Phyllis Graber Jensen
Phyllis produces photography and video for college news and major marketing pieces, including web-based multimedia. She has strategic oversight of story-telling video projects.
Stories by Phyllis Graber Jensen

Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Monday, February 22, 2021 2:30 pm
Just before Thanksgiving, Bates hunkered down for a long winter. But as students returned in mid-February, everyone’s step quickened, and life began anew.

Bates students dig into the science of dirt in a historic Maine landscape
Monday, December 7, 2020 5:46 pm
Bates environmental studies professor Holly Ewing guides her students to historic coastal Maine farmland for course that digs into the science of dirt.

Setbacks and successes: How students navigated academic surprises in the fall 2020 semester
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 8:01 am
For every challenge or setback — and let’s be clear, this was very difficult on our students — they often found something that worked, something that felt “normal,” and someone who gave them a little help. Read how seven Bates students fared.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 9:53 am
It’s been a remarkably challenging and unprecedented few months. But let’s not forget to call it safe and successful, too.

Slideshow: What they brought for comfort
Monday, November 2, 2020 6:13 pm
We talked to Bates students about the treasured objects, from juggling clubs to house plants, that they brought with them to ease the stress of being away from home during a pandemic.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Monday, October 19, 2020 6:55 pm
We shouldn’t worry, but each September we do: Will this year’s campus...

Picture story: “Thankful to get off campus and my hands dirty”
Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:01 pm
Follow along as Bates environmental studies students go off campus and dig into the science of dirt at a stunning coastal Maine site.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Monday, September 21, 2020 2:11 pm
Six feet and masks mark our lives but the members of our community fill Bates with a love of learning and each other. Take a look at This Month at Bates and count the ways.

Slideshow: See how students’ internships become life-guiding forces
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:30 pm
From studying the diets of sea urchins to working with Lewiston's immigrant communities, Bates students forged their way into the world this summer with Bates-funded internships.

Slideshow: This Summer at Bates
Monday, August 10, 2020 12:52 pm
Under the pall of COVID-19, summer at Bates was quieter (and warmer) than usual. Still, the sun continued to rise and set each day of June, July, and August.