LEWISTON — The 10th annual Mount David Summit, Bates College’s celebration of student academic achievement, begins at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, in Pettengill Hall on the campus. The summit offers short talks, panel discussions, readings, a photography exhibition, film screenings and poster presentations highlighting student work and research. Following the daytime activities will be […]
Bates College
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bates music professor leads fundraising effort for Japanese hometown hit by tsunami
LEWISTON — A Bates College music professor born in Sendai, Japan — one of the regions hardest hit by last week’s massive earthquake and tsunami — is organizing a fundraiser to help those in the coastal town struggling to recover from the horrific disaster. The fundraiser will coincide with a Bates Orchestra concert on Saturday. […]
advertisement
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
Maine College Democrats’ convention at Bates next week
LEWISTON — Terry McAuliffe will be the keynote speaker when the Maine College Democrats, in collaboration with the Bates College Democrats, present their two-day 2011 Maine College Democrats Convention at Bates College next week. The convention is open to the public. McAuliffe is the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, former chairman of the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Revered Bates grad dies at 68
The Rev. Peter Gomes, a Harvard University minister and a Bates College graduate described as a “brilliant,” “very loyal,” and value-oriented advocate of the Bates and Lewiston communities, died in Boston on Monday from complications related to a stroke. He was 68. Gomes received a bachelor’s degree in history from Bates in 1965, and went […]
Posted inUncategorized
Elaine Tuttle Hansen
Nine years ago, Elaine Tuttle Hansen became Bates College’s seventh president, and the first woman to hold that position. That was a milestone in the college’s history, but she said she has always been mindful of the fact that Bates founder and first president, Oren B. Cheney, saw to it that women were welcomed more […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Harvard economist speaks about health care reform
LEWISTON — Health care reform will affect four core groups of people, a Harvard University economist told a crowd at Bates College on Monday. Those groups are: * Medicaid recipients and the uninsured. * Individuals and those insured in small groups. * Those insured in medium and large groups. * Medicare recipients. And while most […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
The top videos of 2010
Rewatch 2010 in out most-watched videos of the year. Some are sad. Some are scary. Some are inspiring. And some are cute. 10. The Great Pumpkin We asked several artists and artisans in our area to carve Halloween pumpkins for us. Matthew Peinado, an teacher and painter, shows us how he made his pumpkins. 9. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Maine college leaders not among top earners nationwide
LEWISTON — While an increasing number of leaders at private colleges are earning $1 million or more a year according to a national study, the leaders at Maine’s top three colleges are not among them. At Bates College in Lewiston, President Elaine Tuttle Hansen earned nearly $432,000 in 2008-09, the most recent year for which […]
Posted inEncore
Bates Noonday series features Emilia Dahlin and Salome Sandoval
LEWISTON — In two November events, the Noonday Concert Series at Bates College presents very different approaches to solo musical performance. Both starting at 12:30 p.m., Portland singer-songwriter Emilia Dahlin performs on Tuesday, Nov. 9, and Salome Sandoval, a Venezuelan musician who sings and plays early music on lutes and classical guitars, on Nov. 16. […]