{"id":23194,"date":"2024-05-09T10:41:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/?page_id=23194"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:42:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:42:24","slug":"life-after-bates-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/life-after-bates-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Life After Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Life After Bates<\/strong> is a workshop series coordinated by the Center for Purposeful Work in partnership with the Student Center for Belonging & Community. While primarily designed for seniors, the series is open to students of all class years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These workshops help students build essential skills for navigating life after college. To reflect the evolving nature of adulthood, we regularly feature recent alumni as panelists, offering real-world insights, practical advice, and inspiration. By sharing their experiences, these graduates and experts help current students prepare for the opportunities and challenges of life beyond Bates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Past Workshops:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Personal Finance, Budgeting, and Debt Management<\/h3>
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Budgeting and Personal Finance <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This workshop demonstrated how to create a budget, manage money, and think about the financial aspects of life after college. This program was presented by Sam Abrahamson \u201911, the co-founder of Adult-ish<\/a>, a website with free, bite-sized video lessons that teach about personal finance, career readiness, and personal development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Invest <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

401k or 403b? Ethereum or Bitcoin? And who is IRA Roth, anyway? This Investing 101 workshop was offered by Sam Abrahamson \u201911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit Cards & Debt<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In one workshop, Lauren Thomas of the Credit Abuse Resistance Education network covered good and bad debt, the best credit cards, and how to stay (or climb) out of debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other featured speakers from the Credit Abuse Resistance Education<\/a> program have included:
Rich Goldman \u201976, P\u201916, JD, Bankruptcy Attorney
Randy Creswell, JD, Shareholder, Perkins Thompson, P.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another workshop, offered by FAME, the Finance Authority of Maine, discussed how to create a budget, manage money, and think about the financial aspects of life after college such as insurance, credit, and saving for retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unpacking the Job Offer<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Bates Human Resources office presented this workshop to help students understand the elements of a job offer beyond a paycheck, including benefits packages, wellness programs, retirement savings plans and other perks that employers provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taxes<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Deadlines, deductions, and student loan credits? No reason to dread tax day any longer! In one program, senior auditor Andrew Murry, CPA\/MBA, spoke about who, how, and when to file your taxes. Other workshops have featured Dean James Reese discussing how and when to file taxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Financing your 20s: Budgeting and Saving<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In one program, Dan Willsey \u201818, El Khansaa Khaddiou \u201820, and Topher Castenada \u201820 talked about how they\u2019ve created a budget to fit their lifestyles in the cities of Lewiston, Portland, and New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other speakers have included: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen Andreoli, Bates \u201992, VP of Wealth Management, UBS
George Carr, Bates \u201907, VP and Portfolio Manager, RM Davis
Kelsey Gillespie, Community Marketing Manager, Casco Bay FCU
Nate Hull, Associate, Verill Dana and speaker, Credit Abuse Resistance Education <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rentals, Roommates, and Cooking<\/h3>
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Roommates and Renting<\/strong> <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

What should you ask while looking for an apartment? How do you decide whether you will have roommates or not? Students heard from recent graduates about how they made decisions about renting apartments, commuting to work, and living with roommates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni panelists have included:
Mary Corcoran \u201822, Sanika Shah \u201822, Ben Conner \u201822, Tyler Shambaugh ’23, Adam Naddaff Slocum ’22, Emily Diaz \u201923, and Sandia Taban ’22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Renting in NYC and Beyond<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Moving to a city after graduation? Learn about apartment shopping! This presentation offered great advice for thinking about working with landlords, finding an apartment, and affording what you find \u2013 using New York as the example for what to consider with any large city. Featuring NYC Realtor Lauren Carter from Cooper and Cooper<\/a> Real Estate.  Topics included: Neighborhoods & Subways, The Application Process, Paperwork Requirements, Income & Credit Guidelines and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Apartment<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Experts spoke about leases and contracts, rental insurance, finding the right place, communicating with landlords, getting your deposit back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest speakers included:
Vince Ciampi, Bates \u201912, Broker, CBRE The Boulos Company
Hawley Strait, Bates \u201900, Real Estate Attorney, Bernstein Shur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s for Dinner?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Meal Planning, Cooking Demo, and the Secrets of Eating Well on a Budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this interactive workshop, Bates Dining\u2019s cooking team shared how to plan, shop, and cook a week of delicious meals on a budget. There was also a cooking gadget give-away!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Well-Being, Identity, and Social Life<\/h3>
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From Stress to Success: Managing Post-Grad Uncertainty<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This workshop highlighted advice from the class of 2022 on how to successfully transition from college to career, build confidence and overcome setbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni panelists included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n