Stories about "College Store"
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How smartly designed spaces create community in Chu and Kalperis halls
Thursday, November 3, 2016 4:14 pm
Residential life is integral to the Bates College education, and interior design at two new dormitories helps bring that principle to life.
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20th annual ‘Good Reads for Leisure Moments’ reading list from the College Store
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 12:46 pm
The list gets a dazzling number of contributions from across the Bates community, befitting its No. 1 purpose as a collective gift to the senior class.
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Campus Construction Update: Oct. 23, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015 11:05 am
An hour spent with Chris Streifel, Bates College's point person on a new residential project, afforded insight into the work that Bates project managers do.
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Retirement of Sarah Potter ’77, bookstore director who also teaches virtues ‘hard work and thoughtfulness’
Friday, October 23, 2015 10:33 am
Sarah Potter '77, who retires Oct. 30 after 35 years as director of the College Store, provided a "sense of normalcy" for the legions and generations of student workers in the store.
For your perusal, the bookstore’s 2011 ‘Non-required Reading List’
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 2:56 pm
Each year, as a gift to the graduating class, the staff of…
2008 Summer Reading List
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 4:11 pm
The 13th annual edition of "non-required" reading: Each spring, the College Store publishes a list of good summer reads suggested by members of the Bates community. Without futher delay, welcome to the 12th annual Bates College Store Non-required Reading List or Good Reads for Leisure Moments XII.
2007 Summer Reading List
Monday, June 4, 2007 4:27 pm
Each spring, the College Store publishes a list of good summer reads suggested by members of the Bates community. In a new twist this year, submitters were also asked to suggest that one book they'd like to have with them if they were shipwrecked on a deserted, tropical island for several months. So, look for a few titles for desert-island reading in this, the 11th annual "Non-required Reading List, or Good Reads for Leisure Moments."
2005 Summer Reading List
Saturday, June 4, 2005 4:37 pm
The ninth edition of our summer leisure reading list: Each spring, the College Store solicits from members of the Bates community their suggestions for good summer reads.