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Joanne Roberts to join Bates as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

April 23, 2025

Roberts comes to Bates from Yale-NUS College in Singapore, where she has served as president since 2022 and prior to that held multiple leadership roles at the liberal arts college, including executive vice president for academic affairs from 2018 to 2022 and dean of faculty.

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Associate Professor of Education Mara Tieken, winner of the 2024 Kroepsch Teaching Award, teaches students in her course “EDUC 231 - Perspectives on Education” in Pettigrew 30 on January 16, 2025. EDUC 231 - Perspectives on Education This course introduces students to foundational perspectives (anthropological, historical, philosophical, psychological, and sociological) on education and helps students apply these perspectives to contemporary schools and classrooms. The course considers several large questions: What should be the purpose of education in a democratic society? What should be the role of the school? Who should participate in making decisions about schools? In what ways do schools reflect and perpetuate larger social inequities, and, alternately, how can they contribute to a more just and inclusive society? Students must complete at least thirty hours of fieldwork.

April 25, 2025

Bates Faculty in the News: April 25, 2025

April 25, 2025

Let’s Get Reel: Six seniors revel at Mount David Summit 2025

Taking place in the spring of each year, this exhibition highlights work selected from the thesis projects of graduating seniors in Studio Art. This year, seven emerging artists will present work in various media: Lilah Schaefer ’25 with her work in her Olin Studio Elizabeth R. Barrow Miryam Keller Avery Lehman Erin McCarthy Alex Provasnik Lila Schaefer Danny J. Zuniga Zarat Thesis projects vary from student to student, each pursuing an individual interest. The emphasis of the program is on creating a cohesive body of related works through sustained studio practice and critical inquiry. The year-long process is overseen by Art & Visual Culture (AVC) faculty, and culminates in this exhibition. The Bates College Museum of Art maintains a close relationship with the college’s AVC department, and is committed to supporting the work of Bates students through this Annual Senior Thesis Exhibition. To see more about the artists’ work, visit the website: https://www.bates.edu/museum/exhibitions/senior-thesis-exhibition-2025/

April 25, 2025

Portraits of the student artists in the 2025 Senior Thesis Exhibition

April 25, 2025

Matthew Peeler ’26 selected for prestigious Truman Scholarship for future public leaders

The Edible Books Festival was begun by a young Bates alumnus four years ago to help foster in-person community after the disruption of the pandemic. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

April 25, 2025

From page to palette, the Edible Books Festival is a community treat

April 11, 2025

Bates Alumni in the News: April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025

A day in the life of a ‘helluva building,’ Ladd Library at Bates College

April 8, 2025

Bates’ newest major, digital and computational studies, blends computer science with critique, community engagement

April 8, 2025

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

April 8, 2025

Angela Duckworth, psychologist and author of the cultural phenomenon ‘Grit,’ to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address

March 28, 2025

Defeating the field and his own doubt, Max Cory ’26 wins Bates’ first NCAA swim title

March 28, 2025

Chef, the Dab, and George Washington: Top Bobcat sportraits from winter 2025

March 26, 2025

Skills-focused ‘Tuck Business Essentials’ joins the course offerings for 2025 Short Term at Bates

March 25, 2025

Remembering Sylvia Hawks, 1948–2025

March 17, 2025

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

March 14, 2025

Picture Story: Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull,’ between avant-garde and traditional

March 14, 2025

CatFacts: Celebrating ‘Great Day’ success with fun facts, like a Muhammad Ali statue for Lewiston

March 13, 2025

Remembering Thomas Moser, the debate coach turned world-renowned furniture maker

Sophie Hafter ’25 of Brooklyn, N.Y., crafts faux birch trees for upcoming performance of ‘The Seagull’ by Anton Chekov Serene but surreal: Sophie Hafter ’25 and the art of making theatrical magic How magic is made: Sophie Hafter ’25 crafts faux birch trees for upcoming performance of ‘The Seagull’ The magic touch: Sophie Hafter ’25 brings theater to life with scenic arts creations Shown in the set shop where she paints the paper that will be wrapped around cardboard to make birch trees for the Schaeffer Theatre stage; shown on Alumni Walk with her paper trees amidst the real birch trees; and then back in Schaeffer Theatre where she continues fashioning trees. Shown with Professor of French and Francophone Studies Kirk Read who performs in the play, and with director Joshua N Hsu. Konstantin is a young playwright struggling with his artistic identity and complicated relationship with his famous actor mother, Arkadina. Konstantin’s also in love with Nina, a naive aspiring actor, who’s also infatuated with the more successful writer Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover. Aspirations, family, and romantic entanglements inevitably collide, testing Konstantin and Nina’s sense of worth and purpose. Chekhov’s wry classic skillfully intertwines the ordinary with the poetic, illustrating the duality of human existence: an existence where our dreams give us the drive to move forward, but our decisions haunt us at every turn. “The Seagull” is a darkly comedic exploration of unfulfilled ambitions, unrequited love, and the bittersweet nature of artistic success. Content Warning This production includes strong sexual content, mental illness, self-harm, intentional self-injury, discussion of suicide, alcohol abuse, offstage gunshots, simulations of using tobacco, and a realistic-looking firearm prop.

March 5, 2025

As the multitalented stage manager for ‘The Seagull,’ Sophie Hafter ’25 barks up the right trees

February 28, 2025

Bates Faculty in the News: Feb. 28, 2025