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Monday
28
July

Musicians' Concert

7:30 PM

Schaeffer Theatre 204 – Theatre: Thoughtful, playful and profound music takes center stage when these extraordinary composers, known for their collab…

Thursday
31
July

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Continuous Replay and D-Man in the Waters

7:30 PM

Schaeffer Theatre 204 – Theatre: This evening of mixed repertory marks the BDF premier of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company. “Moment by moment …

Friday
1
August

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Continuous Replay and D-Man in the Waters

7:30 PM

Schaeffer Theatre 204 – Theatre: This evening of mixed repertory marks the BDF premier of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company. “Moment by moment …

Friday
10
October

Dharma Down and Gideon Forbes: Crosscurrent in Jazz & Arabic Music (double bill)

7:30 PM

Olin Arts Center 210 – Olin Concert Hall: This double bill features two jazz ensembles that are heavily influenced by traditional Arabic music. Drawi…

Wednesday
5
November

Museum Lecture: ceramicist Lisa Orr

5:00 PM

Olin Arts Center 104 – Classroom (Multimedia): Museum lecture by ceramicist Lisa Orr in conjunction with the American Studio Ceramics Exhibition

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Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College
June 27, 2025

Harward Center wraps up 2024–25 year with grants, awards hono…

This spring, the Harward Center celebrated the strength of the college’s engagement with the Lewiston–Auburn community with a string of grants and awards.

Outside-the-box Batesies: Meet five DIY students who created their own majors
June 26, 2025

Outside-the-box Batesies: Meet five DIY students who created …

Designing new paths through the Bates curriculum, these seniors crafted interdisciplinary majors that speak to their passions and futures.

For four weeks during this year’s Short Term, 31 Bates students — biology, economics, and philosophy majors alike — caught a glimpse of careers in business while taking the Tuck Business Essentials course, offered for the first time this year in collaboration with Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. Whatever their prior knowledge of business, the students showed up with critical thinking skills and eagerness to learn in-hand — hallmarks of a Bates education — says Peter Friedman ’92, who earned an MBA from Tuck in 2003 and served as practitioner-in-residence for Tuck Business Essentials. “Students were very engaged and interested in the topic, which was great,” Friedman says. “They were strong and very capable.” In these photographs, students in the Tuck Short Term prepare for and make their final course presentations, first getting ready in the Purposeful Work area of Chase Hall, and then on a Zoom call in Chase Hall Lounge.
June 26, 2025

Short Term’s crash course in business yielded big profi…

This spring, Short Term offered a crash course in business with visiting faculty from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. 

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