1. Kevin McHugh appointed director of athletics
Following a six-month national search, Kevin McHugh of The College of New Jersey has been named director of athletics and chair of the Department of Physical Education at Bates College, effective July 1. www.bates.edu/x158175.xml

2. Schedule for Commencement 2007
Parents of graduating seniors: Please note that there is a mandatory rehearsal for seniors at 3 p.m. Friday, May 25. For the complete listing of Commencement events, go to: www.bates.edu/commencement.xml

3. Bates students' Rwandan initiative named one of 100 Projects for Peace
A plan by Bates students to help support a home for street children in Rwanda won a $10,000 award from the 100 Projects for Peace program sponsored by noted philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis. The award will enable a group called Bates Students for Peace in Rwanda to assist a children's rehabilitation center in a region hit especially hard by the 1994 genocide of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in that African nation. Bates was one of 76 colleges and universities across the nation whose students submitted proposals to 100 Projects for Peace. www.bates.edu/x158954.xml

4. Alumni Council announces this year's award recipients
The Alumni Council each year presents awards to distinguished alumni. The award winners for the 2006-07 year are: Bates College Alumni Service Award, C. Eric Lindell '40; Distinguished Young Alumni Award, Heather M. Pettis '97; Helen A. Papaioanou 49 Distinguished Alumni Service Award, Ralph T. Perry '51; Sesquicentennial Award, John M. Carrafa '76. www.bates.edu/x153127.xml

5. The medicalization of society
Not so long ago, shyness was usually seen as a random character trait, sadness the natural reaction to misfortune and alcoholism a sign of personal weakness. In recent decades those conditions, and many others, have been "medicalized" — associated with biological causes and redefined as medical diagnoses, not merely products of personality or fate. Rebecca Herzig, associate professor of women and gender studies at Bates, played a key role in a novel exploration of this pervasive phenomenon, an exploration resulting in a recent series of essays in the medical journal, The Lancet. www.bates.edu/x158359.xml

6. Student humanities journal now online
E-clectic, the student journal of the humanities at Bates, has uploaded its 10th issue featuring poetry, short stories, essays, podcasts, music, videos and photography. Included are the winning entries of the First Year Seminar Writing Prize, sponsored by the Mellon Learning Associates Program. www.tinyurl.com/2n4285

7. College Store discount on frames for pre-2006 diplomas
The Bates College Store is offering a great deal for alumni who graduated before 2006! Cambridge and Signature style frames are available for $50 and $60 respectively (plus shipping), a savings of 40 percent off their original prices.To see these frames (in their current, slightly larger rendition for '06 and '07 diplomas), check out the Web site at www.bates.edu/bookstore. Click "Shop Online" for "Diploma Frames." Call, fax or e-mail the store or order on-line, indicating the pre-2006 frame size in the message line and we'll adjust the pricing when the order is shipped.�Offer good only on these two frame styles, and please note that there are limited numbers in stock. Contact (207) 786-6121, fax (207) 786-6119 or e-mail: bookstore@bates.edu www.bates.edu/alumni-travel.xml

8. Did You Know?
Some folks have wondered what happens to Bates' physical address of record as Andrews Road becomes the landscaped Alumni Walk. The answer: The main mailing address- 2 Andrews Road- will not change. Read more on campus improvements: www.bates.edu/x158352.xml

9. Iran, local scholarship fund topics of breakfast seminar
About 100 local residents, including many members of the Bates Garcelon Society, heard visiting professor and Iran expert Eric Hooglund report at an April 27 breakfast seminar on his own academic path from growing up in rural Maine to 30 years of field research in Iran. Hooglund is Honor's Thesis advisor to Bates senior Jaleh Taheri of Stamford, Conn., who showed the group slides from her own recent fieldtrip to Iran. President Elaine Tuttle Hansen noted that the new Androscoggin Scholarship Fund "will enhance our ability to provide financial aid to qualified students from Androscoggin County, today and long into the future." The chair of the Garcelon Society, longtime Auburn resident and Bates parent Barbara Trafton, said the group is about halfway to the $1 million endowment it hopes to raise by 2008. She noted that an anonymous donor has offered to match the next $125,000 dollar for dollar, in effect doubling the value of any donation. For more information on the Garcelon Society and the Androscoggin Scholarship Fund, contact Robert L. Pallone at 207-786-6243 or rpallone@bates.edu. www.bates.edu/reunion.xml

10. Bates People in the News
New England Cable News visited campus to interview Khoa Pham '07, who recently received a Watson Fellowship to research the nature of Vietnamese identity around the world. The appointment of Bates' new athletics director made news across the Northeast. Rebecca Herzig, of the women and gender studies program, wrote in the magazine Liberal Education about the national Bringing Theory to Practice Project and its obligation to faculty. And Tom Carey '73, the College's director of security and campus safety, commented to the Portland papers about the role of local police in campus safety in light of the tragic Virginia Tech shootings. www.bates.edu/bates-in-the-news.xml