Stories about "Diversity"
To address today’s problems, look to Ella Baker, says scholar-activist Barbara Ransby
Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:19 pm
In her postponed Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote, the renowned historian helps us parlay lessons of the past into a brighter future.
Look What We Found: Wes Chaney’s historical contracts
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 6:06 pm
“The history of Chinese emperors and generals has been written,” says Assistant Professor of History Wes Chaney. “I’m interested in telling the stories of everyday life.”
Recalling when Bates fought, yet benefited from, a racist debate organization
Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:33 pm
Fraught and frustrating efforts by Bates to get the national Delta Sigma Rho debate society to admit black members reveals a stark conflict between Bates’ ideals and the reality in which it operated.
Video: Student talent and creativity take the stage on Sangai Asia Night
Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:04 pm
“Seeing all the Asian cultures come together and celebrate each other’s art” — that's Sangai Asia Night at Bates.
Picture story: 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates
Friday, January 25, 2019 10:54 am
Faculty, local residents, staff, and students gather for a Bates observance with the theme “Lifting Every Voice: Intersectionality and Activism.”
We heard these six social justice terms on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates
Thursday, January 24, 2019 11:34 am
Learn about these six terms: respectability politics, activism, intersectionality, decolonial feminism, allyship, and black formalism.
Video: MLK Day at Bates is a chance to ‘get vulnerable’
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 6:55 pm
Racism and other social inequalities are ever-present but not ever-discussed. Members of the Bates MLK Day planning committee invite us to open the conversation.
Refugees’ stories come to life in puppetry of Ching ’19, Sandglass Theater
Thursday, January 10, 2019 3:54 pm
A singer, actor, and puppeteer with Sandglass Theater, Kei Ching '19 sparks the Vermont troupe's residency at Bates.
Look What We Found: Pat Cosquer’s ostrich egg
Thursday, January 10, 2019 2:11 pm
A beaded ostrich egg sits on the window sill in the memento-filled office of Bates squash coach Pat Cosquer '97.
Bates at Night: Waffle Night
Thursday, December 13, 2018 10:59 am
No one waffles when it comes to Waffle Night, a finals-week tradition held Monday in the Office of Intercultural Education.