{"id":95562,"date":"2015-06-30T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=95562"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:59:56","slug":"stories-and-moments-from-the-2015-bates-college-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/06\/30\/stories-and-moments-from-the-2015-bates-college-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimedia: 22 stories and moments from the 2015 year at Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In text, photographs, and video, here&#8217;s a selection of stories and moments from the 2015 college year, a very good year, at Bates.<\/p>\n<h3>Women\u2019s rowing wins Bates&#8217; first-ever NCAA team championship<\/h3>\n<p>Bates headed into the NCAA Championships ranked No. 1 in the land, and after a number of runner-up finishes at the national regatta, the pressure was on.<\/p>\n<p>But head coach Peter Steenstra says his team wasn&#8217;t &#8220;rattled by all the attention of being ranked No. 1. They wanted that. They liked being in the position of being expected to win, and they wanted that top spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And they got it.<\/p>\n<p>Back home at Bates, the big win was announced during Baccalaureate by Cody Tracey &#8217;15:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bates women win NCAA Rowing Championship 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WaqLPQKzlSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Bates achieves a college-record 19 Fulbright U.S. Student fellowships<\/h3>\n<p>Already celebrated as a perennial top producer of Fulbright U.S. Student fellowships, Bates seniors and young alumni <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/05\/01\/bates-record-for-fulbright-fellowship-recipients\/\">collected 19 new grants this year<\/a> \u2014 a record for the college.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen current seniors and five graduates won the 19 prestigious awards for teaching and research abroad in 2015-16.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94661\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/150501_Amelia_Oliver_0015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94661\" class=\"wp-image-94661 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/150501_Amelia_Oliver_0015-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"150501_Amelia_Oliver_0015\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/150501_Amelia_Oliver_0015-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/150501_Amelia_Oliver_0015-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/150501_Amelia_Oliver_0015-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-94661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amelia Oliver \u201915, an English and Russian double major from Potomac, Md., was awarded a 2015-16 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship for Ukraine. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Class of 2019 drawn from record applications<\/h3>\n<p>More students than ever \u2014 5,636 \u2014 sought admission to Bates for the Class of 2019 entering this fall.<\/p>\n<p>The record application pool, a 12 percent increase from last year and a 15 percent increase since 2012, also reflects strategic Bates Admission recruiting efforts as U.S. population demographics shifts steadily west and south.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, in terms of applications, the state of California is now the college&#8217;s third-largest producer. And in terms of students in the incoming Class of 2019, California ranks fifth behind Massachusetts, New York, Maine, and Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our results speak to the college\u2019s increased standing among high-achieving students,\u201d said Leigh Weisenburger, the college\u2019s dean of admission and financial aid, &#8220;and we are seeing growing interest from students in regions where we have increased\u00a0our recruitment, such as California, Florida, and Texas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93900\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150410_Newly_Admitted_Students_Physics_0220.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93900\" class=\"size-large wp-image-93900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150410_Newly_Admitted_Students_Physics_0220-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"During an on-campus Admitted Student Reception, Professor of Physics (and guitarist) John Smedley works with two prospective Class of 2019 students in the \u201cMusical Waves and Spectra\u201d master class. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150410_Newly_Admitted_Students_Physics_0220-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150410_Newly_Admitted_Students_Physics_0220-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150410_Newly_Admitted_Students_Physics_0220-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150410_Newly_Admitted_Students_Physics_0220.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-93900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">During an on-campus reception for newly admitted students, Professor of Physics (and guitarist) John Smedley works with two prospective Class of 2019 students in the \u201cMusical Waves and Spectra\u201d master class. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Alex Bolden &#8217;15 delivers the 2015 Senior Address<\/h3>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Senior Address at Commencement was a love letter to Bates. But for Alex Bolden &#8217;15, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/05\/31\/commencement-2015-senior-address-by-alexander-bolden\/\">Bates was not love at first sight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did not come to Bates after being intrigued by the beautiful campus&#8230;. I came to Bates because it made financial sense despite my desire for a large university in a big city,&#8221; said Bolden, of Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>But, &#8220;little did I know that the next four years would become my answer to this question as I fell in love with a community that I had denied as my own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Falling in love with Bates, Bolden said, was a parable for how we can use love to fight against injustice, by &#8220;loving those who are in need of love&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">And while, much like my experience at Bates, the loving of a community that is different from you might be hard at first, submerging yourself in their culture will provide you with moments, big and small, which over time will make you fall in love, which is the only weapon we have against injustice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_95578\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95578\" class=\"wp-image-95578 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1166-900x561.