{"id":119309,"date":"2018-10-12T08:55:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T12:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=119309"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:56:49","slug":"bates-in-the-news-oct-12-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/12\/bates-in-the-news-oct-12-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates in the News: Oct. 12, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Purposeful Work<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Liberal arts watch: Colleges appeal to students with \u2018purposeful work\u2019 \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor <\/i><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Bates\u2019 signature Purposeful Work program was central to a Christian Science Monitor\u00a0<\/i>article<\/a> in which reporter Noble Ingram explored how liberal arts colleges are changing the way they prepare students for lives of meaningful work.<\/p>\n

These colleges disrupt \u201cthe older view of career planning and academic development as separate priorities,\u201d Ingram wrote. \u201cAnd unlike in the past, when the process was often relegated to upperclassmen, now students are exploring future aspirations from their very first moments on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kasey Anderson ’20, who interned at McLean Hospital this summer, poses with supervisor Elena Chartoff and William Carlezon ’86. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

Bates is leading the way, with Practitioner-Taught Courses offered during Short Term, funding for summer internships, and a host of other programs that connect coursework and career preparation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about bringing to consciousness in our students and in the broader public … the power of liberal arts in preparing students for life and work,\u201d President Clayton Spencer told Ingram.<\/p>\n

Michael Hogue \u201920<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u2018AeroStars\u2019 shows students that the sky\u2019s the limit \u2014 NBC Nightly News<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n

As part of its \u201cInspiring America\u201d series, NBC Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0went on a field trip<\/a> with the AeroStars Aviation Institute to O\u2019Hare International Airport in Chicago.<\/p>\n

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Michael Hogue \u201920 takes off during a field trip to Chicago O\u2019Hare International Airport. Hogue, a licensed pilot, is a graduate of and an instructor in AeroStar, a program that encourages young people to pursue careers in aviation. (NBC Nightly News<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

On hand for the field trip was Michael Hogue \u201920, an alum of the program that encourages African American youth to pursue careers in aviation. Hogue, who earned his pilot\u2019s license in high school, is now an instructor in the program<\/p>\n

Tammera Holmes, founder of AeroStar, said she was inspired to go into aviation when she rode in a plane with a chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, an organization that honors the black military pilots who fought in World War II. Hogue is helping her \u201cpass the torch\u201d to the next generation of black pilots, she told NBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cHim being able to give back in the way that I gave back, in the way that the Tuskegee Airmen gave back to me, speaks directly to continuing the legacy,\u201d Holmes told the network.<\/p>\n

Carolyn Campbell-McGovern \u201983 and Jonathan Hall \u201983<\/a><\/h3>\n
Ivy League schools tackling concerns over concussions with rules changes \u2014 WHDH-TV<\/h5>\n

Jonathan Hall \u201983, a longtime reporter at Boston-based television station WHDH, reported on a newly released study<\/a>, coauthored by classmate Carolyn Campbell-McGovern, that found that new Ivy League football rules have significantly reduced concussions.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Ivy League schools began to move the kickoff line five yards up and eliminate tackling during practices. The changes were informed by years of research conducted by a research collaboration among Big Ten and Ivy League schools. (The NESCAC has also implemented rules changes, including moving up the kickoff line and treating fair catches made within the 25-yard line as touchbacks.)<\/p>\n

The most recent study, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association,\u00a0looked at the results of the rules change.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was striking that the 22 percent or so of concussions were coming from kickoff plays, but they represented only 6 percent of plays in a game,\u201d Campbell-McGovern told Hall.<\/p>\n

Hall knew that Campbell-McGovern, who is the Ivy League\u2019s deputy executive director, was a solid source: He heard her present the concussion data at their 35th Reunion in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho knew my Bates Reunion would land me a key source on an important story regarding the health of student athletes?\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n

Michelle Pham \u201915<\/a><\/h3>\n
10 questions with Michelle Pham, growth strategist at Google \u2014 Women of Silicon Valley<\/i><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Women of Silicon Valley<\/i>, a publication on the Medium platform highlighting women and genderqueer people in tech, spoke with Michelle Pham \u201915<\/a>, an account manager for ecommerce and retail at Google.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Michelle Pham<\/p><\/div>\n

Asked what makes her proudest, Pham said it was her education. A first-generation-to-college student, she had little idea how to apply for college. She decided to attend Bates for the \u201cpath of adventure and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Education, Pham said, was her \u201cpassport to the world,\u201d allowing her to give back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m able to give money to classrooms and causes in need,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m able to care not only for myself, but for others. I do my best to leave a positive impact on people and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebecca Fraser-Thill <\/a><\/h3>\n
How to own your success instead of cringing at it \u2014 Moneyish <\/i><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Especially for women, it can be hard to take public pride in one\u2019s accomplishments or accept praise. Moneyish <\/i>turned to Rebecca Fraser-Thill<\/a>, Rebecca Fraser-Thill, visiting lecturer in psychology and director of faculty engagement and outreach at Bates’ Center for Purposeful Work, for advice on doing so.<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Fraser-Thill. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a big social stigma against a female in particular taking public pride in what she has created, in whatever form that is,\u201d Fraser-Thill told reporter Meera Jagannathan. \u201c\u2026I think this is a lifelong struggle for most people, but especially for women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among Fraser-Thill\u2019s recommendations: learn to accept compliments, build your skills through courses or mentoring, watch tape of yourself speaking publicly in order to improve, celebrate with loved ones, and solicit feedback.<\/p>\n

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Jesse LaFlamme \u201900<\/a><\/h3>\n
How Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs Scaled Without Sacrificing Values \u2014 Bloomberg TV<\/strong><\/h5>\n