1. Bates retrospective: 2007 in review
These 2007 stories were published in BatesNews, the College's monthly e-newsletter. Enjoy this look back at pictures that represent some of the major Bates stories from an exciting year. www.bates.edu/x171733.xml

2. Maine's judicial branch names Bates outstanding volunteer of the year
Maine's judicial branch of government has recognized Bates College for volunteer work performed in the state's courts. www.bates.edu/x171704.xml

3. Lecture to open economist's tenure as Stangle Professor at Bates
Professor Margaret Maurer-Fazio inaugurates her tenure in the newly established Betty Doran Stangle Professorship in Applied Economics at Bates with a special lecture Feb. 1 in Chase Hall Lounge. Titled "China: A Journey of Teaching and Scholarship," the talk will cover what Maurer-Fazio describes as the "exciting synergies between teaching in China, taking students to China, and my research agenda." A member of the Bates economics faculty since 1994, Maurer-Fazio studies the dramatic impact of the liberalization of China's economy on that nation's labor markets. www.bates.edu/x171615.xml

4. Imaging Center expands reach of new general education program
Imaging Center expands reach of new general education program The Bates College Imaging and Computing Center, which opened just last January, is helping to break the barriers between academic disciplines and inspire students and faculty to find the connections between fields of inquiry, according to center director and Associate Professor of Chemistry Matthew Côté. In a December online essay inAcademic Commons, Côté says the center is "designed to support Bates' vision of a liberal arts education, as codified by its newly-adopted general education program. This program reflects the increasingly porous and mutable nature of disciplinary boundaries and emphasizes the effectiveness of teaching writing as a means of improving students' ability to think, reason and communicate. The Imaging Center strives to further expand the reach of this program by promoting visual thinking and communication - serving as a catalyst for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work." Read the entire essay at: www.academiccommons.org/commons/essay/bates-imaging-center

5. Nominations sought for annual alumni awards
The Alumni Council invites your nominations of fellow alumni for one of the five awards presented each year during Reunion and Homecoming. The awards include: The Benjamin E. Mays Medal, The Helen A. Papaioanou '49 Distinguished Alumni Service Award, The Bates College Alumni Community Service Award, The Sesquicentennial Award, The Distinguished Young Alumni Award. For more information on the awards, or to nominate a fellow alumnus/a for an award, visit: community.bates.edu/alumniaward

6. Bates tennis player a semifinalist for national citizenship award
Bates College senior Mallika Raghavan has earned distinction as a semifinalist for The Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, a national award recognizing the most outstanding role models among athletes. www.bates.edu/x171602.xml

7. Student Advisory Council inaugurates monthly student-athlete award
Bates College senior Ross Van Horn, a tight end on the Bobcats football team, was named the first SAAC Student Athlete of the Month in December by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee's Academic subcommittee. A politics and classics double-major from Highland Park, N.J., Van Horn is a two-time NESCAC All-Academic award winner. www.bates.edu/x170792.xml

8. Morehouse College curator to offer keynote for MLK Week
The Rev. Lawrence Edward Carter Sr., professor of religion at Morehouse College, where he serves as curator and first dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, is the keynote speaker for the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Bates. Carter's address is part of the annual Bates celebration of King's life and work. Classes are canceled so that members of the Bates and Lewiston-Auburn communities can attend performances, art exhibitions, workshops and orations. This year, the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service of Worship, on Jan. 20, features a sermon by the Rev. Marshall Elijah Hatch P '10. Hatch, head pastor at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, received the 2006 Weston Howland Jr. Award for Distinguished National Leadership, based on his community work addressing issues of drugs, gangs, violence and poverty. www.bates.edu/x171707.xml

9. Memorial for Amadou Cisse '01 in chapel Jan.19
Amadou L. Cisse '01, was killed in Chicago during an attempted robbery as he walked to his home near the University of Chicago campus on November 19, just days after the successful defense of his Ph.D. dissertation in chemistry. At Bates, Cisse majored in math, chemistry and physics and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Bates was his home for four years, the friendships he made here were lasting and were part of what defined him; he continued to visit frequently after he moved to Chicago. The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Multifaith Chaplaincy have planned a memorial observance for Cisse at 11 a.m. Jan. 19 in the College Chapel. www.bates.edu/x171708.xml

10. Bates People in the News
Bates alumni made the news in late autumn. The Rev. Peter Gomes '65 squared off in a good-natured exchange about the existence of God with Sam Allis, who writes "The Observer" for The Boston Globe. Lt. Col. William Prendergast '90 of the Oregon National Guard spoke with a local NBC affiliate about his unit's possible redeployment to Iraq. Finally, Trustee Susan Kozik '79, executive vice president and chief technology officer for TIAA-CREF, was named one of the Top 20 nonbank women in finance by U.S. Banker. www.bates.edu/bates-in-the-news.xml