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j1166\" width=\"900\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1166-900x561.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1166-400x249.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1166-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1166.jpg 1734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-95578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Bates Modern Dance celebrates Marcy Plavin<\/h3>\n<p>In Bates circles, Marcy Plavin is celebrated not just for the dance program she established, but for doing so with a warmth and inclusiveness that made her a legend among her students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/batescollege.exposure.co\/living-through-dance\">On May 2, dozens of those students returned to Bates <\/a>to perform in a reunion concert and pay tribute to their remarkable teacher and friend.<\/p>\n<p>The reunion was a testament to what Plavin created, a strong and inclusive dance community, said Carol Dilley, associate professor of dance and Plavin\u2019s successor as dance program director.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If she could get you in the room, you were going to dance, and if she could keep you in the room, you were going to dance for all four years. And we still have a very open door.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_95569\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150502_Alumni_Dance_Performance_1211.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95569\" class=\"wp-image-95569 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150502_Alumni_Dance_Performance_1211-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"150502_Alumni_Dance_Performance_1211\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150502_Alumni_Dance_Performance_1211-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150502_Alumni_Dance_Performance_1211-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150502_Alumni_Dance_Performance_1211-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150502_Alumni_Dance_Performance_1211.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-95569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the reunion dance concert on May 2, Marcy Plavin (left) regards a sign, held by Geri FitzGerald &#8217;75, that shares a message that resonates with all Bates alumni dancers. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2018Great Day\u2019 is a bellwether for a robust giving year<\/h3>\n<p>By June 30, donors had given more than $21 million in gifts to the college, a 31\u00a0percent increase over fiscal 2014.<\/p>\n<p>One of the bellwethers for the robust giving year was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/04\/10\/great-day-sets-all-time-giving-record-to-secure-250k-challenge-gift\/\">March 31,<\/a> when Bates received a one-day record 1,675 gifts.<\/p>\n<p>The outpouring occurred on the last day of the month-long Great Day to be a Bobcat giving campaign, and the surge brought the 31-day total to 3,917 gifts. By beating the goal of 2,500 gifts in March, Bates collected a $250,000 challenge gift from an anonymous donor.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout March 31, a campus livestream featured real-time thank-yous to donors, and more than 2,100 viewers tuned in from around the world including cities like Helsinki, Brisbane, Munich, Sao Paul, Beijing, New Delhi, and Hanoi, among many others.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93818\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150331_Great_Day_Streaming_0493.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93818\" class=\"size-large wp-image-93818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150331_Great_Day_Streaming_0493-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Bates staff thank a Great Day donor during the festive livestream on March 31, 2015. Rocking the bobcat hat at left is Cary Gemmer '07, director of alumni engagement, while Genevieve Leslie, director of Reunion fundraising and programming, holds the thank-you to donor William Moore '53. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150331_Great_Day_Streaming_0493-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150331_Great_Day_Streaming_0493-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150331_Great_Day_Streaming_0493-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150331_Great_Day_Streaming_0493.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-93818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bates Advancement staff thank a Great Day donor during the festive livestream on March 31, 2015. Rocking the bobcat hat at left is Cary Gemmer &#8217;07 while Genevieve Leslie holds the thank-you to donor William Moore &#8217;53. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Two of 111<\/h3>\n<p>Bates and the NCAA became fast friends in 2014-15, as a record number of Bobcats competed in national championships this year.<\/p>\n<p>All told, 111 Bates men and women went to the NCAAs in basketball, cross country, lacrosse, rowing, skiing, swimming, tennis, and track and field.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two, basketball players Marcus Delpeche &#8217;17 (left) and Malcolm Delpeche &#8217;17, identical twin brothers from Wilmington, Del.<\/p>\n<p>With the most wins in program history (21), men&#8217;s hoops advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division III tournament.