 Bates student-athletes hosted the Third Annual SAAC Field Day program, leading and participating in a wide array of outdoor games and recreational activities.
http://www.bates.edu/x221111.xml

11. Bates in the News
In congressional testimony about the Gulf oil spill, environmental risk expert Valerie Lee ’75 invokes the concept of “human frailty.” Another human quality is referenced in a Cleveland Plain Dealer column praising the work of young “Cleveland believers,” including Graham Veysey ’04. Meanwhile, the Bates Museum of Art retrospective exhibition of works by painter Joseph Nicoletti, who has taught at Bates since 1981, elicits critical praise as careful and exacting as the painter’s own work.
http://home.bates.edu/views/in-the-news/

Seniors of 2010 share thoughts on four years at Bates

Bates News — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:16:44 +0000

Each May, graduating seniors attending a luncheon with Bates Trustees are invited by President Elaine Tuttle Hansen to offer brief comments on their time at Bates. Directly below are of some of their impromptu remarks:

Lindsay Thomson ’10, West Hartford, Conn.

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Thomson decided Bates was the college she wanted to attend after spending five days checking it out.

Kevin Thorson ’10, Storrs, Conn.

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Thorson found his passion at Bates, double-majoring in economics and Spanish.

Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan ’10, Topsham, Maine

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Duncan had many college choices, but Bates was the one place where she knew she could succeed in her “three A’s” — arts, academics and athletics.

Emily Pressman ’10, New Canaan, Conn.

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Bates was Pressman’s choice, and it became a second home.

Brianna Bakow ’10, Lexington, Mass.

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Bakow found that the one-on-one interaction with professors and others produced a sense of community she had not experienced before.

Emily Grady ’10, Littleton, Mass.

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Grady discovered resources everywhere as academic and experiential learning came together for her thesis.

George MacDonald ’10, Ossining, N.Y.

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MacDonald prepared to go into the world after college as an artist – and has fulfilled his goal.

Emaan Karamatullah ’10, Karachi, Pakistan

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Bates changed Karamatullah in many ways, and gave her the chance to meet so many people with different backgrounds.

Bobcat of the week: Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan '10

Bates News — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:39:53 +0000

Vanteil Duncan, '10

Bates sophomore Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan had a big day Saturday at the Colby Invitational. The recently crowned All-America indoor weight thrower met provisional qualification for the NCAA Outdoor Championships and recorded lifetime bests in both the hammer throw and shot put.

Duncan (Topsham, Maine) threw the hammer 49.11 meters and surpassed her personal record in the shot put by about two feet, at 13.51 meters, taking first place in both events. Duncan also finished fourth in the discus throw (33.05) as Bates finished third in the team scoring with 124 points, while MIT scored 143 and Colby 139.

Duncan was named the NESCAC Women’s Field Performer of the Week for her efforts. (View a PDF of the weekly NESCAC Track and Field release.)

All-Sports Camp to be Held at Bates College

Bates News — Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:32:47 +0000

Boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 15 can participate in a wide range of athletic activities in the Bates College Sports Camp, an overnight and day camp offered on the campus from June 30-July 12 (Session I) and July 14-26 (Session II).

Spots remain available for overnight and day campers for Session I and for overnight campers in Session II. Youngsters need not be exceptional athletes to attend camp, nor do they need to be beginners, as each year the camp enrolls many who hope to play on school teams. Only an enjoyment of physical activity and a willingness to try new things are required.

The camp day will provide six activity periods, including instructional swim. Qualified instructors will teach skills as well as rules for each sport. Groups are small – the average size is 15 – and organized by age and accompanied by a counselor and junior counselor throughout the day.

Activities change daily, ensuring variety and broad exposure. A regular free-choice period allows campers to concentrate on areas of special preference. Typical offerings include aerobics, basketball, field hockey, fitness, floor hockey, football, elementary games, kickball, lacrosse, martial arts, orienteering, Outward-Bound-style challenges, racquetball, rock climbing, soccer, softball, speedball, swimming, team handball, tennis, ultimate frisbee and volleyball.

Under the direction of Erik C. Bertelsen Jr., a member of the Bates class of 1972, director of college counseling and head basketball coach at the Belmont Hill School in Massachusetts, the Bates All-Sports Camp staff includes professional educators and selected college students. Guest lecturers will visit to introduce special sports.

Residential campers will reside in dormitories and eat through the college’s Dining Services. Camp staff organizes dorm life and arranges weekend activities for campers, including hikes for younger campers and a canoe trip for those 13 and over. Day campers are invited to participate in a number of evening and weekend activities.

Tuition for each two-week session is $640 for overnight camp and $355 for day camp. If campers attend both two-week sessions of All-Sports Camp, they will a $20 discount on the second session.

Located midway between the coast and the mountains in south-central Maine, Bates is a 141-year-old undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences and is rated among the top 20 national liberal-arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report.