LEWISTON — The National Labor Relations Board decided Friday that ballots cast 14 months ago on whether to create a union for Bates College support staff and non-tenured faculty will soon be counted. Bates President Clayton Spencer said in an open letter that the college heard the news Friday and is waiting for details. The […]
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Bates College recognizes local dean’s list students
LEWISTON — The following local students have been named to the 2022 fall semester dean’s list at Bates College. This is a distinction earned by students whose grade point average is 3.92 or higher. Mia Shifrin of Weld, daughter of Brett Shifrin and Sara Shifrin, is a graduate of Gould Academy. She is a senior […]
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Bid for a union at Bates College remains stalled in Washington
National Labor Relations Board has yet to rule on Bates’ contention that support staff and faculty should not be in the same union.
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Bates’ ‘overjoyed’ president-elect speaks at the college for first time
Garry Jenkins hails the magic and transformative power of a liberal arts education
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New Bates president vows to work closely with community
LEWISTON — The man chosen to serve as the next president of Bates College said Wednesday it’s important to him to deepen the longstanding ties between the college and Lewiston and Auburn. “We thrive together, the college and L/A,” Garry Jenkins said. He said that strengthening the “deep and important” connections between the college and […]
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Bates College names its first Black president
Law school dean Garry Jenkins from Minnesota tapped to succeed Clayton Spencer in Bates’ top job.
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Maine mineral expert Frank Perham of West Paris dies at age 88
The West Paris resident discovered one of the largest deposits of tourmaline in the works in 1972 in Newry.
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Lewiston High School, Bates College students help launch domestic abuse awareness campaign
Lewiston High School and Bates College students helped launch Finding Our Voices’ second annual poster campaign raising awareness of intimate partner violence.
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Bates College expects to pick a new president this spring
With Clayton Spencer stepping down in June, the college is scrambling to find her successor.
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Bates College alumnus Marshall Hatch Jr. talks community, leadership
The Bates graduate is now a minister, as was his father and grandfather, working to better conditions in Chicago’s West Side.