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91525\" style=\"width: 652px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/150309_Delpeche_0064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91525\" class=\"size-large wp-image-91525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/150309_Delpeche_0064-642x900.jpg\" alt=\"Marcus Delpeche '17 (left) and Malcolm Delpeche '17, identical twin brothers from Wilmington, Del., pose for a photograph during practice in Alumni Gymnasium. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"642\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/150309_Delpeche_0064-642x900.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/150309_Delpeche_0064-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/150309_Delpeche_0064-143x200.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/150309_Delpeche_0064.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcus Delpeche &#8217;17 (left) and Malcolm Delpeche &#8217;17 of Wilmington, Del., pose for a photograph during practice in Alumni Gymnasium. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Honors granted to 36 seniors<\/h3>\n<p>Going strong since 1927, the college&#8217;s honors program saw 36 seniors conduct yearlong honors theses in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Not so long ago, you&#8217;d have to personally visit Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library to read a Bates honors thesis. Now, to promote greater access by the Bates community and the world beyond Bates, honors theses<a href=\"http:\/\/scarab.bates.edu\/\"> are available online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That means you can read about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/scarab.bates.edu\/honorstheses\/59\/\">Constructing The Prophet: Steve Jobs and the Messianic Myth of Apple<\/a>&#8221; (rhetoric, 2012)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/scarab.bates.edu\/honorstheses\/70\">Social Anxiety and Memory Conformity in Eyewitnesses&#8221;<\/a> (psychology, 2013)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scarab.bates.edu\/honorstheses\/82\/\">&#8220;Control of Digital Information: Why Privacy Violations Reduce Our Freedom&#8221;<\/a> (philosophy, 2014),<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/scarab.bates.edu\/honorstheses\/120\/\">Using Community Structure Networks to Model Heterogeneous Mixing in Epidemics, and a Potential Application to HIV in Washington, D.C.&#8221;<\/a> (mathematics, 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_94157\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150416_Fulbright_Michael_Creedon_0034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94157\" class=\"wp-image-94157 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150416_Fulbright_Michael_Creedon_0034-900x600.jpg\" alt=\" Michael Creedon '15, an English major from Medfield, Mass., has received a 2015-16 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship for Brazil. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150416_Fulbright_Michael_Creedon_0034-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150416_Fulbright_Michael_Creedon_0034-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150416_Fulbright_Michael_Creedon_0034-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150416_Fulbright_Michael_Creedon_0034.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-94157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Creedon &#8217;15, an English major from Medfield, Mass., did an honors thesis titled &#8220;&#8216;She among them but never of them&#8217;: Race and Sexuality through Tomboy Transformation Narratives of the Postwar Era.&#8221; (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Women\u2019s basketball coach Jim Murphy &#8217;69 retires<\/h3>\n<p>As a coach, Jim Murphy &#8217;69 brought a simple, hard-boiled ethos into his coaching philosophy, and his players were known for their mental toughness.<\/p>\n<p>In sports, he once said, &#8220;everything has to be earned. If you\u2019re a member of varsity or a starter, you should be proud, but come fall or spring, it\u2019s something you have to earn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/04\/07\/jim-murphy-retires-women-basketball-coach\/\">Murphy retired on June 30<\/a> after 21 seasons, 343 victories and six NCAA appearances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe things in life that are earned are to be cherished and treasured and are much more valuable than something that\u2019s given to you,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93671\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/web-050211-Murphy4966.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93671\" class=\"wp-image-93671 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/web-050211-Murphy4966-900x602.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Murphy congratulates his team after a win vs. Bowdoin on Feb. 1, 2005. The victory was Murphy's 200th career victory, en route to 343 career victories. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/web-050211-Murphy4966-900x602.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/web-050211-Murphy4966-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/web-050211-Murphy4966-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/web-050211-Murphy4966.jpg 1615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-93671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Murphy congratulates his team after a win vs. Bowdoin on Feb. 1, 2005. The victory was Murphy&#8217;s 200th career victory, en route to 343 career victories. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Alex Dauge-Roth, receiving the Kroepsch Award for Teaching, asks, &#8220;What do we owe genocide survivors?&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/24\/kroepsch-recipient-dauge-roth-what-do-we-owe-survivors-of-genocide\/\"> his lecture on March 18 to celebrate the Kroepsch Award<\/a>, Dauge-Roth analyzed that question, specifically as it pertains to his decade of engaging Bates students with survivors and their stories of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>What we owe, in part, is the promise that we will hear the personal narratives from the genocide as members of a true &#8220;listening community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That means moving beyond pity and compassion, \u201csince these are just part of the strategy for maintaining the status quo.\u201d Second, it means incorporating into one&#8217;s own histories the history of pain that is encountered.