The Board of Trustees elected Garry W. Jenkins as the the ninth president of Bates, the college announced on Wednesday. Jenkins will officially step into the role on July 1 of this year.
The appointment...
Fiona Cohen, Managing News Editor
• February 15, 2023
Friday, Bates College students flocked to Lake Andrews to participate in Puddle Jump 2023. The event came at the end of this year’s Winter Carnival. Students were all too happy to participate in Puddle...
Neuroscience majors in the class of 2024 will not be able to complete a thesis during their senior year at Bates, according to an email sent to current majors in the class of 2024 from Chair of the Neuroscience...
For many, studying abroad is one of the most transformative experiences of their undergraduate lives. Bates students are no exception. According to Darren Gallant, associate dean and director of the Center...
On Nov. 30, 2022, OpenAI announced their new product ChatGPT which sparked debate among students, educators, parents and the New York Times about the future of education. ChatGPT is a novel chatbot trained...
At the beginning of January, faculty and staff were sent a letter from Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer Geoff Swift asking all senior staff to reduce their programmatic budgets...
Bates College Dining wants to give the people what they want, and the people want a food truck: “We wanted to have a late night [dining] option for students,” said Christine Schwartz, director of Dining,...
Fiona Cohen, Managing News Editor
• January 30, 2023
Six vehicles were vandalized while parked behind the Village complex last Saturday night. Included in damaged vehicles was the Bates College Emergency Medical Services (EMS) vehicle. As of now, no one...
In a letter to faculty and staff earlier this month, Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer Geoff Swift announced that the college has asked senior staff to reduce their programmatic...
On the afternoon of Jan. 16, a ground floor Pettengill Hall classroom was filled with Bates students eager to engage in the workshop, “The Right to Live with One’s Parents vs. U.S. Immigration Policy...
The BlackNESCAC workshop was led by Bates student Sabrina Mohamed ‘24 and Colby student Samah Mohamedzein ‘24. BlackNESCAC is a pilot program created by Mohamed and Mohamedzein to connect Black students...
On MLK day, there were two workshops hosted by Bates’ Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning on equity in grading.
The first workshop, “Mythbusting Grading for Equity,” was hosted by Director...
