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Adilene Sandoval ’23, a double major in environmental studies and sociology from Mattawa, Wash., recipient of the Watson Fellowship, poses in the Perry Atrium of Pettengill Hall at Bates College on March 22, 2023. Sandoval will travel to Australia, Ethiopia, Italy,Colombia, El Salvador, and Guatemala “to explore trauma-healing models informed by both activism and holistic healing to create, sustain and protect community-wellbeing from colonial violence. I will learn from communities that are using place-based strategies that facilitate healing through a wide range of frameworks and practices.” Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Bates College senior Adilene Sandoval of Mattawa, Wash. wins prestigious Thomas J. Watson Foundation fellowship.

Bates College senior Adilene Sandoval of Mattawa, Wash. is among 42 graduating seniors from 33 U.S. colleges receiving grants from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation for international travel and exploration in 2023-24. The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship is ...

May 22, 2023, 4:52pm EDT

Elizabeth LaCroix, double major in English and chemistry, of Richmond, R.I., will travel to Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Ecuador, India, and China to “write the stories of researchers, sufferers, and those who treat menstrual pain." The scope of these stories will spread across countries and cultures with the intention of searching for alternative ways of treating this type of pain other than the one-fits-all method of hormonal contraception. ____________________ Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Bates College student Elizabeth LaCroix '23 named a Thomas J. Watson Foundation fellow

Bates College student Elizabeth LaCroix '23 of Richmond, R.I. is one of 42 graduating seniors from 33 U.S. colleges receiving grants from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation for international travel and exploration in 2023-24. The Thomas J. Watson Fellows...

May 19, 2023, 10:00am EDT

Photo courtesy of Aaliyah Moore/Bates College

Bates College student Aaliyah Moore wins 2023 Truman Scholarship

Aaliyah Moore, a junior at Bates College and graduate of Central High in Phoenix, has won a prestigious Truman Scholarship. In announcing the award, Bates College said Moore will pursue graduate studies to build her skills in advocacy, research, and ed...

May 15, 2023, 10:44am EDT

Aaliyah Moore, Graduate of Central High in Phoenix and Bates College student, wins 2023 Truman Scholarship

Aaliyah Moore, a graduate of Central High School in Phoenix and junior at Bates College, has won a prestigious Truman Scholarship. In announcing the award, Bates College said Moore will pursue graduate studies to build her skills in advocacy, research,...

May 8, 2023, 12:18pm EDT

Essie Martin ’21 pilots a motorboat near a lobster pound at Bremen, Maine, during her summer 2019 research internship with the University of Maine. (Jess Stumper/University of Maine)

Truman Scholar Essie Martin looks to create sustainable fishing and communities

Published on June 4, 2020 Growing up in coastal Maine, Essie Martin '21 has seen the effects of climate change firsthand, both on ecosystems and on the communities that rely on the ocean for their livelihoods. That experience inspired Martin, a g...

Jun 8, 2020, 11:54am EDT

Kyung Phil Ko ’22 of Toronto, Canada, poses in his room in the Residential Village. A member of the EcoReps’ Data Group, Ko contributed computational and managerial skills to the electrical usage project. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

Current affairs: Student programmers simplify electricity management

Published on June 4, 2020 Never underestimate the power of chance encounters. Case in point: This summer, Bates is taking a big step forward in its ability to track the use of electricity on campus. And most of the credit goes to a Bates IT staff...

Jun 8, 2020, 11:28am EDT

Stacia Poulin of Dining, Conferences, and Campus Events prepares a hamburger on the grill at Commons, wearing a mask that the Bates costume shop created. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

By hand-making face masks for Bates workers, students feel 'part of something'

Published on May 21, 2020 At first glance, it would seem there's not much to do in the Bates costume shop. Spring theater performances that require tailor-made outfits have been canceled, as has the Bates Dance Festival. But the space is still there...

May 26, 2020, 10:07am EDT

Carly Harris ’22 of Orinda, Calif., poses with worn-out athletic shoes. She has received a Green Innovation Grant for recycling such shoes, of which, she estimates, Bobcat athletes generate 1,000 pairs annually. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

Worms ate my coffee cup! and other Green Innovation Grants for 2019-20

By Doug Hubley - Published on February 25, 2020 "I ultimately want to go into sustainable business, working on supply-chain logistics and making them greener," says Tamsin Stringer '22 of Bloomington, Ind. Bates' Green Innovation Grant prog...

Mar 2, 2020, 10:08am EST

Senior Jeff Spellman became the 34th player in Bates men's basketball history to score 1,000 points in his career in a 98-60 win over the University of New England on Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

Spellman reaches 1,000 career points

Spellman reaches 1,000 career points Jan 02, 2020 LEWISTON, Maine -- Senior Jeff Spellman reached 1,000 career points and fellow senior Kody Greenhalgh led all scorers with a career-high 23 on seven made three-pointers in the Bates men's basketba...

Jan 6, 2020, 10:46am EST

Bates sophomore Meghan Graff was named Maine Co-Player of the Week by the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Dec. 10, 2019. (File photo by Theophil Syslo/Bates College)

Meghan Graff named Maine Co-Player of the Week

Dec 10, 2019 LEWISTON, Maine -- Bates sophomore Meghan Graff was named Maine Co-Player of the Week with Bowdoin's Maddie Hasson Tuesday by the Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association, following her outstanding performances in a 2-1 week for the...

Dec 18, 2019, 9:10am EST

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