<\/p>\n<p>Third, it means that listeners \u201csee themselves as indirect witnesses, whose responsibility is to develop a critical self-awareness regarding their own agency and inadequacy as they respond to survivors\u2019 stories.&#8221; That means &#8220;learning <em>with<\/em> the survivors\u201d \u2014 not merely <em>from&#8221; <\/em>them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91491\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/w_150227_Alex_Dauge_Roth_0180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91491\" class=\"wp-image-91491 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/w_150227_Alex_Dauge_Roth_0180-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"w_150227_Alex_Dauge_Roth_0180\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/w_150227_Alex_Dauge_Roth_0180-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/w_150227_Alex_Dauge_Roth_0180-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/w_150227_Alex_Dauge_Roth_0180-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/w_150227_Alex_Dauge_Roth_0180.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Dauge-Roth works with his thesis student, Irem Ikizler &#8217;15 of Nashville, Tenn., a double major in French and Francophone studies and in art and visual culture. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Noontime demonstration brings Ferguson to Bates<\/h3>\n<p>At noon on Dec. 2, more than 50 Bates students put their outrage about the outcome of the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Mo., in a place where it could not be overlooked: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2014\/12\/02\/noontime-demonstration-brings-ferguson-to-bates\/\">Commons at the height of lunch hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters lay silent and motionless on the hard Commons floor as their fellow students stepped around and over them in pursuit of a hot meal.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstration organizer Annakay Wright &#8217;17 of Brooklyn, N.Y., said the goal in interrupting the daily flow of life at Bates was &#8220;to interest people and to get them to think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_82990\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/12\/w_141202_Ferguson_Die_In_0153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82990\" class=\"size-large wp-image-82990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/12\/w_141202_Ferguson_Die_In_0153-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"At lunchtime in Commons on Dec. 2, 50-plus students mounted a Ferguson-inspired protest art demonstration &quot;to interrupt the flow of normal life so that we are prompted to truly question the society we live in,&quot; said organizer Annakay Wright \u201917 of Brooklyn, N.Y. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/12\/w_141202_Ferguson_Die_In_0153-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/12\/w_141202_Ferguson_Die_In_0153-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/12\/w_141202_Ferguson_Die_In_0153-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/12\/w_141202_Ferguson_Die_In_0153.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-82990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At lunchtime in Commons on Dec. 2, 50-plus students mounted a Ferguson-inspired protest art demonstration. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Short Term gets real with Purposeful Work<\/h3>\n<p>Mike Lydon \u201904, an internationally recognized urban planner and advocate for livable cities, was a practitioner-in-residence during Short Term<\/p>\n<p>A new breed of Short Term teachers, these successful young adults \u2014 most of them Bates alumni \u2014 come to campus to share the skills and applied knowledge they&#8217;ve accrued during their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Lydon&#8217;s course was the \u201cPracticum in Urban Planning,\u201d and he guided his students on several projects, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/05\/22\/life-in-the-bike-lane-a-hands-on-ride-in-the-urban-planners-world\/\">creation of a demonstration bike lane on a Lewiston side street<\/a> that the students publicly presented on May 21 \u2014 to participants in a statewide urban development conference, no less.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Munoz \u201915 of Bedford, N.H., said that &#8220;the experience has been invaluable for all of us,\u201d she said. \u201cWe really get a greater understanding of a field that we wouldn\u2019t have known very much of otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94721\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150520_Mike_Lydon_Urban_Planning_0014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94721\" class=\"size-large wp-image-94721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150520_Mike_Lydon_Urban_Planning_0014-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Winter '18 of New York City and Brendan Yucel '18 of Boston lay down lines for a demonstration bike lane on Oxford Street in Lewiston on May 20. They're students in an urban planning Short Term course taught by Mike Lydon '04. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150520_Mike_Lydon_Urban_Planning_0014-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150520_Mike_Lydon_Urban_Planning_0014-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150520_Mike_Lydon_Urban_Planning_0014-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/web-150520_Mike_Lydon_Urban_Planning_0014.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-94721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two students in the urban planning practicum, Matthew Winter &#8217;18 of New York City and Brendan Yucel &#8217;18 of Boston, lay down lines for a demonstration bike lane on Oxford Street in Lewiston on May 20. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Ahmed Abdel Khalek &#8217;16 wins men&#8217;s U.S. squash title<\/h3>\n<p>Abdel Khalek <a href=\"http:\/\/athletics.bates.edu\/sports\/msquash\/2014-15\/releases\/20150301v951jc\">fought back from a 2-0 deficit<\/a> to defeat Columbia University freshman Osama Khalifa 3-2 to capture the College Squash Association men&#8217;s individual championship, the first for Bates.