Stories about "Alumni"
Recalling when Jimmy Carter visited Bates to honor the ‘greatness of America’s character’

Sunday, December 29, 2024 3:38 pm

We pay tribute to the late, remarkable Jimmy Carter, who died today at age 100, by recalling his historic visit to Bates in 1985 to honor his friend Edmund Muskie '36 and to praise the greatness of another Bates friend, civil rights leader Benjamin E. Mays.

Objects from the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, photographed in the BCO studio at 141 Nichols Street, on July 19, 2018. Wedgwood Plate depicting Parker Hall and Gomes Chapel, this plate is from the college's first edition. It's believed the company began producing college designs in the 1920s.
Bates Bazaar: Online deals for Dec. 13, 2024

Friday, December 13, 2024 2:29 pm

An ornithological time capsule of sorts from 1918, a broadside poster for the 1926 Bates–Brown football game, and a first-edition Bates Wedgwood dinner plate.

Bates photographers’ favorite images of 2024

Friday, December 13, 2024 10:24 am

The Bates photographers' perspectives and talents create this surprising, imperfect and ultimately human visual presentation of what we love about our college and community.

Art, food, decor, and more: Check out the 2024 Bates Alumni Gift Guide

Friday, December 6, 2024 12:35 pm

This year's guide features an array of products, including Lewiston-inspired items.

“‘If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.’” — Physics and Geology Lecturer Gene Clough, quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson on the stars, while looking at Venus in the evening sky. During the semester that he teaches “Lunar and Planetary Science,” Clough stands outside of Carnegie Science for an hour at dusk on every clear night so that interested members of the Bates community can star gaze.
Slideshow: Remembering Gene Clough, a teacher with boundless passion and curiosity

Friday, November 1, 2024 2:04 pm

Gene Clough, a Bates teacher whose passion and curiosity inspired generations of Bates students during a 38-year Bates career, died Oct. 23 at age 77.

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.

‘They’re doing it’: Founded by students in 1995, Bates EMS stays grounded in care

Friday, October 4, 2024 9:39 am

Founded in 1995 by four students with a budding interest in EMT work, Bates Emergency Medical Services, grounded in caring for one’s community, is integral to how Bates supports the well-being of its campus.  

Linh Vu ’26 , a double major in mathematics and economics from Hanoi, and environmental studies major Drew Williams ’25 of Guilford, Conn., pose for photographs at Promethos Capital, a Boston-based investment boutique focused on global equity investments with Joe Sylvester ’90, founder, director of research and managing partner, and Ifka Klaus, founder, chief investment officer, and managing partner. The two students have Purposeful Work-funded internships at the firm, located at 101 Federal Street.
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.

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