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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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