Stories about "Russian"
My Last Year of Teaching: Jane Costlow’s departure prompts reflections on past, present, and future
Thursday, June 11, 2020 9:17 am
It was the Tuesday after Commencement, and Jane Costlow paced around her Hedge Hall office, up to her elbows in books, boxes, papers, and assorted memorabilia.
My Last Year of Teaching: ‘I really love the one-on-one interaction’
Friday, March 6, 2020 10:38 am
Jane Costlow shares stories and insights from 34 years of advising senior thesis students.
My Last Year: Jane Costlow encourages young faculty to be themselves
Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:24 pm
As she approaches retirement, Costlow considers her progress through the cycle of faculty mentoring.
Look What We Found: A photograph of a Russian protester raising her voice
Thursday, March 2, 2017 11:18 am
Jane Costlow explains the significance of the photo in her office showing a St. Petersburg woman holding a protest sign in one hand and her snacking child in the other.
Alumni panel to discuss work experiences in Latin America
Friday, September 26, 2014 10:10 am
Three recent Bates College alumni return to campus to discuss how their experiences in Latin America have influenced their working lives in a panel presentation Oct. 2.
Makman ’14 among first nationwide to receive new language scholarship
Friday, February 1, 2013 1:10 pm
A Bates junior studying in St. Petersburg, Russia, is among the first recipients of a new scholarship offered by CIEE.
Open to the World: Spain, ‘down the Plains’ come to Maine as poetry fest begins
Monday, October 31, 2011 6:23 pm
It had to be said: Sometimes, “something gets found in translation, too.”…
Open to the World: Foreign becomes familiar in Roger Williams Hall
Monday, October 31, 2011 6:03 pm
Bates’ global reach has been a driving theme behind Open to the…
Bates presents second annual Translations international poetry festival and conference
Friday, October 7, 2011 1:41 pm
During the first "Translations" poetry festival at Bates College, in 2010, conference organizer Claudia Aburto Guzmán had an encounter that seemed to crystallize the event for her. This innovative festival presented international poets reading their work in the original language, with English translations prepared by Bates faculty and students. Working with Somali poet Omar Ahmed, "it struck me that I was involved in the true practice of communication," says Aburto Guzmán, associate professor of Spanish.
Campus Construction Update: June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011 2:14 pm
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the final days of the renovation of Hedge and Roger Williams halls. On Monday, June 27, faculty in philosophy, religious studies and environmental studies will receive key-card access to the renovated Hedge Hall and be able to start settling into their spiffy new offices. Four weeks later, July 25 is moving day for staff of the Language Resource Center and Off-Campus Study office and the faculty of the foreign-language programs that will occupy Roger Williams Hall.