{"id":127976,"date":"2019-10-19T17:27:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T21:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=127976"},"modified":"2019-10-25T12:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T16:19:28","slug":"slideshow-this-month-at-bates-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/10\/19\/slideshow-this-month-at-bates-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Slideshow: This Month at Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve experienced a stunning fall season.<\/p>\n

Gorgeous light and colorful leaves have provided the backdrop for an embarrassment of riches: new traditions, the voices of brilliant writers speaking and reading to us, displays of heart and soul in class, onstage, and on the playing field.<\/p>\n

Enjoy these moments of beauty as we look back at This Month at Bates.<\/p>\n

This Big<\/h4>\n
\"Back<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

In one of several Bates classrooms open to families for Back to Bates Homecoming & Family Weekend, in October, Assistant Professor of Economics Julieta Yung teaches intermediate economic theory to an attentive audience including Ama Asamoah \u201921 of Burlington, Mass., and Mark Baxter P\u201920.<\/p>\n

\n

Full Extension<\/h4>\n
\"(Phyllis<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Osceola Heard \u201922 of Newark, N.J., performs in Uda Clarke<\/em>, choreographed by Alexandria Onuoha \u201920 of Malden, Mass., during a dress rehearsal for the annual Back to Bates Dance Concert.<\/p>\n

\n

Kindling the Light<\/h4>\n
\"Back<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Families and friends of the Bates Jewish Student Union gather for Shabbat evening services and dinner in the Benjamin Mays Center on Friday evening of Back to Bates.<\/p>\n

\n

Formal Fare<\/h4>\n
\"The<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

The Deansmen perform during the annual Back to Bates a cappella<\/em> concert in the Gray Athletic Building.<\/p>\n

The event also featured the Crosstones, Gospelaires, Manic Optimists, Merimanders, and TakeNote.<\/p>\n

\n

Round and Round She Goes<\/h4>\n
\"Post-Baccalaureate<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Ella Ross \u201919 takes her morning run on the Burgoyne Walk at Lake Andrews.<\/p>\n

As the college\u2019s Post-Baccalaureate Civic Engagement Fellow, Ross is spending the year helping Bates students connect with volunteer opportunities in Lewiston and Auburn.<\/p>\n

\n

Outside Looking In<\/h4>\n
\"Moments<\/a>

Theophil Syslo\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Photographed from outside the Benjamin Mays Center, Robyn Moss \u201920 of White Plains, N.Y., performs during the popular Village Club Series Student Showcase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

Apples and Corn<\/h4>\n
\"Theophil<\/a>

Theophil Syslo\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Students set out toward a corn maze, out of sight past the apple orchard, at Wallingford\u2019s Fruit House in Auburn. The visit was sponsored by Cultural Explorations in Maine, a student organization that introduces students to various cultural traditions in Maine through service, trips, food, music, and more.<\/p>\n

\n

Back to Bates Reunion<\/h4>\n
\"Back<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Gabrielle Brewer \u201923 (left) of New Britain, Conn., gets a kiss from Maple, a Labradoodle puppy held by her sister, Natalie Brewer \u201921. The Brewer family brought Maple to campus for Back to Bates.<\/p>\n

\n

Listening and Telling<\/h4>\n
\".<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Visiting author Kiese Laymon (left) speaks with students, including J.D. Glenn \u201922 (center) of Carbondale, Colo., as a guest of Associate Professor of English Eden Osucha (right) in her class on early American literature.<\/p>\n

Laymon, author of the prize-winning Heavy: An American Memoir<\/em>, was the 2019\u201320 Social Justice Speaker at Bates and gave a talk titled \u201cReckoning With Our Racial Past and Present in the Liberal Arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

Dad on Her Skateboard<\/h4>\n
\"Phyllis<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

On the Friday of Back to Bates, Eliza Brower \u201922 (left) of Seattle catches her father, Josh Brower, skateboarding \u2014 with her board \u2014 on Alumni Walk.<\/p>\n

\n

Reset. Muse. Solve. Enjoy.<\/h4>\n
\"\u201dI<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI needed time to clear my mind and reset,\u201d says Ben Skiest \u201920 of Longmeadow, Mass., as he takes a break on the Puzzle Bench at Lake Andrews. He\u2019d spent much of the day working with two classmates on a data-set problem for their econometrics course.<\/p>\n

