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Bates’ top 10 Instagram and Facebook posts of 2024

Friday, December 13, 2024 4:25 pm

Check out Bates' top 10 Instagram and Facebook posts of the year, ranked by the number of online engagements they received.

When the Bates student EcoReps encounter a sustainability problem that needs solving, they don’t just sit around and debate solutions — they envision and then execute them. In two of their most recent successes, the students helped to secure funding to solve an unexpected problem with the existing electric vehicle chargers on campus and helped purchase a slew of new EVs for campus use. “It's really cool that as students, I feel like we have a voice,” says Martin Carriere ’25, an EcoRep from Davis, Calif. “I always feel like our ideas are heard. We're positioned to have bolder ideas and be able to bring those to the table.” Bates is known for its impressive achievements in sustainability, but the existential threat of climate change gives expanding the work great urgency. Carriere, a double major in politics and environmental studies, and fellow EcoRep Cassidy Meyer ’25, an environmental studies major from Carbondale, Co., are both set to graduate this month — and both are working on sustainability solutions right until the end. They even had a meeting on local renewable energy scheduled with college leaders during their last week of classes, amid the haze of studying for finals and saying goodbyes. The two pose for a portrait with the F-150 EV truck outside of Cutten Maintenance Center. And in one photograph, they pose with Paint Shop supervisor Tom Tom Espeaignnette.
Wear garnet, go green: Students and Facility Services team up to expand Bates’ EV presence

Friday, December 13, 2024 11:46 am

“It's really cool that as students, I feel like we have a voice,” says Martin Carriere ’25, a student EcoRep from Davis, Calif. “I always feel like our ideas are heard.

Bates people on stage in costumes made from recycled materials
Traditional garments, elegant gowns, and out-of-this-world outfits: Bates has a passion for Trashion

Friday, November 22, 2024 12:36 pm

At the Bates Trashion Show, one person’s trash is not just another’s treasure, but perhaps even another’s trend.

Retiring after 14 years, Bates Museum of Art Director Dan Mills reflects on highlights from ‘a good run’

Thursday, November 21, 2024 11:00 am

Mills has overseen dozens of exhibitions, encompassing multiple mediums and groupings of artists, including contemporary works from Saudi and Native American artists.

dressed up woman voting in a very showy way
Takeaways after the 2024 U.S. election from three Bates politics professors

Friday, November 8, 2024 1:23 pm

John Baughman, Stephen Engel, and Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz offers insights into the outcomes and implications of Tuesday’s election, including Donald Trump's convincing victory and a TBD Congressional win for a Bates alumnus in Trump territory.

A visit to the Looking Ahead Clubhouse in Lewiston by the Gather Hear Tour by pianist Miki Sawada (seen at the piano). Looking Ahead is a program for adults with mental illness based on the Clubhouse Model of Rehabilitation. Jahan Baker-Wainwright ’25 (blue crewneck sweater), a biochemistry major from Cottage Grove, Wis., performed Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata, op. 13, the third movement, on the piano. Assistant Professor of Music Zen Kuriyama (down coat) sang Franz Schubert’s “Der Doppelgänger” and “An die Musik,” accompanied by Miki Sawada on piano. Marrich Somridhivej ’26 (quilted pullover), a biology major from South Windsor, Conn., performed Amy Beach’s “Summer Dreams,” op. 47, no. 2 and 3, with Miki Sawada on the piano (four hand). Chiharu Naruse (glasses, black coat), Bates piano teacher, collaborative pianist, is seen at the picnic table and as a page-turner when the wind came up.
At a Lewiston clubhouse, a musical performance that’s ‘less about perfection, and more about connecting’

Friday, November 1, 2024 1:24 pm

Two Bates students and a newly appointed professor of music helped to bring the soothing beauty of music, through piano and voice, to an audience at the Looking Ahead Clubhouse, a vocational center in Lewiston for adults living with mental illness.

Bates at Night: Into the Den for Election Trivia Night

Friday, October 25, 2024 9:40 am

Election Trivia Night, co-hosted by professors Stephen Engel and Stephanie Kelley-Romano in the Den on Oct. 9, offered students a low-stakes way to talk about presidential politics.

An architect of major academic innovations at Bates, Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill to step down in June 2025 to return to the faculty

Friday, September 13, 2024 12:11 pm

Hill’s contributions are highlighted by equity-driven initiatives to support both students and faculty for greater success.

Moments from the Annual OIE Welcome Reception in Chase Hall on September 5, 2024. From left: Ayman Muhidin ‘27, of Tanzania, Zain (not pictured), unknown, Halima Guliye ‘27, of Kenya, and Sakina Saidi ‘26, of Afghanistan, Brandon Villalta Lopez ‘25, of Nicaragua, and Xucheng Zheng ‘27, of China. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College) OIE Welcome Reception is a way to begin the academic year in community with colleagues across campus who are long-time friends of the OIE and/or new to campus and want to be a part of building community and connective support for underrepresented racial, ethnic, LGBTQIA+, first-generation-to-college, and international Bates students. We offer this event annually and it has been a great way to ensure that all in attendance receive the message that we are ready and excited to engage with others across campus to provide a meaningful experience for each student who chooses to interact with us.
From A to Z, here’s what’s new at Bates in 2024–25

Friday, September 6, 2024 9:52 am

To help the Bates community get up to speed, here's a A to Z list of what’s new for 2024–25, including a new striker for the Hathorn bell, new light poles at Russell Street Field, and a new name for a community center that got its start 32 years ago.

Faculty in the News: Joe Hall corrects and deepens the Native, pre-colonist history of two Maine downtown landmarks

Friday, August 23, 2024 11:41 am

History professor Joe Hall uses his faculty expertise to help deepen the historical record about how two landmarks in Brunswick, Maine, came to be.

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