Greetings, Colleagues,

This week, Don Dearborn wrote to remind us that if you are planning a leave, November 1 is the deadline for submitting 2023-2024 leave requests for pre-tenure leaves, leaves of absence, sabbaticals, enhanced sabbaticals, Phillips fellowships, or course reductions.  If you are thinking about seeking extramural funding to support a leave, please reach out to me or to the good folks in the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance for ideas and support.

President Spencer wrote with a follow up to the recent update on equity and inclusion work at Bates to share a new list of resources that is now available on the Office of Equity and Inclusion website.  This list was prepared by lecturer Christopher Petrella, a historian of 19th and 20th-century racialization in the United States who previously served as our Associate Director of Programs for the Office of Equity and Diversity from 2016 to 2018. It features podcasts, documentaries, articles, books, and other resources that are intended as one way for those who are interested to expand their understanding of the current conversations about issues of race, racism, identity, and power. As you will see, a smaller “Start Here” list suggests an entry point for those who may have less experience with these topics.

I want to thank Chris for his work to assemble this list, which I hope you will find to be a useful resource. It will be a living, evolving document, and your suggestions for additional content will be welcome any time at eiaoutreach@bates.edu.

The Committee on Faculty Governance wrote to remind you all that the deadline to submit any materials for the November faculty meeting is this coming Monday, Oct. 24th.

Darren Gallant from the Center for Global Education wrote that the Center will once again host and organize a week of programs/events to mark International Education Week at Bates. Many of these programs will be organized by our student leaders, the Global Ambassadors. These events will be during the week of November 14-18 and will align with the national International Education Week which is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education. You can learn more on the initiative here.  In prior years, some faculty have organized talks during this week, cooking or cultural events, or have attended planned sessions. If you’re interested in hosting something with an international or global focus during this week, please let Darren know.  We can help with marketing, some funding, and general organizing.

Thank you for considering and stay tuned for a calendar of events when it is available.

Next, upcoming events.

A Group for Compassionate Grieving
Mondays, 4:15-5:15, 163 Wood St.
Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7
Please sign-up here.
Facilitated by Brittany Longsdorf and Raymond Clothier

KROEPSCH LECTURE

Queerness, An Act of Resistance: Reading Robert Jones’s The Prophets in Narrativing Slavery and Beyond
Monday, October 24
4:30 PM – Keck Classroom, Pettengill G52
The lecture will be given by Sue Houchins, Associate Professor of Africana and Winner of the Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching

The Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies Invites You to Our Open Lounge Gathering
Tuesday, October 25  – 11:45-1:00
GSS Lounge, Pettengill 216
Learn About the GSS Program, Reunite with Friends, Meet New People, Enjoy Light Refreshments

Q&A How your libraries are supporting Open Access on the Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin Campuses.
Tuesday, October 25 at Noon
This will be a Zoom-only event
This will be a 45-minute presentation. We will discuss Read and Publish Agreements (also known as Transformative Agreements), access types across academic journals, and opportunities for making your work open access at no cost. This is a Zoom-only event and does require registration. All faculty and staff at Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin Colleges are welcome to join. Please register here. A recording will be made available to registrants. 

For more information about publishing Open at Bates, please see our LibGuide: https://libguides.bates.edu/scholarly-communications/publishing-open   

International Open Access week
Tuesday, October 25th at 4:15 pm
Bonney Science Center (first-floor lounge)
Grab a beverage and snacks with your fellow faculty as well as Library, Grants, and Dean’s Office colleagues. The conversation will be lively and prizes (YETI mugs) will be up for grabs!   Please register for this event here.  For more information about publishing Open at Bates, please see our LibGuide: https://libguides.bates.edu/scholarly-communications/publishing-open   This event is co-sponsored by Ladd Library, Dean of the Faculty Office and the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance (SPaRC).

International Open Access week
Tuesday, October 25 – 4:15 pm
Bonney Science Center (first-floor lounge)
Grab a beverage and snacks with your fellow faculty as well as Library, Grants, and Dean’s Office colleagues. The conversation will be lively and prizes (YETI mugs) will be up for grabs!  Please register for this event here.  For more information about publishing Open at Bates, please see our LibGuide: https://libguides.bates.edu/scholarly-communications/publishing-open
This event is co-sponsored by Ladd Library, Dean of the Faculty’s Office, and the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance (SPaRC).

