News » perspectives http://www.bates.edu/news Tue, 21 May 2013 20:28:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Role-reversal ritual encourages new perspectives http://www.bates.edu/news/2009/07/29/role-reversal/ http://www.bates.edu/news/2009/07/29/role-reversal/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:39:03 +0000 Phyllis Graber Jensen http://batesviews.net/?p=5892 At Bates College, strong bridges between faculty, students and staff go beyond being merely friendly.

President for a Day, a tradition started three years ago by President Elaine Tuttle Hansen, reinforces the Bates goal of learning to see other perspectives.

This year, President Hansen traded places with Walter Garcia ’11 of Stonington, Maine.

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