Doug Hubley
Doug writes and edits text for various Bates publications. He also edits listings of public events taking place at the college and handles certain media-relations duties, including publicity for arts events.
Stories by Doug Hubley
Campus Construction Update: July 10, 2024
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 9:07 am
Bates’ recent architectural adventures have emphasized bringing daylight indoors. We’ve seen it in new construction, such as the Bonney Science Center, and in the renovation of such venerable structures as Dana and Chase halls. The current renovation of 96 Campus Avenue extends that theme.
Campus Construction Update: June 7, 2024
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 10:18 am
Others may eagerly anticipate beach trips, camping, cookouts, etc., but for Campus Construction Update summer means just one thing: facility projects at Bates.
Campus Construction Update: May 2, 2024
Monday, April 29, 2024 8:01 am
A burst pipe was a recent development in the construction of Bates’ newest dormitory. And it was all in the plan.
Campus Construction Update: March 22, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:57 am
With demolition finished by mid-February, the conversion of 96 Campus Avenue to student housing is now all about creation and renewal.
Campus Construction Update: Feb. 28, 2024
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 7:39 am
Campus Construction Update returns with a look at Bates’ latest student residence — a former convent now being renovated for an August reopening.
(Off-)Campus Construction Update: Sept. 28, 2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023 3:14 pm
After about a year of construction, the juice has started to flow from a solar array of nearly 18,500 photovoltaic panels that Bates established in the Maine town of Skowhegan.
Campus Construction Update: Sept. 15, 2023
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 2:12 pm
The renovated Chase Hall is “absolutely fantastic and ready to bring students and faculty back,” President Garry Jenkins stated at the building’s reopening on Sept. 7.
Campus Construction Update: Summing up summer 2023
Monday, August 14, 2023 9:24 am
The weekly BatesNews email has been on hiatus since June, but Campus Construction Update has chugged along, capturing a season of high intensity on the Bates facilities front.
Campus Construction Update: Aug. 10, 2023
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 1:41 pm
A rainstorm pushes back move-in day for Chase Hall, but three other summer projects are complete or nearly so.
Campus Construction Update: July 6, 2023
Monday, July 3, 2023 2:24 pm
Still a constellation of construction hotspots, but with Bates folks scheduled to return in August, Chase Hall had a certain air of anticipation last week — something along the lines of, “Is it Christmas yet?"