Abbey Bierman named student advisor at Bates College

2015 Oct 28

Abbey Bierman, the daughter of Laura L. Bierman of Glenmont, N.Y. and Luke J. Bierman of Greensboro, N.C., is serving as a Residence Coordinator Team Leader for the 2015-16 academic year at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She is a 2012 graduate of Bethlehem Central High School.

As part of her Residence Coordinator Team Leader role with the college's Office of Student Affairs, Bierman is advising first-year students on academic and social issues, while also facilitating student engagement through programs and volunteer opportunities, both on- and off-campus. She is majoring in environmental studies and music at Bates.

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community.

With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world.