Stories about "financial aid"
'Apples to oranges' comparison creates misleading impression of Bates cost
Friday, July 1, 2011 2:34 pm
An apples-to-oranges comparison of college costs released June 30 by the U.S. Department of Education gives a misleading impression of the true cost of attending Bates.
Bates a top school for ROI, says Bloomberg Businessweek
Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:05 pm
Bloomberg Businessweek and PayScale say Bates is best in Maine and in top 12 percent of U.S. colleges and universities for return on investment.
'We are partners' is theme of Garcelon-sponsored admission panel
Friday, November 12, 2010 12:27 pm
Families from the Lewiston-Auburn area who are beginning the college search heard…
Free panel discussion Nov. 11 at Bates demystifies college search process
Friday, November 5, 2010 2:06 pm
Topics include "Interviewing Tips" and "Financial Aid Basics."
Scholarship luncheon: A time of reflection and thanks
Friday, April 30, 2010 11:51 am
At a recent luncheon, donors who have made the Bates' experience possible for a new generation met some of the students who benefit from their generosity.
Navigating rough economic seas
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:44 am
By drawing on inspirational ancestors and marshaling its community, Bates moves forward.
It's the season of college acceptances, financial aid and gratitude
Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:22 am
Currently, about 37 percent of Bates students receive more than $20 million in scholarship grant aid. A few of them spoke at the April luncheon, held in the Jarnryd Room of the new dining Commons on the day of the annual Mount David Summit. "It makes it gratifying to give and compelling to give more."Rising from her seat, Nicole Svirsky '09 of Newburyport, Mass., talked about her senior thesis combining political economy and law.
Alumni awards highlight 138th annual Reunion
Friday, June 9, 2006 12:00 am
Bates alumni arriving for their College's 138th Reunion anticipated traditional revelry and fellowship as well as a chance to honor their own. All awards will be presented Saturday during the midday Alumni Awards Ceremony, held in Merrill Gymnasium due to rain.
At Bates, ‘everyone’s been great’ to students sent by Katrina
Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:39 am
The school year wasn't supposed to start this way. Instead of easing into her New Orleans apartment and her Tulane University course work, Maddy O'Brien of Winthrop, Maine, found herself spending school's first week as an evacuee 125 miles away in Lafayette, La. — one of the hundreds of thousands unsure of what Hurricane Katrina had done to their lives.
Five alumni elected to Bates Board of Trustees
Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:25 am
President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has announced five appointments to the Bates College Board of Trustees: Robert E. Burke of Boston, Mass.; Marjorie Northrop Friedman of Dallas, Texas; Jennifer L.Guckel of Charlestown, Mass.; Dana Petersen Moore of Baltimore, Md.; and Quoc K. Tran of Omaha, Neb.