{"id":157593,"date":"2023-10-03T15:07:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T19:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=157593"},"modified":"2024-06-14T10:38:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:38:54","slug":"slideshow-this-month-at-bates-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/03\/slideshow-this-month-at-bates-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Slideshow: This Month at Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starting with summer, and ending with fall (but it still feels like summer), we\u2019ve traversed the map, with stops in the wilderness, on the playing fields, in our classrooms, and back outdoors. From faculty, students, and staff to feathered friends, we\u2019ve curated candid moments and posed portraits for your appreciation. We do hope you will enjoy This Month at Bates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backpacking in Baxter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Baxter
Huck Triggs ’24 for Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nash Holley ’24 of Freeport, Maine, casts his line on Aug. 30 during a three-day backpacking trip to Baxter State Park with Bates friends. “It was kind of like getting our AESOP that we lost to COVID,” said Huck Triggs ’24 of Malibu, Calif., who took this photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Annual Adventure <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Reuven Frye ’26 of Montclair, N.J., and Tyler Stearns ’26 of Walpole, Mass., announce their orientation trip to first-year students during the raucous kick-off costume party at the Keigwin Amphitheater. The two led their first-year students on an exploration of opportunities for community engagement in Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year’s edition of the college’s Annual Entering Student Orientation Program (AESOP)<\/a> offered 57 trips around Maine and New Hampshire to the Class of 2027, giving the new students a sense of their place on campus, in Lewiston, and in Maine, and to help them feel an integral part of the Bates community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tight-knit <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Among this year’s AESOP<\/a> trips was an excursion to Nezinscot Farm, a diversified family farming operation in nearby Turner. Here, students and leaders on the “FarmSOP” trip pose outside the farm’s yarn and fiber studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The farm comprises 250 acres of organic farmland and farm animals; a gourmet food shop, cafe, and bakery; and a fromagerie and charcuterie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colorfully Cooling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Opening Convocation this year was a hot and humid day, with the morning temperature soaring to 80 degrees. So folks like Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Kat Anderson found ways to stay cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bobcat Welcoming Bobcats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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On their way to Opening Convocation<\/a>, members of the Class of 2027 stream past the Class of 1927 Mouthpiece, where a poster of the Bobcat welcomes students back to campus. “We really missed you,” says the Bobcat’s thought balloon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Class Conversations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This semester, Professor of French and Francophone Studies Kirk Read (right) is teaching the First-Year Seminar \u201cFamily Stories,\u201d which kicked off on Sept. 6 with a rousing series of conversations in his Roger Williams classroom. \u201cIt\u2019s my absolute favorite class to teach,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course\u2019s theme, he says, is about family, connection, kinship, belonging, and cultural specificity \u2014 which \u201cis ripe fruit\u201d for students in their first months at Bates, he says. \u201cWe read stories from a variety of cultural viewpoints, with some \u2018grounding voices\u2019 on storytelling (Adichie), intersectionality (Crenshaw), and displacement (Baldwin), that hopefully resonate with lived experiences or concerns around the room.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Breakfast Buddies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Lucy
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First-year students and new friends Lucy Sarno (left) of York, Maine, and Simona Muscarella of Buffalo, N.Y., head to breakfast in Commons on Sept. 6, the first day of classes. They met because they live across the hall from each other in Kalperis Hall. \u201cI\u2019m excited. It\u2019s going to be good to have a routine,\u201d Sarno said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cutting to the Chase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Garry
Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And with a snip of some big Bates scissors, historic Chase Hall is now (re)open for business<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From left are Vice President for Finance and Administration Geoff Swift, President Garry W. Jenkins, and Bates Student Government Co-President Dhruv Chandra \u201925 of Kolkata, India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chase reopened after a year-long renovation project to provide better and more convenient access to student-services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his remarks, Jenkins said that he has noticed a frequent theme in chatting with members of the college community: their warm feelings for 104-year-old Chase Hall.  \u201cThey tell me about special, unforgettable moments that happened here,\u201d Jenkins said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even as longtime services were relocated from the building in recent years, leaving students fewer reasons to visit, there was \u201cstill something about Chase that made it part of the beating heart of this campus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arm’s Length <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Women's
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Goalkeeper Ruby Reimann ’25 of Oak Bluffs, Mass., clears the ball during the women’s soccer team’s home opener against Emerson College on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘My New Spot’ <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It didn’t take long for students to prowl newly renovated Chase Hall, searching for new favorite study spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI used to study in Pettengill but this is going to be my new spot,” said Isabelle Baumann \u201926 of Falmouth, Maine, seen working on an organic chemistry assignment. “I love to study here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the Ball <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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President Jenkins, an avid tennis player, joins a U.S. Open watch party hosted by head coach Paul Gastonguay ’89. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Night to Remember<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Student
