{"id":16954,"date":"2010-01-06T15:34:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T20:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=16954"},"modified":"2015-03-27T13:21:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T17:21:55","slug":"batesnews-2010-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2010\/01\/06\/batesnews-2010-january\/","title":{"rendered":"BatesNews Monthly Update: January 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>For Bates alumni and parents, here is a look back at stories that represent some of the major Bates events and achievements of the past month, important upcoming events, and a sampling of Bates people making news. <\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Bates retrospective: 2009 in review<\/h3>\n<p>As we jump into a decade with double digits, enjoy this look back at stories that represent some of the major Bates events and achievements of 2009.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2010\/01\/04\/retrospective-2009\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Keep up to date with Bates Updates<\/h3>\n<p>Please try out our improved Bates Updates e-mail service. In addition to daily news, you can now subscribe to weekly Updates by interest: Sports on Monday, Academics on Tuesday, Research on Wednesday, Campus Life on Thursday, Arts on Friday, and Student Life on Saturday. If you&#8217;re a new subscriber, sign up here: https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/go\/subscribe . If you already subscribe, open one of your Updates and click on &#8220;Choose your options.&#8221; You can also connect with dozens of other Batesies through the new Bates Social:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/social\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Bates names new vice president and dean of enrollment and external affairs<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Nancy Cable brings us the expertise, national reputation and leadership skills needed to engage all Bates constituencies in advancing the mission of the College,&#8221; Bates President Elaine Tuttle Hansen said in announcing Cable&#8217;s appointment.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2009\/12\/14\/new-vp-cable\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Multimedia: Students explore local need for Islamic banking practices<\/h3>\n<p>At the request of a local bank, a Bates anthropology class took on a community-based research project involving the local Somali population, exploring ways in which Islamic and American banking differ, and suggesting ideas for Islamic banking services.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2009\/12\/08\/islamic-banking\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>King Day focus is &#8216;Faith and Ethics in the Public Sphere&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Barbara Savage, an expert in African American political and religious history, gives the Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote address at Bates College at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The college traditionally cancels classes and offers special programming for King Day. This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Faith and Ethics in the Public Sphere: What is the Dream?&#8221;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2010\/01\/04\/mlk-2010\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Annual Report of Giving now online<\/h3>\n<p>Each year, thousands of Bates people step up to match their philanthropy to their spirit for Bates. Because of you, Bates has the financial resources to navigate a complex, challenging and competitive environment. Learn more in the Report of Giving:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kpaPhCSz6e\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/\">Giving to Bates Homepage<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Giving to Bates Homepage&#8221; &#8212; Giving to Bates\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/giving\/embed\/#?secret=7IDp8n5JcR#?secret=kpaPhCSz6e\" data-secret=\"kpaPhCSz6e\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Video: Bates researcher&#8217;s lake study wins federal support<\/h3>\n<p>Holly Ewing, assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates, is part of a team of researchers at three institutions that received nearly $1 million in National Science Foundation funding for their study of lake eutrophication and the role of a particular cyanobacterium.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2009\/12\/15\/ewing-nsf\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Video: Bates dance director awarded summer residency in Australia<\/h3>\n<p>Carol Dilley, associate professor of dance and director of the Bates College dance program, has received an artist residency to produce a dance project in Newcastle, Australia. In July and August 2010, Dilley will be resident artist at the Lock-Up, a cultural center first built as a jail in 1861 and used for that purpose until 1982. When she begins her three-week residency, she will choreograph dances that take advantage of that unique space and also reflect on her past work at Bates and abroad.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2009\/12\/10\/dilley-residency\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Haley Johnson &#8217;06 wins historic spot on U.S. Olympic biathlon team<\/h3>\n<p>With her 21st-place finish at a World Cup race in Pokljuka, Slovenia, on Dec. 17, Haley Johnson &#8217;06 becomes the first woman to win a spot on the U.S. Olympic biathlon team.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2009\/12\/18\/johnson-olympic-biathlon\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Folk-pop legend Suzanne Vega holds two-day residency<\/h3>\n<p>During a Jan. 22-23 residency at Bates, folk-pop singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega offers two concert sets as well as workshops in writing and the business of creative work.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2010\/01\/04\/suzanne-vega\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Bates in the News<\/h3>\n<p>Following the death of jurist Frank Coffin &#8217;40 in December, <em>The New York Times<\/em> explores Coffin&#8217;s strong belief in the judiciary&#8217;s public accountability. Public Radio International&#8217;s <em>The World<\/em> looks at Ghetto Biennale, an unusual art event in Haiti co-curated by Myron Beasley, visiting assistant professor of American cultural studies and African American studies. And the PBS documentary <em>A Girl&#8217;s Life<\/em>, in its examination of the challenges facing young women, features Sonia Luna &#8217;13 of East Harlem, N.Y., as she seeks to become the first in her family to attend college.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/in-the-news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Bates alumni and parents, here is a look back at stories&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"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":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enewsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16954","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\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62434,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16954\/revisions\/62434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}