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Student News
- From Participant to CEO
As a Bates student, Rodney Galvao, class of 2014, majored in Rhetoric and minored in Religious Studies and Education. His passion for community service began during his early years as a participant in SquashBusters, a youth development program that combines academic support, squash, and community service. SquashBusters strives to bring out the best in its students and support their life journey – a mission that resonated deeply with Rodney and inspired his own path. The organization instilled in Rodney a love for giving back, which continued throughout his educational journey. - Bates remembers Santo Pelletier ’20
Two days before the start of the 2022 Bates Film Festival, we received some devastating news. Santo Pelletier, a BFF board member in 2019, had passed away at the age of 23. We dedicated the program to them, and I made mention of their loss at the first screening but neither was a sufficient way to remember Santo. - Perla Figuereo ’21, RFSS Major, in “Grand Concourse”
At the start of her shift, chef Shelley, played by Perla Figuero ‘21, starts the timer on her microwave and… - Brennen S. Malone ’17 in “Fat Ham”
A witty take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet where the only death is the patriarchy. - Abby Segal ’23 Brings her Magic to Penn & Teller
It’s not unusual for Abby Segal ’23 to be seen walking down College Street at three in the morning carrying… - Reflecting, Living, Ready: An Interview with Perla Figuereo ’21
Throughout Bates campus, there exists tight knit communities composed of people who all have a passion for one thing or… - Q&A: ‘Chaising Portraits’ brings Elizabeth Rynecki ’91 full circle, back to Bates
A rhetoric major at Bates and a student of that department’s late, legendary professor Robert Branham, Rynecki returned to campus… - Teagan Ladner ’21, An Engaging Short Term
Each spring, the Harward Center for Community Partnerships preps and deploys a working group of students who spend the five weeks… - Winter 2019 Thesis Students!
Please join the Department of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies in celebrating the success of our winter semester thesis writers!… - Katie Burke ’03 on How Company Culture can be a Weapon or an Asset
Katie Burke ’03 has spent much of her career learning what drives people to do excellent work. The chief people…
Faculty News
- PMA Films Presents “Connection and Collaboration” with Professor Charles NeroIn partnership with Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays ’20 Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies and Africana at Bates College, PMA Films is excited to announce a new…
- Cast Your Vote: Who Will Be Bates College’s Next ‘President’?Since 1999, her first year at Bates, Kelley-Romano has been committed to finding interactive ways for her students to engage with her classes. After realizing that traditional seminars weren’t cutting…
- Sampling India’s Popular Cinema — and Global ReachJon Cavallero, Associate Professor and Chair of Rhetoric, Film and Screen Studies at Bates College and Founding Director of the Bates Film Festival will introduce Bollywood’s unique cinematic style, as well as its global power, particularly in the developing world where Hollywood’s sales have lagged.
Bates Film Festival News
- Bates Film Festival Announces 2022 Awards in Six Categories
When the final panel discussion wrapped up and the credits had rolled on the last of the more than 20 films screened at the 2022 Bates… - Bates Film Festival Roars Back to Life
A film festival requires movies, lots of movies. In the case of the 2022 Bates Film Festival, which ran from March 29 through April 3,… - Students get the credit for organizing the upcoming Bates Film Festival
Nolan Potter’s film course this semester comes with some fairly unusual requirements. He and his classmates at Bates College in Lewiston are watching films: That’s… - Judy Garland centennial celebration part of Bates Film Festival
The 2022 Bates Film Festival will pay tribute to screen icon Judy Garland with a centennial celebration. In honor of the star’s 100th birthday, the… - Moviemakers aren’t the only winners in Bates Film Festival Awards
High standards are something that Bates Film Festival audiences can brag about. For example, the folks who viewed the 2018 short comedy Nefta Football Club at last… - Lewiston stars in two offerings at Bates Film Festival
He called it “a pretty unique American experience” — an experience the two men delved into for their 18-minute movie “Lewiston,” which will be shown… - Bates Film Festival – BFF
Welcome, Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies students!!! Take a moment and check out the 2019 Bates Film Festival. - Bates Film Festival announces 2019 schedule
The Bates Film Festival has announced its schedule for the 2019 festival, scheduled to take place Nov. 6-10. The festival features 25 films and one locally… - Social justice takes many forms at inaugural Bates Film Festival
When the time came for the students and professor in the upper-level course “Film Festival Studies” to produce an actual festival — the inaugural Bates…