Purposeful Work in the News
Selected readings about Purposeful Work at Bates
- Some Thoughts on Work: Remarks at Convocation 2013 by President Clayton Spencer
- ‘Wild rumpus’ reveals Short Term spirit of innovation, experimentation
- Life in the bike lane: A hands-on ride in the urban-planning world
- A dozen tips about work, jobs, and careers from the Purposeful Work Unplugged speaker series
- The Fall 2015 issue of Bates Magazine has a cover feature on the college’s Purposeful Work initiative.
- Q&A: Bates psychologist Rebecca Fraser-Thill on drawing a blueprint for your future
- Students explain what their Bates-funded summer work means right now
- Unplugged: U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on the election, a Watergate lesson, and the glass ceiling in politics
- Q&A: Students Click with Digital Marketing Consultant Ashley Hart ’91 in her Practitioner-Taught Course
- Advising Grads to ‘Follow Your Passion’ is Bunk. Here’s Why
- Quartz.com on Bates designing a liberal arts education fit for the future of work
- WGBH Boston profile: “At Bates College, New Focus on ‘Purposeful Work'”