Stories about "Diversity"
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.
Bates awarded $1.2 million grant to create an inclusive 21st-century curriculum in the humanities
Thursday, October 25, 2018 11:27 am
The grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation “comes at a crucial moment for Bates,” said President Clayton Spencer.
How Gabby Rivera is revolutionizing pop-lit’s depiction of the comic-book hero
Friday, October 12, 2018 9:09 am
Speaking to a Bates audience, Rivera, who is the author of Marvel’s first queer Latinx superhero, says that being soft can redefine what it means to be a hero.
Video: Feel the joy of a Bates student singing group
Friday, October 12, 2018 9:07 am
Being part of a Bates a cappella group is fun, no question. And the fun has a function.
2018 Convocation: Practice empathy — and let it transform you
Thursday, September 6, 2018 11:05 am
At Bates’ 2018 Convocation, the theme of making a difference in the world gained a sharp new urgency.