LEWISTON — Bates College President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has announced the appointment of William C. Carey ’82 of Lincoln, Mass., to the college’s board of trustees. Carey is a member of the board of Financial Research Corp. in Boston and he has served on the boards of directors of Fidelity Charitable Services, the National Defined […]
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Well done – Jennifer Bergeron
LEWISTON — Jennifer M. Bergeron of Lewiston was named to the dean’s list at Bates College as a result of her scholastic standing during the fall semester of the 2010-11 academic year. Bergeron is a 2010 graduate of Lewiston High School. Bergeron is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Bergeron of Lewiston. Her […]
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Bates names 2011 honorary degree recipients
LEWISTON — Bates College will award three honorary degrees at its 145th graduation ceremony in May, the college announced Tuesday afternoon. The degrees will be given to Frank Glazer, a celebrated pianist, and artist-in-residence at Bates; Evelyn M. Hammonds, the Dean of Harvard College; and Robert S. Langer, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of […]
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Bates College to offer students’ achievements to college, public
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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]