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In 1980, at age 85, Benjamin Elijah Mays ’20 returns to campus for his 60th Reunion.Photograph by Jim Daniels
Benjamin Mays’ living legacy

Sunday, March 10, 2013 1:03 pm

Mays ’20, the great civil rights leader, never forgot Bates. And it works both ways.

Alumni photographers Heffernan, Strada and Verhave share their vision

Sunday, March 10, 2013 12:09 pm

Not every photographer has a vision. Not every photographer has a muse, or listens to one.

The Beachhead in North Carolina: Nathaniel Boone ’52 and the Montford Point Marines

Sunday, March 10, 2013 11:34 am

A medal honors men like Nathaniel Boone ’52 for breaking the Marine corps color line

Spencer’s inaugural address: where Bates stands, how the college can move forward, while staying true to itself

Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:51 am

Citing Benjamin Mays ’20 as both metaphor and guide, Clayton Spencer’s inaugural address frames the challenges facing Bates and suggests why the college is fully equipped to move forward

The trapeze gives flight to Travis Jones’ senior theses in theater and art

Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:37 am

The trapeze gives flight to Travis Jones’ two senior theses, in theater and in art

China’s economy, and a group of Bates students, were awakening in 1981

Friday, June 15, 2012 12:09 pm

The flashes of color in these images of China from 1981, taken by Steve Stone ’83 during a Bates sociology Short Term trip, signal big changes to come.

Wow! Clayton Spencer begins a new relationship with her new college

Friday, June 15, 2012 12:00 am

Clayton Spencer’s rise as a U.S. higher education leader culminates in her debut as president-elect of Bates — and her avowed commitment to leading Bates toward a stronger marriage of excellence and opportunity.

Thanks to Phene and Chhetri, Bollywood bowls Bates over

Friday, June 15, 2012 12:00 am

The dance exploits of Shachi Phene '12 and Shlesma Chhetri '12, notably the colorful and exuberant genre seen in Bollywood films, have made them campus stars.

The circle keeping Morgan McDuffee’s spirit alive is larger — and still unbroken

Friday, June 15, 2012 12:00 am

Remembering Morgan McDuffee ’02 By H. Jay Burns Photographs by Phyllis Graber…

Students join investigation of barriers to wholesome food in Lewiston-Auburn

Friday, June 15, 2012 12:00 am

Bates students gathered, analyzed and helped present information that got Good Food for Lewiston-Auburn initiative going.

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