Fall Advising Workshop Series

October 26: Making the Most of the Advising Meeting
November 2: Global Education Resources
November 9: Student Financial Supports and Services

All workshops are from Noon until 12:55 PM in Commons 221. You can go through the Commons line and bill your lunch to the Dean of Faculty. All workshops are recorded. All recordings are posted to the Advising Workshop Series section of the Academic Advising Portal.

The Clean Water Act at 50: Community Perspectives
Wednesday, October 26th – 7 pm
Pettengill G52 (Keck)
The Clean Water Act turns 50 this month. To commemorate this landmark piece of legislation, the Muskie Archives is hosting a panel discussion on “The Clean Water Act at 50: Community Perspectives.” Rather than a retrospective of legislative events of the 1970s, we are bringing together a panel representing a range of perspectives and experiences on the current state of water in Maine. From water rights, to the science of clean water, to recent and future state legislation, to drinking water, come hear our panelists discuss these issues and more.

Scheduled panelists are:

• Charles Colgan, Director of Research at the Center for the Blue Economy at the Middlebury Institute, and former director of the New England Environmental Finance Center;
• Holly Ewing, Bates College Professor of Environmental Studies and Christian A. Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies;
• Ken Gallant, former wastewater manager and engineer for 41 years along the Androscoggin, Kenebec, and Penobscot Rivers;
• Corey Hinton, attorney, citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and proponent of water and environmental law and legislation in Maine;
• John Nutting, former Maine state Representative and Senator, and author of several pieces of state environmental legislation.

Historic Bates Campus Tour
Riverside Cemetery Tour
Friday, October 28, 10 am
Meet inside the front gates of the cemetery.
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/3syTD1X3YRNtM7vy8
Sponsored by the Muskie Archives staff

ON THE MENU: CHILLING TEACHING TALES

Monday, October 31- 12-1 pm
Commons 221
Go through the Commons lunch line (charge CITL) and join us for the first in our On the Menu: Workshop Series. Lindsey Hamilton, CITL Director, will share terrifying teaching horror stories and provide practical tips on how to avoid these sticky situations. There will be Halloween candy if you dare.

Black Queer and Trans Care Practices for a New World:
Black Feminist Practices of Embodied Abolition
Presented by Dr. AK Wright
November 1 – 4:15 pm
Pettengill G52
Sponsored by the GSS Program, the Dean of the Faculty’s Office, and the A.W. Mellon Foundation.

“Being Black in White Space,”
November 10 at 4:15 (online lecture)
Professor Elijah Anderson. Register at https://elijah-anderson-bates.eventbrite.com

Bates College Choir – ‘At the Water’s Edge’
Sunday, November 13th, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bates-college-choir-tickets-425253182717

Lessons from Minamata: Environmental activism through lecture and two films
Screening of the 2020 Andrew Levitas film Minamata
Wednesday, October 26, 7:30 pm

Presentation by Japanese-American photojournalist and activist Aileen Mioko Smith
Thursday, October 27, 4:15 pm

Screening of the 1971 Tsuchimoto Noriaki documentary Minamata: The Victims and their World (Minamata – kanjasan to sono sekai)
Wednesday, November 2, 7:30 pm.
Please refer to the series site for the details of each event. (https://sites.google.com/bates.edu/minamata)

The Program in Asian Studies presents, with co-sponsorships of Film, Rhetoric and Screen Studies Department, and Environmental Studies Program, and the grant from the NEH Language Support Fund, the Humanities Division Lecture Fund, and the Interdisciplinary Divisions Lecture Fund

STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHING

Thursday, November 10, 2022
4:15-5:30 pm
Dana 219
This is the first part of a CITL workshop series on student evaluations of teaching. This first session will center around talking with students about evaluations before they complete them. CITL will provide a summary of the research on bias in student evaluations and then share practical tips and suggestions for how to elicit better feedback from students before they fill them out this semester. Snacks will be provided. The second workshop in the series next semester will focus on interpreting student feedback in evaluations.