Jay Burns
As the editorial director for the Bates Communications Office, Jay guides Bates Magazine and BatesNews.
Stories by Jay Burns
Picture Story: Back to Bates 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024 3:53 pm
This immersive Picture Story features images from Back to Bates weekend, Sept. 28–28. Since 1920, the fall weekend has promised alumni and families the opportunity to "grow young once more."
Bates Bazaar: Online deals for Oct. 11, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024 11:35 am
This month: a 1925 watch fob going for $41.97; a 1950s Bates track singlet for $128; and a 1960 Deansmen album for $24.95.
Forty years ago, a Bates faculty vote heard ’round the country
Friday, October 4, 2024 12:21 pm
The vote by the Bates faculty to make SAT scores optional for admission led to Bates' leadership in the national conversation about promise, access, and academic ability in American higher education.
Part 2: Skills, surprises, epiphanies as Bates students share summer experiences
Friday, September 27, 2024 2:41 pm
This past summer, Bates offered 128 Purposeful Work internships in 18 states,…
What’s in a Lewiston Name: Skinner
Friday, September 27, 2024 1:12 pm
This 19th-century name belongs to an early investor in Lewiston’s cotton mills, but today it's no longer affixed to any Lewiston place.
Part I: Skills, surprises, and epiphanies when Bates students talk about their summer experiences
Friday, September 20, 2024 12:47 pm
In Part I of our photo stories about Bates students with college-supported summer experiences, we check in with eight students whose summer was spent somewhat far, and very far, from campus.
CatFacts: 10 historical highlights on the 100th anniversary of the Bates–Cambridge debate in Lewiston
Thursday, September 19, 2024 11:47 am
Bates' emergence as an international debate power stunned early-20th century news media. “It suggests emotions such as are aroused by winning a Carnegie hero medal,” wrote one newspaper.
Picture Story: A new wave of public art in downtown Lewiston
Friday, September 13, 2024 2:48 pm
Colorful, surprising, and shared by all, a new wave of downtown public art builds community in Lewiston.
Picture Story: Seven days with the Bates Class of 2028
Friday, September 6, 2024 2:36 pm
With Opening Day’s arrival, the college’s award-winning First-Year Experience support program swung into action, guiding Bates' newest students through their first week — and into their first year.
Opening Convocation at Bates offers timeless and timely advice to the Class of 2028
Friday, September 6, 2024 10:52 am
The run-up to the presidential election is going to be a "challenging time," said President Jenkins. "But I believe in this community. I believe in each of you and in your commitment to openness, to engagement, to active listening, and to respect for those around you. This is the Bates I know and love."