Carly Philpott ’27 for Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Uche Anwanyu \u201925 (aka Uche the Chomp Man) of Brooklyn, N.Y., performs at BatesChella, an outdoor music and fun bash held on a recent cool September evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Whether students came straight from doing homework or other social gatherings, they provided so much energy for the student artists to feed off of,” said Carly Philpott \u201827 of Centennial, Colo., who took this photograph. “It felt like a really happy environment in the midst of academic work, and it was a lot of fun!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also performing were DJ Drod (Daniel Rodriguez \u201924 of Longboat Key, Fla.) and MAVY (Mavy Ho \u201926 of Gorham, Maine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Developing Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Visiting
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Visiting Professor of Digital and Computational Studies Chris Agbonkhese teaches a course introducing students to computer science for software development in Hedge Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For students interested in broadly applying computing and software solutions across a range of disciplines, the course is geared toward problem solving and developing computational thinking skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Diving Head-First<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Even
Carly Philpott ’27 for Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven as summer draws to a definitive close in Maine, creatures are still out and about,\u201d said Carly Philpott ’27 of Centennial, Colo., an avid amateur naturalist. At Lake Andrews, those creatures include double-crested cormorants (seen here) and Eastern painted turtles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cormorants are fishing birds that forage for fish underwater, and are capable of holding their breath for two minutes and diving nearly 150 feet deep. \u201cIf you watch them for long enough, you\u2019ll see them emerge from the water with wiggling fish,\u201d Philpott says. \u201cPretty soon, they\u2019ll fly south until next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spreading Awareness <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Unlike many students starting college for the first time, Logan Yogi \u201927 of Kaneohe, Hawaii, didn\u2019t want to leave her home on O\u2019ahu to come to Bates last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s because the deadly wildfires that consumed nearby Maui <\/a>in early August left her shaken, worried about the friends and family in her close-knit Hawaiian community, and feeling she needed to do more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So she arrived at Bates with a goal: \u201cto bring awareness…because every little bit helps.\u201d She has worked with her volleyball teammates, including two others who are from Hawaii, to hold fundraisers for the Hawaii Community Foundation, which supports the relief efforts through the Maui Strong Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walk and Talk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Lexi Inger \u201926 of Yarmouth, Maine, talks to her brother, Joe Inger \u201921, <\/a>during her daily walk around the Puddle on the afternoon of Sept. 28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, when things didn’t start out that swell for Inger, she would take a walk around Lake Andrews as a daily meditation, one that included a call to her supportive big brother. She\u2019s continued the tradition this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Defending the Den<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sept. 17, 2023 – (Russ Dillingham for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Forward Rawson Welch ’24 of Denver, Colo., battles a Williams defender during the Bobcats’ home opener on Garcelon Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kessler Kick-Off<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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President Jenkins poses with the college’s first cohort of Kessler Scholars during a coin ceremony in September that kicked off the scholars’ bright journey at Bates \u2014 and beyond \u2014 and helped to welcome the scholars to the National Kessler Scholars Collaborative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kessler Scholars is a Bobcat First Program, providing holistic support, including mentoring, for a diverse community of high-achieving Bates students who are the first in their family to pursue a four-year college degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sticking With It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Maria Femia ’25 of Canton, Mass., scored two goals and dished out an assist in a Bates win vs. the University of Southern Maine. Through early October, Femia was the team’s leading goal scorer, with six, and the Bates team was ranked 10th in the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Change of Scenery <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\u201cUsually
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\u201cUsually at this hour, we\u2019d be down in the lecture hall,” said Associate Professor of Biology Brett Huggett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this late-September day, he decided to bring his dendrology students to an alternative “classroom” in Carnegie Science Hall: the rooftop greenhouse, where they gathered to learn how to identify tree species using specimens that Huggett had gathered in his fieldwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sprinting Towards Success <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"First
Tom Leonard ’78 for Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Phoebe Pohl ’25 of Wayland, Mass., finished fourth in the Bates Invitational, held at Roy’s Disc Golf in Auburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bobcats tallied 35 points, good for first out of six teams<\/a>, 21 points ahead of runner-up Tufts. Of the top 20 runners at the meet, nine were Bobcats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Easy Breezy <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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“The weather accentuates the vibe on campus, which is really good right now,” said Jermiah Germain ’24, a psychology major from Boston, passing Coram Library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a splendid September afternoon, where the temperature topped off at 71 degrees with a fresh and dry northwesterly breeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blooming at Bates <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Too small to play tackle football in high school \u2014 but always loving the sport \u2014 Johnny Walker \u201924 of Brooklyn, N.Y., has gotten his chance at Bates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He got taller and bigger late in high school, and by the time he came to Bates he was ready to play some kind of contact sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInitially, I was planning on playing for the club rugby team,\u201d Walker said. But during Orientation, he got talking to classmate Ben Conrad of Ivoryton, Conn., a football player. \u201cBen said, \u2018Dude, just come out and play football,\u2019 and that was the seed of the idea.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting a Handle on It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Mac
