LEWISTON — Now in its 19th season, the Maine Jewish Film Festival this year includes Bates College among its Maine venues, along with sites in Portland, Waterville and Brunswick. The festival events at Bates begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, in Pettengill Hall’s Perry Atrium, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). Screenings […]
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Concerts honoring jazz greats to be held at Bates
LEWISTON — Pianist-composer Frank Carlberg will be presenting three March concerts honoring some of the most influential artists in jazz. Two of the concerts take place on a single evening, Thursday, March 3. In a 7 p.m. “Music Salon,” Carlberg presents Bates students and a music faculty colleague, pianist Tom Snow, playing compositions by Billy […]
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Bates alum gives $10 million to promote better medicine
LEWISTON — Michael Bonney, a former CEO of a pharmaceutical company that developed a powerhouse drug, and his wife, Alison Grott Bonney, have given Bates the largest single gift in the college’s history: $10 million, college President Clayton Spencer announced Monday. The gift was part of $19 million donated to the college’s endowment from several […]
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Bates College receives $19 million in gifts, launches new digital major
LEWISTON — Bates College announced Monday that it will use $19 million in donations — including $10 million from one family, the largest single gift in the college’s history — to fund six new professors and launch a new major. The gifts come from seven families in all. “This is a huge moment for Bates, […]
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College Notebook: Kendall earns dual track honors
Lewiston native Heather Kendall picked up a pair of awards for her recent efforts in track and field. The University of Southern Maine freshman was named the women’s Rookie Track Athlete of the Week by the Little East Conference on Monday, then the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference named the former Blue Devil its Division III […]
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College Notebook: Masters sets record, reaps reward
University of Maine indoor track athlete Jaclyn Masters was named America East Field performer of the week for the period ending Jan. 24. The Auburn native and Edward Little High School graduate earned the honor after a record-breaking performance at the Donahue Invitational on Jan. 22. Masters set the meet and school record in the […]
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College Notebook: UMF’s Labbe captures skiing award
University of Maine at Farmington Nordic skier Alisha Labbe was the first female to cross the finish line in last Saturday’s USCSA Katahdin Nordic Sprint/10K race at Titcomb Mountain. That finish earned the Turner native and Leavitt Area High School graduate the USCSA’s Reynolds Division Female Nordic Athlete of the Week award. Labbe finished sixth […]
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Bates College student found unresponsive, dies Sunday
LEWISTON — A Bates College student who volunteered to mentor Lewiston elementary students was found unresponsive Sunday morning, and later pronounced dead, a college spokesman said Monday. Bates senior James Jhun was found unresponsive in his dorm room Sunday morning and transported by emergency personnel to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center where he was later […]
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Face Time: Chris McDowell — Her job? Sew cool.
Chris McDowell learned how to sew from her mom. From her dad, she learned about building and architecture. For her career, she’s merged both. After traveling for many years, McDowell has been the resident costume and set designer at Bates College for the last decade. Two years ago, she also started Vintage Advantage, a line […]