Stories about "Alumni"
From Bates History: inaugural keys, silver chalice, and a 1908 Rand Hall midnight party

Friday, March 15, 2024 2:38 pm

A few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library and elsewhere on campus, including a Peter Gomes '65 chalice and a 1908 midnight party by the women of Rand Hall.

CatFacts: Celebrating ‘Great Day’ success with fun facts, like how a bobcat is Irish

Friday, March 15, 2024 12:05 pm

During our stint on the Great Day to Be a Bobcat livestream yesterday, we shared a few fun CatFacts with viewers — and a couple with St. Patrick's Day in mind — which we now share with you.

Bates in the News: Feb. 15, 2024

Thursday, February 15, 2024 4:40 pm

A Bates love story in the pages of The New York Times, an alumna's take on Super Bowl LVIII, and Puddle Jump photographs circle the world.

What’s in a Lewiston Name: Gile

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 2:54 pm

Older alumni might recall Mount Gile in Auburn as a recreation spot, a ski slope, a destination on the annual Stanton Ride, and where a stone monument marks a 19th-century tragedy.

Thanks Guv! Another Bates Winter Carnival torch-lighting in the books

Friday, February 9, 2024 2:58 pm

Bates Winter Carnival fun? State of Maine State approved! This afternoon, Maine Gov. Janet Mills continued a grand Bates tradition by lighting a torch to help celebrate Winter Carnival at Bates.

Slideshow: Iconic moments of Winter Carnival and Bates winter fun

Thursday, February 8, 2024 1:32 pm

Founded by the Bates Outing Club 104 years ago, the Bates Winter…

What It Took: Whether happy or not, our personal stories can improve our well-being, says Jonathan Adler ’00

Friday, February 2, 2024 5:00 am

Storytelling is one of the oldest art forms. Adler, a clinical psychologist and researcher, tells us that our personal stories that don’t have to have a positive or happy ending. Difficult stories can offer a narrative option for how we make meaning.

Bates Magazine: Fall 2023

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 4:57 pm

Here’s a flip version of the most recent issue of Bates Magazine,…

Bates in the News: Jan. 12, 2024

Friday, January 12, 2024 9:26 am

Bates professor Tyler Harper writes about the racial politics of the movie American Fiction, and the international media reports the death of a provocative performance arist who was a former longtime member of the Bates faculty.

Bates in the News: Dec. 7, 2023

Friday, December 8, 2023 2:20 pm

Among other media stories, The Japan Times covers the 1990 alum who pedaled a vintage high-wheel bike from Nagasaki to Yokohama, joined by his Bates roommate.

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