Stories about "Bates values"
Bates plays Big Thief — How a musical tribute is turning into tradition

Thursday, November 13, 2025 3:37 pm

At their sold-out show at Portland's State Theatre, Big Thief, a Brooklyn-based indie-folk band, shouted out Bates.

Misa Beltran-Guzman mbeltranguzman@bates.edu Director of First-Generation Programs Student Center for Belonging and Community Misa poses for portraits in his SCBC office and entry, and then interacts with colleagues and students. The session between 4-6 p.m. on Mondays is called “Snack and Chat.” Cooking in kitchen s Bianca Vega, Kessler Scholars program coordinator Sadie New, admission counselor (white blouse) Wearing a Bates hat between Sadie and Misa is Alina Kunakbayeva ’27 of Kazakhstan. Seated with Misa, from left are Alessandra Williams ’29, Kitana James ’29, and Lucy Meeker ’29.
As director of first-generation programs, Misa Beltran-Guzman encourages Bates students to find their ‘why’

Thursday, October 30, 2025 1:54 pm

When he was still in high school, Misa Beltran-Guzman, director of first-generation programs at Bates, had a preview of many of the culture shocks experienced by first-gen college students.

Leaving out of Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island/ Acadia National Park, the morning cruise with Sea Princess Cruises featured a historic and nature commentary by National Park Ranger Tess Black ’20, as the boat traveled to and from Little Cranberry Island, there passengers docked for 45 minutes to visit the Island museum and other sites before returning to Northeast Harbor. Explore the connections between people and the sea on a ranger-led boat tour of Great Harbor and Somes Sound. Visit a 200-year-old lobster fishing village on Little Cranberry Island and enjoy the Islesford Historical Museum (open seasonally).
On a purposeful path: Park ranger Tess Black ’20 builds a career in America’s national parks

Thursday, September 25, 2025 11:27 am

As a seasonal park ranger, Tess Black ’20 educates park visitors on the beauty and importance of the National Park System.

The importance of the liberal arts: President Garry W. Jenkins in conversation with the Maine Trust for Local News

Friday, September 19, 2025 1:38 pm

This week Bates President Garry W. Jenkins joined Stefanie Manning, Maine Trust for Local News’ managing director, for a public conversation about his leadership and journey to Bates.

Pulling mussels: Bates researchers spend the summer studying Maine’s disappearing shellfish

Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:53 am

A research team from Bates spent the summer investigating Maine's disappearing shellfish, the blue mussel.

Behind the scenes with the Bates golfers turned stars for an Adobe AI video

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 8:01 am

The talent pipeline to PGA Tour stardom typically runs through powerhouse NCAA Division I schools. But when Golf Digest — the sport’s top publication — went looking for college golfers to star in a feature video sponsored by Adobe, they turned to Bates.

At Bates, a ginkgo seedling carries survival from 1945 Hiroshima to today

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 3:55 pm

The child of a tree that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a ginkgo tree seedling growing at Bates brings a message of survival to campus.

2025 Green Innovation Grants support sustainability projects for theater, the Bates garden, and more

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 6:01 pm

The grants award up to $10,000 to fund creative sustainability solutions proposed by Bates students, faculty, and staff.

Sadie Williams, Ralph Steadman’s daughter and the managing director of the Ralph Steadman Art Collection, circulates on in the main gallery where an exhibition of her father’s work, “Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing,” opens tomorrow, June 6, 2025, and runs through Oct. 11, 2025, in the Bates Museum of Art. This extensive traveling exhibition spans over 60 years of Ralph Steadman’s influential and lauded career, and features more than 140 original artworks and ephemera, including sketchbooks, handwritten notes, and personal photographs. Visitors to the exhibition will encounter familiar favorites, like the artist’s illustrations for literary classics such as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, as well as works for activist causes, branding iconography, and even a life-sized bronze sculpture.
‘Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing’ showcases 60 years of the artist’s uncanny, unique perspective

Friday, June 6, 2025 10:56 am

The Bates College Museum of Art exhibition offers a visual adventure through the long career of the artist and illustrator, with objects that deftly capture Steadman’s artistic practice. 

Q&A: To Bates Commencement Senior Speaker Aanika Patel, ‘interconnectedness’ is the answer

Thursday, May 22, 2025 2:11 pm

Aanika Patel ’25 will offer this year’s Senior Address during the 159th Commencement on Sunday, May 25, 2025.

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