The state’s private colleges committed to building diverse student bodies despite the 2023 Supreme Court decision banning race-conscious admissions. The first students affected by the ruling are now on campus.
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Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Maine political scholars see no precedent for divisive, unpredictable presidential race
Although there have been assassination attempts and calls for unpopular incumbents to step aside before, recent political history offers no playbook for how things will go between now and November.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Trek Across Maine riders cycle into Lewiston after 60-mile stint
Many were happy to have good weather for the first day.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Hallowell man prepares to ride his 40th Trek Across Maine
Scott Cowger, a member of the organization’s Maine Leadership Board, has participated in the trek since 1985. The friendships he made and fun he had kept him coming back for years, he said.
Posted inSchools and Education
The presidents of Bates College
1863-1894, Oren Cheney 1894-1919, George Colby Chase 1920-1944, Clifton Daggett Gray 1944-1967, Charles Phillips 1967-1989, Thomas Reynolds 1989-2002, Donald Harward 2002-2011, Elaine Tuttle Hansen 2012-2023, Clayton Spencer 2023-present, Garry Jenkins
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
Garry Jenkins formally installed as 9th president of Bates College
‘A joyful day’ for college as it recognizes its first Black and gay leader.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
College graduations begin in Maine even as protests disrupt ceremonies around the U.S.
Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.
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Pop-up film showings around Bates Campus spotlight the power of Indigenous cinema
The Bates College Museum of Art will present “Presence is Power,” a night of 11 short films by Indigenous filmmakers from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at several locations on campus at Bates College in Lewiston. This night’s showing broadens and deepens the film program on view as part of the current exhibition “Exploding […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Bates College agrees to pay former coach’s children sickened by mold in college-owned house
The settlement between the Lewiston college and former head football coach Malik Hall says nothing about a variety of racial claims.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: Nationally known food justice advocate and vegan chef to speak at Bates
Bryant Terry will give keynote address at the college’s food justice forum on Martin Luther King Day.