Stories about "Voices of 2019"
Video: ‘It’s OK to struggle,’ says senior speaker Claire Naughton ’19
Friday, May 31, 2019 10:56 am
A lesser-known aspect of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus resonated with the senior speaker.
Video: Dylan Metsch-Ampel ’19 and ‘places we don’t necessarily think of as the environment’
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 4:19 pm
Writing a thesis on a downtown Lewiston neighborhood left Metsch-Ampel feeling that he’d had "a tangible effect on the community that I've been living in for four years."
Video: How Sarah Rothmann ’19 learned to take a ‘step beyond’
Thursday, May 16, 2019 4:41 pm
“I just didn’t want to take any risks,” recalls Rothmann of her first-year mindset. But that sure has changed.
Video: For Daisy Diamond ’19 and her sculptures, it’s touch and go
Friday, May 3, 2019 12:31 pm
When a viewer is given permission to touch and feel artwork, "it creates a more intimate experience," says Diamond, a studio art major from Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Video: Chirayu Baral ’19 treasures ‘humility’ of the Bates faculty
Thursday, April 25, 2019 12:26 pm
Bates "does become a home," says Baral, who has come to treasure his connections to his professors.
Video: Don’t just accept what you’re told, says Carlyle Turner ’19 — ‘challenge it’
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 9:13 am
A psychology major, Turner talks about the "mental sweat" and professors' guidance needed to gain essential skills for today's world.
Video: For Walter Washington ’19, “it started with taking an opportunity”
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 11:09 am
An award-winning senior, Washington offers advice to Batesies just starting out.
Video: Kudzaiishe Irene Mapfunde ’19 discovers how students learn from each other
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 2:14 pm
Psychology major Kudzaiishe Irene Mapfunde ’19 of Harare, Zimbabwe, discusses the power of place in Ladd Library's Acadademic Resource Commons.