<\/p>\n<p>How did he do it?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I took a break and forgot the fact I was down two,&#8221; Abdel Khalek said. &#8220;I tried to calm myself down and think of the match as being tied 0-0. If I had allowed myself to believe I was behind, I couldn&#8217;t have kept going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91622\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/web_150301_Squash_Viewing_0426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91622\" class=\"size-large wp-image-91622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/web_150301_Squash_Viewing_0426-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Students watching a livestream in Commons react as Ahmed Abdel Khalek \u201816 of Cairo, Egypt, scores the winning point in the men's individual collegiate squash championship on March 1. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/web_150301_Squash_Viewing_0426-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/web_150301_Squash_Viewing_0426-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/web_150301_Squash_Viewing_0426-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/03\/web_150301_Squash_Viewing_0426.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students watching a livestream in Commons react as Ahmed Abdel Khalek \u201816 of Cairo, Egypt, scores the winning point in the men&#8217;s individual collegiate squash championship on March 1. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Taylor Blackburn &#8217;15 and Matt Summers &#8217;15 finish debate careers with a flourish<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/02\/11\/world-universities-debating-championship\/\">At the World Universities Debating Championship in early January<\/a>, Taylor Blackburn &#8217;15 solidified her status as arguably the best female debater in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in April, Matt Summers &#8217;15 of Short Hills, N.J., was named top speaker at the annual U.S. Universities Debating Championship, held at the University of Alaska Anchorage.<\/p>\n<p>At Worlds, Blackburn,\u00a0of Sonoma, Calif., emerged as the top-ranked female speaker of all North American debaters, and 41st overall of the tournament\u2019s 742 speakers.<\/p>\n<p>As a team at Worlds, this year held Dec. 27 to Jan. 4 at the Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia, Blackburn and Summers finished in a tie for 30th out of 371 teams, the best Bates finish ever.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_95568\" style=\"width: 653px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150428_Great_Debaters_0068-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95568\" class=\"wp-image-95568 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150428_Great_Debaters_0068-copy-643x900.jpg\" alt=\"web-150428_Great_Debaters_0068 copy\" width=\"643\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150428_Great_Debaters_0068-copy-643x900.jpg 643w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150428_Great_Debaters_0068-copy-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150428_Great_Debaters_0068-copy-143x200.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150428_Great_Debaters_0068-copy.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-95568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor Blackburn &#8217;15 (left) of Sonoma, Calif., and Matt Summers &#8217;15 of Short Hills, N.J. (Phyllis Graber Jensen)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Garcelon\u2019s prime-time NCAA debut was a night to remember<\/h3>\n<p>All agreed: There\u2019s been nothing like it in Garcelon Field&#8217;s 116-year history.<\/p>\n<p>May 6: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/05\/08\/multimedia-garcelons-prime-time-ncaa-debut-was-a-night-to-remember\/\">first playoff game on Garcelon, and an NCAA playoff game<\/a> (in men&#8217;s lacrosse) to boot. At night. During Short Term. When it\u2019s balmy (72 degrees!) and clear.<\/p>\n<p>Bates rolled out the green carpet that night, and the show didn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94439\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/w_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_9923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94439\" class=\"wp-image-94439 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/w_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_9923-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"w_150506_NCAA_Men's_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Men's_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Men's_Lacrosse_9923\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/w_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_9923-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/w_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_9923-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/w_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_9923-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/w_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_150506_NCAA_Mens_Lacrosse_9923.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-94439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">During the raucous May 6 NCAA playoff game at Garcelon Field students wave cardboard cutouts of lacrosse players Jake Walsh \u201917 at left and Charlie Fay \u201917. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the packed Garcelon grandstand rocking and teams trading hard knocks on the field down below, the first-round NCAA men\u2019s lacrosse playoff game between Bates and Keene State wasn\u2019t decided until late in the second half when Bates pulled away for a 16-11 victory.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s what the celebration on Garcelon Field looked like as time ran out:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"150506 909 celebration end 2726\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hlFWRxR-sP4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Purposeful Work Unplugged sets the upbeat tone for a big Bates initiative<\/h3>\n<p>JP Maheu, Twitter&#8217;s head of global branding and agency strategy, and George Gallate, CEO of the international marketing firm RKG, got one of the biggest laughs of the year as they traded stories and gave advice about careers and work during their Purposeful Work Unplugged session on Jan 29.