Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, professor of politics, receives Kroepsch Award

Alexandra DeMarco

Stories by Alexandra DeMarco

Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, professor of politics, receives Kroepsch Award

Thursday, October 30, 2025 4:01 pm

Before she joined the U.S. Foreign Service, Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, professor of politics, was certain that she would never make a career out of studying Latin America. But, when she was assigned to Mexico for her first post as a Foreign Service officer, everything changed.

Misa Beltran-Guzman mbeltranguzman@bates.edu Director of First-Generation Programs Student Center for Belonging and Community Misa poses for portraits in his SCBC office and entry, and then interacts with colleagues and students. The session between 4-6 p.m. on Mondays is called “Snack and Chat.” Cooking in kitchen s Bianca Vega, Kessler Scholars program coordinator Sadie New, admission counselor (white blouse) Wearing a Bates hat between Sadie and Misa is Alina Kunakbayeva ’27 of Kazakhstan. Seated with Misa, from left are Alessandra Williams ’29, Kitana James ’29, and Lucy Meeker ’29.

As Director of First-Generation Programs Misa Beltran-Guzman encourages Bates students to find their ‘why’

Thursday, October 30, 2025 1:54 pm

When he was still in high school, Misa Beltran-Guzman, director of first-generation programs at Bates, had a preview of many of the culture shocks experienced by first-gen college students.

Leaving out of Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island/ Acadia National Park, the morning cruise with Sea Princess Cruises featured a historic and nature commentary by National Park Ranger Tess Black ’20, as the boat traveled to and from Little Cranberry Island, there passengers docked for 45 minutes to visit the Island museum and other sites before returning to Northeast Harbor. Explore the connections between people and the sea on a ranger-led boat tour of Great Harbor and Somes Sound. Visit a 200-year-old lobster fishing village on Little Cranberry Island and enjoy the Islesford Historical Museum (open seasonally).

On a purposeful path: Park ranger Tess Black ’20 builds a career in America’s national parks

Thursday, September 25, 2025 11:27 am

As a seasonal park ranger, Tess Black ’20 educates park visitors on the beauty and importance of the National Park System.

Associate Professor of Economics Sandra Goff receives NSF grant to study how, why landowners conserve their properties

Friday, September 19, 2025 11:01 am

Associate Professor of Economics Sandra Goff has received a National Science Foundation grant award supporting her research on programs that compensate landowners who manage their land for ecological services.

Pulling mussels: Bates researchers spend the summer studying Maine’s disappearing shellfish

Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:53 am

A research team from Bates spent the summer investigating Maine's disappearing shellfish, the blue mussel.

Opening Convocation at 11 a.m. Sept. 2, 2025, on the Historic Quad, followed by In Memoriam: Tree Planting Service. Processional Welcome by President Garry Jenkins Mace Bearer Mary T. Rice=DeFosse Greetings by Zach Richards ’26 and Mohammad Zayd ’27, Co-Presidents Convocation Address “A College for Coming Times” Rebecca Herzig, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies Benediction Raymond Clothier, Interim Multifaith Chaplain Memorial Tree Planting Alongside Gomes Chapel on College Street, in memory of those in the Bates community who died during the past year. The tree was designated with a yellow bow.

With messages on the power of pluralism and hope, Convocation welcomes new students to Bates

Thursday, September 4, 2025 9:48 am

Convocation marked the entry of the Class of 2029 and transfer students to campus with wise words on finding strength in our differences, fighting for what you believe in, and maintaining hope.

Bates Alumni in the News: August 27, 2025

Thursday, July 3, 2025 11:49 am

Bates alumni had a busy summer, publishing opinion pieces, writing an essay on hiking for a national magazine, giving speeches, getting promoted, and even, in one case, meeting the Queen of England.

Harward Center wraps up 2024–25 year with grants, awards honoring community engagement

Friday, June 27, 2025 9:01 am

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

Thursday, June 26, 2025 11:21 am

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.

Short Term’s crash course in business yielded big profits for Bates students

Thursday, June 26, 2025 10:03 am

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