1. Bates admissions demystified by media outlets
Over the course of a year, Down East magazine associate editor Michaela Cavallaro was granted access to all stages of the Bates admissions process. The result: a major feature in Down East's November issue called "Who Gets In?" Subsequently, Maine Public Radio news producer Irwin Gratz interviewed both Cavallaro and Bates President Elaine Tuttle Hansen about what the article revealed. Read and listen to the reports here: www.bates.edu/x170233.xml

2. The Deansmen on their 50th anniversary reunion
What do you get when you bring together Bates men's a cappella group members from 1958 through today? Heart. www.bates.edu/x170769.xml

3. Whiting Foundation to support humanities faculty at Bates
The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation of New York City has invited Bates to join a select group of institutions participating in a program that provides a year-long sabbatical for research and scholarly development to pretenure faculty in the humanities. The $100,000 Whiting Teaching Fellowship will be awarded to one Bates faculty member a year for the next four years. www.bates.edu/x170756.xml

4. Graduate programs in health care accept 89 percent of Bates applicants
Eighty-nine percent of Bates College students who worked with the college's Medical Studies Committee in applying to health care-related graduate programs for fall 2007 matriculation were accepted. www.bates.edu/x169888.xml

5. Applying to medical schools in 2008?
If you are applying to medical schools for matriculation next fall and plan to have an interview with the Medical Studies Committee, you must fill out the Medical Studies registration form and the OCS registration and file status forms: www.bates.edu/x163623.xml by Dec. 14. Please mail to Sue Cook, c/o OCS, 31 Frye St., Lewiston ME 04240. If you have any questions, contact Sue Cook (scook@bates.edu), Karen Palin (kpalin@bates.edu) or professor Lee Abrahamsen (labraham@bates.edu).

6. When the Puddle became 'Paradise Pond'
A special Bates Dance Festival performance in August, "Paradise Pond," was the culminating event of the festival's 25th anniversary season. Created on and around Lake Andrews, "Paradise Pond" included more than 100 dancers, singers, community and youth performers in a celebration of the sustaining power of place and community. A beautiful video excerpt is available at: http://abacus.bates.edu/dancefest/highlights_paradisepond.php

7. A gift that gives back
A gift to Bates in exchange for a Charitable Gift Annuity will provide you with guaranteed income for life while providing for future generations of students and faculty at Bates. How does it work? A charitable gift annuity is a simple contract between you and Bates. In exchange for your gift of cash or appreciated stock, you will enjoy dependable income for life and an income tax deduction. To learn more, please call Erin Martin in the Office of Planned Giving at 800-762-3145 or send an e-mail to plannedgiving@bates.edu.

8. Campus Construction Update: Week of Nov. 26
Just a few months ago, new construction projects at Bates were transforming a hunk of campus that extended from Mount David to Merrill Gym. But now, like a Hollywood crane shot where the camera swoops down from lofty to intimate, the focus of construction at Bates is tightening in on the interior of the new dining Commons. www.bates.edu/x170692.xml

9. Did You Know?
Responding to a challenge from Associate Dean of Students Holly Gurney, more than half of the Class of 2011 expressed an interest in mentoring, tutoring or other community work. "We are grateful, excited and sometimes overwhelmed by this level of interest," said David Scobey, director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, which connects the interested students to community agencies. "We expect that great things will come from this class-wide commitment."

10. Bates People in the News
The New York City public radio station WYNC-FM interviewed Hiroya Miura, conductor of the Bates College Orchestra, at length about his style as a composer. In a story about the booming market for premium wines,Time magazine talked to Bill Sweat '79 about his decision to leave high finance for a vineyard in Oregon. The national arts review ARTnews profiled video artist Kate Gilmore '97, and Business Week talked with Jeff Mutterperl '92 and his new bride about preparations for tax season. And Lee Lynd '79, subject of the cover story in the Fall 2007 Bates Magazine, talked to NBC Nightly News about his ethanol research. www.bates.edu/bates-in-the-news.xml