Theophil Syslo | Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mac Gaither \u201824, an environmental studies major from Palo Alto, Calif., checks for a serial number on his bike outside Commons during a bicycle registration event co-hosted by Campus Safety and a Lewiston bike shop, Rainbow Bicycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Benches of Bates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In terms of outdoor seating options for the Bates bottom, the colorful Adirondack chairs garner a lot of support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Lucia Pizarro \u201924, an English major from Cranford, N.J., is a fan of the wood benches, like the one she chose next to Gomes Chapel. \u201cI like this spot. I feel like the benches on this campus are pretty underrated.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pizarro was reading for her course, \u201cCalling Bull: Data Literacy and Information Science,\u201d taught by Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies Carrie Diaz Eaton. The course teaches students how to spot, dissect, and publicly refutes false claims and inferences based on quantitative, statistical, and computational analysis of data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead of Studying<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"They
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Mazie Chamberlin ’27 of New York City plays the guitar while “quadding” with new Bates friends on the Historic Quad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The friends arranged themselves in Adirondack chairs, prepared to work. But pleasant distractions, including the great weather, a guitar, and a tambourine, led them down a slightly different path that featured folk music, conversation, and a bit of reading \u2014 Naomi Klein’s climate crisis classic, This Changes Everything<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catching Up <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Assistant
Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mark Tizzoni, assistant professor of classical and medieval studies, and Truman Williams ’25 of Montclair, N.J., continue their conversation following a class session of Tizzoni’s course “Colonization and Resistance in Late Antique North Africa.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We were talking about Indigenous and Roman identities and the ways in which they competed and coexisted in the colonized landscape of the late antique Maghreb,” said Tizzoni. “That, and catching up after summer break!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Toe-to-Toe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Adi
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Adi Kolff \u201925, a double major in biology and in earth and climate sciences from Philadelphia, and Abby Marriott \u201925, an environmental studies major from Brooklyn, N.Y., compare the size of their feet on the Historic Quad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close call: Marriott is a women\u2019s size 11; Kolff, a men\u2019s 10.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leading the Way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\u201cParticipating
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A group of Bonner Leaders pose for a photograph during the annual volunteer fair, sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a commitment to community service and civic engagement, Bonner Leaders spend four hours each week working with Lewiston-Auburn community partners. The experience “provides me with the opportunity to connect with incredible individuals who share our passion for making a positive difference,” said Sivani Arvapalli \u201926 (second from right) of South Windsor, Conn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From left, Vyshu Viju \u201826, Robbie Washburne \u201826, Chidera Kalu-Uka \u201827, Marisela Flores Pineda \u201824, Leith Chikh Rouhou \u201826, Sivani Arvapalli ’26, and Hana Roggendorf \u201827.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Killing It <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ami Evans ’26 of Honolulu had 11 kills in the Bobcats’ 3-2 victory over Connecticut College in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top Teacher <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Associate
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Associate Professor of Mathematics Katy Ott leads a session of her course “Mathematics for Social Justice,” which teaches quantitative literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in a socially relevant context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ott recently received the 2023 Kroepsch Award, the college’s highest award for excellence in teaching. On a humorous note, one student’s nomination said that Ott’s “ability to not only teach the class in a wonderful interesting way, but in a low-stress environment that almost tricks you into understanding the subject, will always baffle me!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘United’ at Bates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This year, 47 students from 28 different countries have come to Bates as Davis United World College Scholars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From left, here are three who are seniors this year: Miguel Angel Pacheco of Caracas, Venezuela; Sebasti\u00e1n Le\u00f3n Fallas of Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica; and Maria Francisca Pereira Pinto Costeira da Rocha of Porto, Portugal. As photo props, they used juggling rings belonging to Pacheco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Davis UWC Scholars Program awards need-based scholarship funding to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges movement. It is the world\u2019s largest international undergraduate scholarship initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program is dedicated to supporting promising students from diverse cultures at selected American colleges and universities “to create greater international understanding among the world\u2019s future decision makers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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