Stories about "Civic engagement"
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.
‘They’re doing it’: Founded by students in 1995, Bates EMS stays grounded in care
Friday, October 4, 2024 9:39 am
Founded in 1995 by four students with a budding interest in EMT work, Bates Emergency Medical Services, grounded in caring for one’s community, is integral to how Bates supports the well-being of its campus.
Part 2: Skills, surprises, epiphanies as Bates students share summer experiences
Friday, September 27, 2024 2:41 pm
This past summer, Bates offered 128 Purposeful Work internships in 18 states,…
Picture Story: Day at the beach for Purposeful Work intern Shenny Waugh ’26
Thursday, August 22, 2024 5:06 pm
Enjoy this immersive picture story capturing a day with Shenandoah Waugh ’26, a Purposeful Work intern who worked with young children (for the very first time!) at a nature day camp in Harpswell on the beautiful Maine coast.
Stephen Engel: As we mark Pride 2024, remember our predecessors’ fight and demand for recognition
Friday, June 21, 2024 9:08 am
Speaking at the raising of the Progress Pride Flag at Bates on June 13, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty Stephen Engel said that "Pride is about demanding recognition [and] demanding rights."
A welcoming bus stop and bird-safe windows are among 2024 Green Grant initiatives
Friday, May 31, 2024 1:18 pm
This spring, three of four $2,000 Green Innovation Grants — totalling $8,000 — helped fund or start three new sustainability initiatives at Bates: a bus stop, bird-safe window treatment and recycling signs for residence-hall rooms.
Bates announces five new Fulbright Student awards for 2024–25
Thursday, May 23, 2024 1:00 pm
Bates announces five new Fulbright Student awards for teaching and research in Cyprus, Bulgaria, Taiwan, Thailand, and Norway in 2024–25.
Bates College installs Garry W. Jenkins as ninth president
Saturday, May 4, 2024 1:17 pm
Installed as the ninth president in Bates College history on Saturday, Garry W. Jenkins used his inaugural address to offer four cornerstones to guide the work of the college. Keeping the college strong and vibrant benefits not only Bates students but U.S. democracy, he said. “They rise together.”
What It Took: Love led Anthony Phillips ’10 to ask, ‘How can we make other people’s lives better?’
Thursday, April 4, 2024 10:00 am
For Anthony Phillips, what it took to find a life journey worth pursuing was the love, resolve, and faith his mother and grandmother passed on to him. Their example led him to the community-focused work he’s now doing as an elected member of the Philadelphia City Council.
Refusing to let the killers have the last word, survivors of the genocide in Rwanda share their story with Bates students
Friday, March 29, 2024 5:00 am
Three survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide visited with Bates students this week, sharing how their stories of survival and reconciliation ensure that the killers do not "have the last word.”