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker series is one program of Purposeful Work, an institution-wide initiative built on the premise that preparing students for lives of meaningful work is central to the liberal arts mission.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Purposeful Work Unplugged: Twitter&#039;s JP Maheu - Work with people who fit your outlook\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/120075831?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Bates engages with a timely MLK Day theme<\/h3>\n<p>In a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/01\/23\/slideshow-mlk-day-at-bates-and-a-communitys-embrace-of-a-daunting-and-complex-theme\/\"> day filled with talks and discussion<\/a> about the MLK Day theme, &#8220;From Selma to Ferguson: 50 Years of Nonviolent Dissent,&#8221; one set of panelists answered questions about the Michael Brown case and related issues of race, social justice, and equity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery protest I\u2019ve been to has been led by college students,\u201d said moderator Alex Bolden \u201915 of Cleveland. \u201cDon\u2019t relegate your power to simply here on campus\u2026. You have more power than you think.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83499\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-150119_Perspectives_Ferguson_0088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83499\" class=\"wp-image-83499 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-150119_Perspectives_Ferguson_0088-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150119_Perspectives_Ferguson_0088\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-150119_Perspectives_Ferguson_0088-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-150119_Perspectives_Ferguson_0088-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-150119_Perspectives_Ferguson_0088-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-150119_Perspectives_Ferguson_0088.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students, faculty, and staff gather for the &#8220;Perspectives on Ferguson&#8221; panel and small-group discussion during Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"page-title entry-title\">$791,480 National Science Foundation grant supports acquisition of confocal microscope<\/h3>\n<p>Larissa Williams, an assistant professor of biology, says that in terms of Bates\u2019 teaching capacity, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/01\/15\/future-proof-second-of-its-kind-in-maine-new-microscope-is-a-game-changer\/\">college&#8217;s powerful new confocal microscope<\/a> is a game-changer. \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly important that students have access to this state-of-the-art technology,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Called a \u201cconfocal\u201d microscope because of the optical technology it employs, the new Leica SP8 is a versatile, user-friendly device that gives Bates a variety of important new or improved imaging capabilities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83399\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/150114_Confocal_Monitors_0079-Lores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83399\" class=\"size-large wp-image-83399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/150114_Confocal_Monitors_0079-Lores-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"The confocal workstation. The Leica microscope itself is to the left of the monitors. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/150114_Confocal_Monitors_0079-Lores-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/150114_Confocal_Monitors_0079-Lores-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/150114_Confocal_Monitors_0079-Lores-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/150114_Confocal_Monitors_0079-Lores.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The confocal workstation, with the Leica microscope itself at left of the monitors. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Mellon grants advance faculty diversity on campus and beyond<\/h3>\n<p>Two grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/04\/23\/mellon-grants-advance-faculty-diversity-on-campus-and-beyond\">totaling more than $1.4 million will advance faculty diversity,<\/a> both on Bates\u2019 own campus and as part of a collaborative effort with other institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The two grants are from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>One grant, worth $1 million, will bring promising faculty candidates from underrepresented groups onto the tenure track at Bates over the the next five years, as well as build the college\u2019s long-term capacity for recruiting superior faculty from all walks of life.<\/p>\n<p>An additional grant of $419,360 comes as Bates takes on a leadership position in the Creating Connections Consortium, a national partnership and initiative designed to advance faculty diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Bates is the fourth liberal arts college, and sixth lead institution overall, in the consortium, joining Connecticut, Middlebury and Williams colleges and two research institutions, the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94022\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/140525_Commencement_0557-LO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94022\" class=\"size-large wp-image-94022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/140525_Commencement_0557-LO-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bates looks forward to advancing broad diversity among its faculty. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/140525_Commencement_0557-LO-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/140525_Commencement_0557-LO-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/140525_Commencement_0557-LO-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/140525_Commencement_0557-LO.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-94022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bates looks forward to advancing broad diversity among its faculty. