Bates Alum Named Argumentation Educator of the Year

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January 15, 2026

Bates Alum Named Argumentation Educator of the Year

Ryan Neville-Shepard, associate professor and vice chair in the Department of Communication in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, has been…

National recognition for Bates’ ‘exemplary’…

Bates has once again been recognized by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for its deep level of commitment to community engagement, an honor the college first achieved in 2008 and again in 2015. Recently Bates was also lauded by ACE and Carnegie for its success in providing paths for graduates to earn competitive wages.

Mohammed M. Obaid Shwani ’24 selected as Schwarzman Scholar

Mohammed M. Obaid Shwani ’24 has been a world traveler and an award winner since he was a teenager. In 2016, he first came to the United States after being named an Iraqi Young Leader through a State Department program, then traveled to Bosnia to attend United World College on a scholarship before landing in Maine for college.