May turns into June. Seniors become alumni. Summer arrives. Revisit the change as it happens, from the excitement at Short Term’s end to the quiet but lively start of a new Bates chapter.
Photographer and head coach Peter Steenstra immortalizes the women’s rowing team after the Bobcats captured their second straight NCAA Division III title, their third in the last four years. Both Bates boats, the first and second varsity eights, won gold medals. (Courtesy of Bates rowing)
"These are all goodbye songs with a happy twist,” says Alisa Amador ’18 of Cambridge, Mass. Sharing the microphone with Nick Sergay ’18 of East Greenbush, N.Y., they performed with the Baccalaureate Band on the Library Quad during an Earth Day celebration sponsored by Dining Services and the Sustainability Office. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
Getting used to the idea that her first Bates year is nearing its end, Anna Mangum ’21 of Atlanta takes time for herself. A friend’s early departure from campus for the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships prompted her introspection. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
Before an audience of third-graders at McMahon Elementary School in Lewiston, Matt Golden ’20 of New Bedford, Mass., leaps at center stage while surrounded by fellow Bates dancers. Founded by the late Marcy Plavin and now taught by Gretchen Berg, the course “Tour, Teach, Perform” brings student-created theater and dance into local schools. (Theophil Syslo/Bates College)
Lauren Drumgold ’19 of New York City takes a break on Alumni Walk with Kyle Larry ’21 of Chicago as they move her belongings from her school-year residence in Chu Hall to her summer digs in Page Hall. Both will work in Lewiston this summer as funded Purposeful Work interns: Drumgold with Tree Street Youth, Larry with the Maine Senate Democratic Campaign Committee. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
