Alexandra DeMarco

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Stories by Alexandra DeMarco
Alumni Association presents alumni awards recognizing service, career achievements

Friday, July 31, 2026 10:50 am

At Bates Reunion in June, the Alumni Association gathered to present the…

So sweet: 2026 Green Grant awardees tap funds for Bates-made maple syrup

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 3:33 pm

Five student groups earned Green Grants to pursue campus sustainability projects this spring. Among the winners was the Maple Syrup Club, which tapped on-campus trees to produce seven gallons of syrup.

Exiting through the gift shop via Short Term course

Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:22 am

This Short Term, students in “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” a course taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture Erin Nolan, created and ran a pop-up gift shop featuring products inspired by art in the 2026 senior art thesis exhibition.

After decades of partnership, Bates supports new Maine MILL building with naming gift

Thursday, June 18, 2026 1:29 am

In recognition of the two institutions’ decades-long educational partnership, Bates is making a $75,000 gift to the Maine Museum of Innovation, Labor, and Learning’s new building.

Take a seat: 2026 ivy stone highlights community gathering at Bates

Thursday, May 28, 2026 3:48 pm

For Mia Wetzel ’26 of Mashpee, Mass., the Adirondack chairs on Bates' Historic Quad evoke a feeling of community representative of her Bates experience. That’s why she chose to depict them in her design for this year’s ivy stone.

Sixteen Bates students, alumni offered Fulbright Student awards for 2026–2027

Thursday, May 7, 2026 11:22 am

Sixteen current and former Bates students have been offered Fulbright Student international exchange awards for 2026–2027.

With Davis Projects for Peace, Bates students empower women workers, expand access to menstrual care

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 10:58 am

Two Bates students — Angel Guitcha ’27 of Accra, Ghana, and Vyshu Viju ’26 of Atlanta — have been awarded 2026 Davis Projects for Peace grants to carry out individual humanitarian projects.

In upcoming thesis exhibition, Bates senior studio art students each have a seat At the Table

Thursday, April 9, 2026 1:03 pm

On April 17, Bates’ graduating studio art and visual culture students will step outside of their studios to share their work with the world during At the Table: Senior Thesis Exhibition 2026.

There's something quietly radical about handing the keys of a museum's permanent collection to its community — about saying, this decision is yours. Bates Curates is an intimate evening built around exactly that. Curator Samantha Sigmon will guide attendees through three photographs by Shellburne Thurber — works that linger in doorways and dim interiors, that hold the weight of lives lived just out of frame — before opening the floor to a vote that will shape the museum's collection for good. Organized in conjunction with Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle, on view through March 21. Made possible by the Barbara Morris Goodbody Collection Endowment Fund.
Night at the museum: The community curates Museum of Art’s permanent collection

Thursday, March 26, 2026 9:13 am

During the first-ever Bates Curates event in March, faculty, staff, and students, and President Garry W. Jenkins, became “curators” as they gathered to select a new addition to the Museum of Art’s permanent collection.

First-generation student mentors help peers navigate academics, social life at Bates

Thursday, March 5, 2026 2:29 pm

In the Student Center for Belonging and Community, first-generation Bates students mentor their younger peers, providing guidance on everything from academics to internships to social life.

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