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In Hathorn Hall, Elly Rostoum \u201907 (third from left) helps a group of students think through their mole hunt<\/a> during\u00a0her practitioner-taught Short Term course, “Spies, Special Agents, and the Presidency.”<\/p>\n The course, which included a simulated search for a mole within the British intelligence service, was designed to \u201cmimic a day in an intelligence officer\u2019s life,\u201d said Rostoum, whose career includes serving on the National Security Council at the White House.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n At the spring opening of the Lewiston Farmer’s Market, Clio Barr ’19 of Hallowell, Maine, joins Judy Maloney of the Center for Wisdom\u2019s Women to sell its hand-made healing products.<\/p>\n A member of the Harward Center\u2019s Short Term Action\/Research Team<\/a>, Barr partnered with the center to help support the center\u2019s social enterprise, known as Herban Works.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n The Hathorn Hall magnolia looses its flowers as Reed Sandbach \u201920 of San Francisco walks on by.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n The oldest woman to swim the English Channel, Pat Gallant-Charette (right) talks with faculty members Rebecca Fraser-Thill (center) and Heidi Taylor after speaking to students in their respective Short Term courses, in psychology and sociology, both of which focus on the aging experience.<\/p>\n \u201cPat didn’t pick up swimming until her late 50s, and she is an amazing testament to successful aging,” says Fraser-Thill.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n During a highly ritualized Japanese boat-launching ceremony<\/a>, students maneuver one of two boats they built during the Short Term course \u201cApprentice Learning: Building the Japanese Boat.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cConducting the rituals brings us closer to nature and closer to something divine,\u201d explained Douglas Brooks, who taught the course and presided over the boat launch. \u201cAnd that\u2019s it. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n Oliver Wan \u201922 of Hong Kong and Anna Reaman \u201922 of Hingham, Mass., work together during the Short Term course \u201cInteractive Sound Art,\u201d which explores the relationship between interactive technology, sound, and multimedia art in virtual and physical spaces.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n Men\u2019s basketball coach Jon Furbush \u201905 steps into the newly redesigned Alumni Gymnasium lobby as he departs the gym. Among several ongoing athletics projects<\/a>, the redo includes new furnishings, lighting, signage, and trophy cases designed to complement the historic feel of Alumni Gymnasium, opened in 1926<\/p>\n Theophil Syslo\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cThat’s more betterer!” jokes Ron Tardif, a mason with Bates Facility Services, as he installs the Class of 2019 ivy stone. Designed by senior Laura Nguyen, the stone is located next to the Pettengill Hall entrance.<\/p>\n Not satisfied with how the stone looked the first time he placed it, Tardif did extra chiseling to adjust the stone’s fit, and after placing mortar on all four sides and cleaning away the excess, the job was done. Installation of a class ivy stone is a Bates tradition dating to the 1870s.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n The Class of 2019\u2019s four sets of twins<\/a> pose together on the Historic Quad a few days before Commencement. From left, Mark Fusco and Frank Fusco, Daly Naughton and Claire Naughton, John Cannon and William \u201cColey\u201d Cannon, and Duane Davis and Dylan Davis.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n Katherine Ennis \u201920 of Morristown, N.J., installs temporary trail signage along the David Rancourt River Preserve in Lewiston. One of the Harward Center\u2019s Short Term Action\/Research Team<\/a> members this year,\u00a0Ennis partnered with the Androscoggin Land Trust on projects that involved helping to rename some of the trust\u2019s trails, which \u201crequired considerable communication skills to ensure that everyone was on the same page,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Colin Kelley\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n On the Friday before Commencement, members of the Class of 2019 pose for their official senior class photo on Garcelon Field.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\u201cIt\u2019s symbolic: trying to wrap up my senior year,\u201d says politics major Laura Nguyen \u201919 of Paoli, Pa. Inspired by a beautiful morning, she began a painting adventure outside Gomes Chapel.<\/p>\n \u201cI am trying to live up my last few days here at Bates. I\u2019ve wanted to do some oil painting for a really long time, and I figured today was the day.\u201d<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n Members of the Senior Dance Ensemble show off their talents prior to Baccalaureate. Held the day before Commencement, the event allows seniors and their families and guests to pause for reflection and celebration, including performances and brief addresses, ending with an interfaith blessing.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n Selected by the senior class to deliver the annual faculty-staff address at Baccalaureate<\/a>, Francisco “Franky” Urueta of Facility Services shows his love for the Class of 2019 as he finishes his speech.<\/p>\n Justin Tafoya\/NCAA Photos via Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n Head coach Peter Steensta (left) takes a championship selfie with his jubilant rowers during ceremonies honoring Bates as the 2019 NCAA Division III women\u2019s rowing champions.<\/a><\/p>\n Winners of the 2019 rowing title in Indianapolis, Bates has captured three straight titles and four out of the last five.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n Nicholas Coker \u201919 of Narrows, Va., sports a garnet tie and Bates graduation stole as he and classmates line up for the Commencement processional<\/a> on Alumni Walk.<\/p>\n Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n On an early June evening at Lake Andrews, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Jon Cavallero and his wife, Kathryn McGill-Cavallero, walk along Burgoyne Walk as their son, Emmett Cavallero, age 2, comes along for the ride.<\/p>\n
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\nA Source of Inspiration<\/h3>\n
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\nLaunching a Japanese Boat<\/h3>\n
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\nA New Look<\/h3>\n
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\nInstalling Posterity<\/h3>\n
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\nMemorializing the Experience<\/h3>\n
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