Stories about "Alumni"
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.
Bates Alumni and Students in the News: Aug. 30, 2024
Friday, August 30, 2024 10:51 am
Ed Muskie '36 was in the know about global warming long before the rest of us. Plus, K-Fai Steel '04 lands a book deal for her graphic novel, and Lena LaPierre ’26 explores her Moxie flavored heritage.
Bates Bazaar: Online deals for Aug. 28, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 3:01 pm
Here's a curated offering of curious and quirky Bates-related items, such as a Maine charm bracelet, metal pen holder, and Village Club mug, that are just a click away on websites devoted to what's vintage, historical, and wicked cool.
In Gomes Chapel, a Buddhist healing ritual grows, one grain of sand at a time
Friday, June 28, 2024 11:50 am
Created in Gomes Chapel this week by Tibetan nuns, the colorful, exquisite sand mandala will be dissolved into Lake Andrews, but its healing energy will remain.
Bates College Board of Trustees elects three new members, effective July 1, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024 5:15 am
Serving new five-year terms on the Bates College Board of Trustees are Robert Alan “Hob” Brooks Jr. ’02, David M. Marchick P’26, and Natalie Sanchez Rodriguez ’92, P’26.
‘Friend, dad, brother, mentor,’ retired head coach Al Fereshetian dies at age 66
Friday, June 28, 2024 5:01 am
Professor Emeritus of Physical Education Albert M. Fereshetian Jr., affectionately known as “Coach Fresh” during his 26 years as head coach of Bates men’s cross country and track and field, has died at the age of 66.
Announcing the 28th annual Bates College summer book list
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 12:09 pm
Fifty-six members of the Bates community — faculty, staff, retirees, and alumni — submitted book titles for this year's summer reading list, begun in 1997.
Picture Story: Alumni Parade at Bates Reunion 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024 1:11 pm
It's been called a grand jubilee of fun and frolic, with clangorous hullabaloo and everyone tremendously full of the dickens. We love a parade!
‘What’s an ivy stone?’ 50 years later, the Class of 1974 joins a Bates tradition
Friday, June 14, 2024 11:01 am
The Class of 1974, launched from Bates into a sea of American malaise in the mid-1970s, would, 50 years later, strive for something of their own for their long-postponed ivy stone.