\n

Hardware in the House<\/h4>\n
\"Samuel<\/a>

Samuel Mironko ’21 for Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Members of the men\u2019s soccer team celebrate a rivalry-game victory, a 1-0 shutout over previously unbeaten Middlebury.<\/p>\n

The win secured the Hedley Reynolds Cup, named for the late Middlebury history professor who became Bates\u2019 fifth president.<\/p>\n

\n

Leaf Peeping<\/h4>\n
\"Early<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Fallen maple leaves offer blazing color and dizzying geometric patterns outside Hedge Hall.<\/p>\n

\n

Sunrise Ceremony<\/h4>\n
\"Please<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Assistant Professor of American Studies Kristen Barnett joins Richard Silliboy, vice chief of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, as he leads a sunrise ceremony on Alumni Walk during the college\u2019s, and Maine\u2019s, first official observance of Indigenous Peoples Day, on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n

The ancient ceremony is the \u201cbeginning of light and the Creator coming to us to make sure that life and nature continue,\u201d Silliboy said. Barnett helped to organize various events to celebrate the day.<\/p>\n

\n

We Scored<\/h4>\n
\"Tufts<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Emily Gianunzio \u201921 of Darien, Conn., and her field hockey teammates celebrate her goal vs. Tufts in late September.<\/p>\n

\n

The Next Steps<\/h4>\n
\"\"<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Seniors Sheridan Frank of Round Lake Beach, Ill., and Mitchell Willsey of Glastonbury, Conn., discuss doctoral programs with graduate-school representatives during the annual Graduate and Professional School Fair in the Gray Athletic Building. Frank is interested in clinical psychology, Willsey in chemistry.<\/p>\n

The fair draws reps from some 80 programs in the arts, sciences, business, education, health professions, law, and public policy.<\/p>\n

\n

Finding the Life<\/h4>\n
\"The<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe found a patch of light we liked on the perfect fall day,\u201d said Isabel DuBois \u201923 of Freeport, Maine, joining Robby Sheils \u201923 of Portland, Maine, for the golden hour in mid-October.<\/p>\n

\n

Intestinal Physiology Explained<\/h4>\n
\"Back<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Munashe Machoko \u201921 of Harare, Zimbabwe, explains his biological research to Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Malcolm Hill during the annual Back to Bates Summer Research Poster Session in Perry Atrium.<\/p>\n

Machoko received one of the first Abelson Research Fellowships from Bates to work with Dr. Richard Hodin at Boston\u2019s Mass General Hospital on \u201cThe Biochemistry of Intestinal Alkaline Phosphates in Cell Cultures and Animal Models.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

Honorary Captain<\/h4>\n
\"Bates<\/a>

Theophil Syslo\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Six-year-old Brayden Austin, the Bobcats\u2019 honorary football captain this year<\/a>, walks onto Garcelon Field with seniors Jon Lindgren of Plainville, Conn., Zach Doyon of Eliot, Maine, and Matt Golden of New Bedford, Mass., for the pre-game coin toss vs. Middlebury on Sept. 21.<\/p>\n

Now healthy, Austin suffered a serious health crisis four years ago that required a long stay at The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital followed by a challenging recovery.<\/p>\n

\n

Drobo Pozhalovat’<\/em> to Bates!<\/h4>\n
\"Back<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Welcome to Bates! Associate Professor of Russian Dennis Browne offers a tour of campus \u2014 in Russian \u2014to students in his elementary Russian course.<\/p>\n

\n

Elizabeth, Again<\/h4>\n
\"Phyllis<\/a>

Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author Elizabeth Strout \u201977 says goodnight to Hermione Zhou \u201921 of Shenzhen, China, after signing her new novel, Olive Again<\/em>, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the evening, a packed audience heard Strout interviewed by President Clayton Spencer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The gorgeous light and colorful leaves of another autumn provide the backdrop for an embarrassment of riches at Bates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":128248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11075],"class_list":["post-127976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batesnews","tag-this-month-at-bates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127976"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128261,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127976\/revisions\/128261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}