Stories about "Alumni"
From Bates History: Pin, picture, fob, and trophy
Friday, June 24, 2022 4:03 pm
Here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library and elsewhere.
‘It takes work’: Transforming how science is taught at Bates
Friday, June 17, 2022 9:07 am
Structural racism and a “survival of the fittest” mindset in STEM education won't be undone by waving an academic wand. It takes work — and listening to brave students. Here’s what Bates has been up to.
Bates celebrates retiring professors for their ‘persistence and care, grace and humility’
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 3:59 pm
At three campus events during the 2021–22 academic year, Bates College celebrated the retirements of 12 faculty members. Read what their colleagues said about each.
A 50th Reunion alumnus recalls a seminal Short Term trip to East Harlem in 1970
Friday, June 10, 2022 10:03 am
Mac Herrling '72 recalls one of the first off-campus Short Term courses, which traveled to East Harlem under a young religion professor, Garvey MacLean '57, to explore the possibilities of Love in Action.
Video: Class of 2022 arrives for their class photo at Garcelon
Friday, May 27, 2022 3:49 pm
The Class of 2022 gathered this morning for their senior photo at Garcelon Field. Aside from a round of good-humored booing, all went well.
Disorientingly different but exhilarating: Short Term courses taught by visiting practitioners
Friday, May 20, 2022 2:14 pm
Practitioners descend onto campus to teach courses, from marketing to national security reporting, that teach applied skills and give students a chance to expand their professional networks.
Bates in the News: May 13, 2022
Thursday, May 12, 2022 11:12 am
One alumna dispels stereoptypes about dog breeds, another becomes a managing editor of The New York Times, and an alumnus is now a Maine harbormaster.
When ‘The Birth of a Nation’ came to Lewiston and struck fear in a young Benjamin Mays
Thursday, April 28, 2022 5:06 pm
On this weekend in 1919, Benjamin Mays and Bates friends went to see a movie in Lewiston. Afterwards, they ran back to campus, fearing for their safety. Professor Charles Nero helps explain what happened.
Dr. Nirav Shah, leader of the COVID-19 public health response in Maine, to deliver 2022 Bates Commencement Address, joined by honorands Michael Bonney ʼ80, Nikki Giovanni, and the Rev. Becca Stevens
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 1:11 pm
As director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shah emerged as a trusted and valued source of public health guidance, wisdom, and compassion during the COVID-19 crisis.
Bates Film Festival roars back to life
Thursday, April 7, 2022 2:51 pm
Delayed because of the pandemic, the 2022 Bates Film Festival festival featured special guests like actor, writer, directors John Turturro and John Shea ’70.