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September 25, 2025

Bates launches new initiative for college access with Matricu…

Bates College is launching a new advising partnership with Matriculate, a national nonprofit that connects high-achieving, low-income high school students with near-peer mentors to support their path to college.

September 25, 2025

Museum’s director Carrie Cushman: The world needs museu…

Carrie Cushman joined the college as director of the Bates College Museum of Art in August. She came to Bates from the University of Hartford, where she had been the Edith Dale Monson Gallery director and curator at the university’s Hartford Art School.

September 25, 2025

Bates in the news: Sept. 25, 2025

A selection of recent mentions of Bates people in the news, including coverage of new poetry from a faculty member along with commentaries on the homelessness crisis, the Trump administration’s spending bill, and rural students in higher education.

Art and Visual Culture

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Cat Balco

Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Megan R. Boomer

Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Susan A. Dewsnap

Lecturer in Art and Visual Culture

Michel Droge

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Janet A. Fairbairn

Visiting Lecturer in Art and Visual Culture

Carolina González Valencia

Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Sydney Mieko King

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Trian Nguyen

Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Erin H. Nolan

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Erica Rand

Professor of Art and Visual Culture and Gender and Sexuality Studies

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