Bates College

Bates College sophomore Hermione Zhou spent her summer examining how hundreds Chinese restaurants source their food.

Bates College senior Emily Lufburrow spent her summer interning Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Bates College junior Grace Murnaghan spent her summer interning at RateGravity, a Boston-based mortgage services startup.

Bates College senior Drew Parsons spent the summer working as interns for EcoFlow, a portable power company in San Francisco.

Bates College sophomore Eliot Chalfin Smith spent his summer teaching youth of Lewiston, Maine how to repair bicycles.

Bates College senior Ben Lyons interns for Nasdaq Private Market.

Bates College senior Alexia Sahue spent her summer interning at Analysis Group in Boston.

Gills & Guts: Bates College rising senior Michaela Pinette, a biology and economics major from Cape Elizabeth, Maine has spent her summer interning at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland, Maine.

Bates College senior Bella Stone spent her summer conducting research at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Dining Services and the Bates EcoReps established the fifth-acre garden, formally called the Plot, this year as an educational program. Garden interns like Josie Gillett of Seattle and Katharine Gaillard of Boston get hands-on experience with commercial and sustainable food production practices - and the campus gets a working farm, albeit a tiny one, that one day will also serve as classroom and lab.

Bates College graduated 473 students from 39 states and 42 countries on May 27, 2018. Cumulatively, the Class of 2018 performed 82,000 hours of community service, exemplifying Bates' commitment to community learning and civic action.

Bates College's Amelia Wilhelm has been nominated for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award by the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors graduating student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service, and leadership. The award has been given annually since 1991.

Stephen Rowe of Gambier, Ohio, has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Jack Reid of Dallas has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Caroline O'Reilly of Longmeadow, Mass., has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Cole Limbach of Los Altos, Calif., has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Julia Nemy of San Francisco has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Grace Jurkovich of St. Paul, Minn., has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Matthew Johnson of Linwood, N.J., has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Katie Hartnett of St. Paul, Minn., has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Julia Juenemann of Bethesda, Md., has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Sophie Gardephe of New Rochelle, N.Y., has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Mary Ferguson of North Andover, Mass., has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Caroline Andy of Concord, N.H., has received an offer for a prestigious Fulbright Student award for the coming 2018-19 academic year.

Raye Chappell, of Baltimore, a 2014 graduate of Park School, is working with Catholic Charities REPAIR program as part of her short term program of study at Bates College. The Bates College Short Term is a five-week, intensive period of academic study, research, and exploration for students both on and off campus.

The following students have been named to the dean's list at Bates College for the winter semester ending in April 2018.

Angela Eustache of Lynn, Mass., a 2016 graduate of KIPP Academy, is working with YWCA in Central Maine as part of her short term program of study at Bates College. The Bates College Short Term is a five-week, intensive period of academic study, research, and exploration for students both on and off campus.

Alexis Hudes, a 2016 graduate of The Park School, is working with Pine Tree Legal Assistance as part of her short term program of study at Bates College. The Bates College Short Term is a five-week, intensive period of academic study, research, and exploration for students both on and off campus.

Hanna Condon of Key West, Fla., a 2014 graduate of The Governor's Academy, is working with College Guild to support prisoner education as part of her short term program of study at Bates College. The Bates College Short Term is a five-week, intensive period of academic study, research, and exploration for students both on and off campus.

Sophia Thayer, a 2014 graduate of Boothbay Region High School, is working with Lewiston Housing Authority to increase food access in Lewiston's public housing as part of her short term program of study at Bates College. . The Bates College Short Term is a five-week, intensive period of academic study, research, and exploration for students both on and off campus.