{"id":107983,"date":"2017-05-25T18:45:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T22:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=107983"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:43:46","slug":"video-hear-nine-voices-from-the-class-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/25\/video-hear-nine-voices-from-the-class-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Hear nine &#8216;Voices from the Class of 2017&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s our collection &#8220;Voices from the Class of 2017,&#8221; a series of brief video portraits by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Josh Kuckens of nine seniors set to graduate on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h3>Alex Eaton<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><p>For biology major Alex Eaton &#8217;17 of Lake Oswego, Ore., working with Bates Emergency Medical Services gives him the opportunity to further his knowledge of medicine and learn the ins and outs of emergency medicine.<\/p>\n<p>As a teaching assistant for an EMS Short Term course that trains Bates students to become certified EMTs, he is able to share what he&#8217;s learned.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voice from the Class of 2017: Alex Eaton\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/218842934?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Denali Nalamalapu<\/h3>\n<p>An English major from Falmouth, Maine, and a recent recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Student award, Denali Nalamalapu &#8217;17 is a Multifaith Fellow who has co-chaired {PAUSE}, a weekly reflective secular service of music, poetry, silence, dance, and art. After the final gathering, she reflects on her personal journey at Bates.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voice from the Class of 2017: Denali Nalamalapu\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/219098121?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Alex Gogliettino<\/h3>\n<p>His Bates mentors taught neuroscience major Alex Gogliettino \u201917 of Branford, Conn., how to think like a scientist.<\/p>\n<p>Headed to a Ph.D. program at Stanford University, Gogliettino describes his biggest Bates discovery: You can make a career from being curious and asking questions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voice from the Class of 2017: Andrew Gogliettino\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/217532375?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Maddie McLean<\/h3>\n<p>Maddie McLean \u201917 of Hood River, Ore., a double major in music and biochemistry, talks about her senior honors thesis, in which she explored how singers create different personae in love songs.<\/p>\n<p>What is it, she asks, that makes these songs so powerful?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voice from the Class of 2017: Maddie McLean\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/215989507?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Zo\u00eb Seaman-Grant<\/h3>\n<p>Zo\u00eb Seaman-Grant &#8217;17 of Charleston, S.C., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/06\/trust-and-respect-propels-bates-team-to-finals-of-world-universities-debate-championships\/\">one of the most accomplished debaters<\/a> in the illustrious history of Bates debate, explains what she loves about the mind-challenging pursuit: &#8220;listening to intelligent people say things about topics that you might never have thought about before \u2014 and they&#8217;re your peers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voice from the Class of 2017: Zo\u00eb Seaman-Grant\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/214191818?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Gideon Ikpekaogu<\/h3>\n<p>Gideon Ikpekaogu &#8217;17 of Amsterdam, Netherlands, discusses exploring his multiple identities as Nigerian, as African, and as Dutch during his academic journey at Bates.\u00a0\u201cTo be able to explore those identities has been very powerful for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voices from the Class of 2017: Gideon Ikpekaogu\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/204931849?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Kevin Tejada<\/h3>\n<p>Kevin Tejada &#8217;17 of Mount Kisco, N.Y.,\u00a0 is the perennial winning designer at the annual Trashion Show.<\/p>\n<p>A popular annual event featuring student-created outfits made from throwaway stuff, the Trashion Show &#8220;encapsulates what Bates meant to me: discovery \u2014 an opportunity to get out of the academic bubble.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voice from the Class of 2017: Kevin Tejada\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/210295865?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Katie Van Patten<\/h3>\n<p>Katie Van Patten &#8217;17 of Chico, Calif., talks about her senior thesis project last fall, directing a Sherlock Holmes play with an all-female cast. &#8220;I want to pursue directing,&#8221; she says, and the experience has shown her more about &#8220;what the job of directing entails, and that&#8217;s invaluable for my future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voices from the Class of 2017: Katie Van Patten &#039;17\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/201850356?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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