Stories about "Class of 2012"
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Audio Slide Show: ‘Blessed and Dancing’ — Victoria Lowe’s goal of arts and education
Monday, January 14, 2013 1:14 pm
Victoria Lowe '12 discusses her Short Term dance experience and her goal of advancing arts education in the schools.
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Howard ’12 is proof that science internships pay, chemistry journal says
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:11 pm
An internship with Cubist Pharmaceuticals, whose CEO is Mike Bonney '80, helped Jessica Howard '12 land a research job.
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AESOP is, and was, a great jumping-off point
Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:00 pm
For Monica Rodriguez '12, AESOP in 2008 shaped her understanding of Bates and herself.
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For alumni children, graduation is a story with a new ending
Thursday, June 7, 2012 12:47 pm
At Commencement, alumni and their graduating children talk about the ever-stronger "Bates vibe."
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Seven receive Fulbright awards to teach, conduct research abroad
Friday, June 1, 2012 3:02 pm
Seven 2012 Bates graduates have received Fulbright awards for teaching and conducting research in Europe, Asia and South America.
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With Bassler, De Niro, Ifill, the star power shines at Commencement 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012 3:57 pm
In a ceremony rich with laughs thanks to honorands Bonnie Bassler, Robert De Niro and Gwen Ifill, 463 Bates graduates received their diplomas on May 27.
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Audio: poems and prose from Bates’ creative writing majors
Friday, May 18, 2012 4:15 pm
Their adviser, Rob Farnsworth, praised them for their "dedicated commitment to the life of the imagination."
![This October 2010 image shows Mikey Pasek '12, right, with Jourdan Fanning '13, left moving furniture in the Office of Intercultural Education, a location that includes space for Bates Hillel. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2012/03/101016_Mikey_Pasek_9996-300x200.jpg)
Student profile: The apathy-free Mikey Pasek
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:41 pm
It isn’t Mikey Pasek’s style to grumble while waiting around for improvement. He makes change happen.
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Bates debate hits No. 9 in global ranking
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:25 am
Led by the senior team of Ian Mahmud (left) and Colin Etnire (right), Bates debate ranks among the best in the world.
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Barlow grant supports senior’s Christmas presence in Ecuador
Monday, December 12, 2011 7:04 pm
At 6 a.m. Dec. 10, just hours after her last class of the semester, Tiarra Abell '12 will begin her journey back to Ecuador, where she spent her junior semester.