Stories about "Nonprofit"
It's a Microworld After All

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 12:19 pm

MicroVest’s Gil Crawford ’80 takes the lead as private investors surge into the microfinance world.

Maine's judicial branch names Bates outstanding volunteer of the year

Friday, December 21, 2007 11:14 am

Maine's judicial branch of government has recognized Bates College for volunteer work performed in the state's courts.

Seven-member collaborative launches downtown education center

Friday, December 14, 2007 10:33 am

The Downtown Education Collaborative (DEC), a local partnership of seven academic and community institutions, will open a new storefront education center at 219 Lisbon St. in January, 2008.

Harward Center launches intergenerational community dialogue project

Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:08 am

The Harward Center for Community Partnerships has launched Youth+Adults+Dialogue=Action or YADA, an intergenerational dialogue project that will bring together more than 100 community members to discuss how to make Lewiston/Auburn a better place for youth.

Muskie Archives opens historic Androscoggin River data to researchers

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:14 am

The papers of a Bates College professor who spent decades studying pollution in the Androscoggin River -- pollution that prompted the federal Clean Water Act of 1972 -- are newly accessible to researchers.

Bates students participate in alternative spring break

Monday, April 2, 2007 1:16 pm

Twenty-four Bates College students and two chaperones head to Biloxi, Miss., April 15-20 for an "Alternative Spring Break" as Hands on Gulf Coast volunteers in a hurricane-ravaged community.

Alumnus discusses corporate social responsibility

Monday, October 23, 2006 12:00 am

Liam D. Leduc Clarke, a 1998 Bates College graduate and senior associate in APCO Worldwide's corporate social responsibility and philanthropy practice, will give a lecture titled "Business and the Common Good: Corporate Responsibility in a Global Economy and Community" at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend free of charge. For more information, call 207-786-6400 or e-mail bpelleti@bates.edu.

Sene '00 selected 2006-07 White House Fellow

Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:00 am

Considered to be the most competitive and prestigious U.S. public leadership program, White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. Lena Sene '00 is among 14 White House Fellows appointed for 2006-07, the White House recently announced.

State Department official launches Distinguished Alumni in Residence program

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:08 am

Chantal Berry Dalton '69, a career diplomat with the U.S. State Department, is the inaugural speaker in the new Distinguished Alumni in Residence program at Bates College.

Alumni share expertise in arts, humanities, busines

Friday, April 25, 2003 9:17 am

Whatever their occupations, Bates alumni know their experiences since graduation constitute a knowledge resource that can benefit fellow alumni as well as today's students. And they're not stingy with that resource.

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