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Construction on Campus Avenue reaches new heights<\/h3>\n<p>After months of sitework and below-ground work, two steel skeletons began to take shape in April as construction of two new Bates residence halls moved forward rapidly after a tough winter.<\/p>\n<p>On June 19, the college hosted a topping off party to celebrate and symbolize the end of the steelwork. The ceremony included putting into place a beam with signatures of members of the Bates community, a spruce tree, a Bates banner, and an American flag.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Topping off ceremony at Bates College on June 19\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/131882260?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the view that students will have, by fall 2016, from the third floor of the new residence hall at 65 Campus Avenue, across from Chase Hall and the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_95278\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/15-0603-CCU-CampusAve-0385.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95278\" class=\"size-large wp-image-95278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/15-0603-CCU-CampusAve-0385-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"Chase Hall and Carnegie Science Hall, seen from the third floor of 65 Campus Ave. on June 3, 2015. (Doug Hubley\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/15-0603-CCU-CampusAve-0385-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/15-0603-CCU-CampusAve-0385-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/15-0603-CCU-CampusAve-0385-144x107.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/15-0603-CCU-CampusAve-0385-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/15-0603-CCU-CampusAve-0385.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-95278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chase Hall and Carnegie Science Hall, seen from the third floor of 65 Campus Ave. on June 3, 2015. (Doug Hubley\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Bates retires Chick Leahey\u2019s No.\u00a0 11 baseball jersey.<\/h3>\n<p>William Leahey \u201952, known as &#8220;Chick,&#8221; wore No. 11 during his 36 years as head baseball coach, during which time his teams won 300 games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/24\/leahey-jersey-retire-11\/\">His number was retired during a Homecoming ceremony<\/a> on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was nothing less than my father while at Bates,\u201d said Jim Sylvia \u201984. \u201cOn the field, he taught me the importance of hard work and commitment. He disciplined me when I got out of line \u2014 a lot \u2014 and praised me when I succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81829\" style=\"width: 684px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/10\/web-141023_William_Chick_Leahey_0132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81829\" class=\"wp-image-81829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/10\/web-141023_William_Chick_Leahey_0132.jpg\" alt=\"William &quot;Chick&quot; Leahey '52 dons his No. 11 Bates jersey at his home on East Avenue. His jersey will be retired Saturday at halftime of the Homecoming football game vs. Colby. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College) \" width=\"674\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/10\/web-141023_William_Chick_Leahey_0132.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/10\/web-141023_William_Chick_Leahey_0132-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/10\/web-141023_William_Chick_Leahey_0132-436x600.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-81829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William &#8220;Chick&#8221; Leahey &#8217;52 dons his No. 11 Bates jersey at his home on East Avenue. His jersey was retired Oct. 25 at halftime of the Homecoming football game vs. Colby. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>&#8216;Interest across majors&#8217; marks 2015 <em>Senior Thesis Exhibition <\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Artwork by 11 studio art majors in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/04\/03\/bates-college-museum-of-art-displays-work-of-11-senior-art-majors\/\">this year&#8217;s Senior Thesis Exhibition<\/a> offered &#8220;evidence of studio students\u2019 interests across several majors,\u201d said Robert Feintuch, an internationally esteemed painter and a senior lecturer in art and visual culture who works with the students during the winter semester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s exhibition includes two-dimensional work ranging from small, intimate photographs to larger than life-sized paintings, and three-dimensional work ranging from tea kettles, influenced by rococo ceramics, to pots whose surfaces were inspired by chisel marks on the walls of Ethiopian churches.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93898\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150406_Seniors_Hang_Exhibition_03651.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93898\" class=\"size-large wp-image-93898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150406_Seniors_Hang_Exhibition_03651-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Feintuch and Teddy Poneman '15, an art and visual culture major from Larchmont, N.Y., discuss the placement of Poneman\u2019s stoneware in the Bates College Museum of Art for the opening for the Senior Thesis Exhibition. Feintuch, a painter and senior lecturer, works with thesis students. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150406_Seniors_Hang_Exhibition_03651-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150406_Seniors_Hang_Exhibition_03651-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150406_Seniors_Hang_Exhibition_03651-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/04\/150406_Seniors_Hang_Exhibition_03651.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-93898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Feintuch and Teddy Poneman &#8217;15, a double major in politics and in art and visual culture from Larchmont, N.Y., discuss the placement of Poneman\u2019s stoneware in the Bates College Museum of Art for the opening for the Senior Thesis Exhibition. 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