1. Willett '73 elected chair of Bates Board of Trustees
Joseph T. Willett '73 of Ridgewood, N.J., has been elected the new chair of the Bates College Board of Trustees, President Elaine Tuttle Hansen and trustees have announced. Willett succeeds Burton M. Harris '59, who retired from the board following 23 years of service, including five as chair. www.bates.edu/x141107.xml

2. Ninth international 'Welcome to the City' events in September
Are you new to a city or new to the alumni world? Plan to attend the ninth Annual Welcome to the City Young Alumni event being held in Tokyo, London and major U.S. cities on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Come meet other Batesies who were once in your shoes for a fun evening of conversation, cocktails and cuisine. Invitations will go out soon, so make sure your address is updated in our system. Don't miss out! Visit www.bates.edu/wtc2006.xml or e-mail mlambert@bates.edu for more information.

3. Women's track and field team nets academic honors
With a cumulative grade point average of 3.40, the Bates College women's track and field team won honors as a 2006 Division III Women's All-Academic Team by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Additionally, two Bates team members, Ashley Wentworth '06 and Kathryn Moore '07, were individually named to the All-Academic Track and Field Team as NCAA Championships qualifiers who also excelled academically. www.bates.edu/x137533.xml

4. Bates contingent attends international sleep research conference
In June, four Bates students and Assistant Professor of Psychology Roxanne Prichard traveled to Salt Lake City for the 20th anniversary SLEEP meeting, sponsored by the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Prichard, a neuroscientist, and the students attended six days of presentations on sleep-related topics. www.bates.edu/x137537.xml

5. Did You Know?
In the 2005-06 academic season, at least six Bates students and alumni received prestigious graduate fellowships. They include a Fulbright, two Watsons, a Jack Kent Cooke award, a national Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and a Dean's Fellowship at Harvard. Most worked with the Bates Graduate Fellowship and Watson Committees to prepare their applications. www.bates.edu/x140826.xml

6. Jack Kent Cooke Fellowship awarded for medical school
Jason Rafferty of Greenland, N.H., a 2005 magna cum laude graduate, has received a prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Fellowship. Rafferty is one of 77 graduate and professional students chosen from among 1,100 applicants. The award, which can total up to $50,000 per year for up to six years, will allow Rafferty to earn a four-year medical degree at Harvard Medical School, followed by a one-year Harvard master's program in public health. www.bates.edu/x137736.xml

7. Miller '09 to play in Ultimate championships
Ultimate Frisbee player Adam Miller '09 of Seattle, Wash., will play for the host U.S. squad in the World Junior Championships at Devens, Mass., Aug. 13-18. At Bates, Miller plays for the Orange Whip club team (previously known by other names, like Big Fat Yak). Indeed, Ultimate has retained its irreverent culture, marked by high sportsmanship, as it grows in popularity. "Ultimate has evolved from kind of a hippie sport into a competitive sport with very good athletes who still try to be friendly," Miller says. "The best play in Ultimate is when you both lay out for a disc, one of you gets it, and the other guy gets up and says something like, "Great job. That was sweet." www.wjuc2006.org/home.htm

8. Bates People in the News
Summer's no time to slack off for Bates students: CNN caught up with Alison Caine '07 in Peru and a New Jersey paper spoke with Greg Henkes '08 at a Rutgers field station, as each pursued Bates-related research. Alums, too, were in the international news — from "Treehugger" Dan Swartz '90 in Budapest to author Smadar Bakovic '03 in Israel to Bakovic's classmate Justin Easter '03 in Billings, Mont. Meanwhile, The New Yorker was among media organizations covering the second nationwide tour of "The Black Factory," the performance-art project created by Bates' William Pope.L. www.bates.edu/bates-in-the-news.xml