{"id":109284,"date":"2017-09-01T14:31:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T18:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=109284"},"modified":"2018-07-27T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T19:12:08","slug":"21-cool-facts-about-21-members-of-the-class-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/01\/21-cool-facts-about-21-members-of-the-class-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"21 cool facts about 21 members of the Class of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 510 students in the Class of 2021 \u201care wicked smart, curious, and engaging,\u201d said Director of Admission Darryl Uy as he addressed ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\u2019 newest families on Aug. 28, just before President Clayton Spencer took the lectern to offer her traditional afternoon welcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are collaborative, generous, and kind,\u201d Uy said. \u201cAnd you value community, promote inclusivity, and embrace diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incoming first-years have shown great curiosity about their communities and the wider world \u2014 curiosity that has manifested itself in some fascinating ways, Uy recounted.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter hearing these impressive accomplishments,\u201d Uy said, \u201csome of you may be sitting there wondering how in the world did you get in.<\/p>\n

\"Darryl<\/a>

Director of Admission Darryl Uy\u00a0speaks before President Clayton Spencer’s Welcome Address on the Historic Quad\u00a0on Monday afternoon.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cBut rest assured, each and every one of you were admitted for a reason and earned a spot in the class. You belong here, as a member of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ community and as part of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Class of 2021 includes:<\/p>\n

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    1. a decorated leader in the Phoenix, Ariz., Marine Corps Junior ROTC program<\/li>\n
    2. a vexillologist, or one who studies flags<\/li>\n
    3. a certified rescue scuba diver from New York who spent a year studying in Japan<\/li>\n
    4. a mandolin player in several bluegrass bands<\/li>\n
    5. a certified instructor of mindfulness<\/li>\n
    6. a student who volunteers at a local farm that grows produce for the food pantry and public housing residents in Needham, Mass.<\/li>\n
    7. a magician from Beijing<\/li>\n
    8. a Top Designer for Ethan Allen<\/li>\n
    9. a soon-to-be-certified translator for the Department of Defense<\/li>\n
    10. a sustainable transportation advocate who designed a solar car and biked 2,500 miles from Bergen, Norway, to Barcelona, Spain<\/li>\n
    11. an entrepreneur who co-founded a group that creates educational podcasts and also started a dog-walking company<\/li>\n
    12. an a cappella<\/em> singer from New Hampshire who helped her high school procure more locally sourced food for its dining hall<\/li>\n
    13. a female hockey player who created New York City\u2019s first interschool Gay-Straight Alliance for students and faculty to discuss gender discrimination at single-sex high schools<\/li>\n
    14. a founder of a book-sharing project that provided 24,000 books to 11 libraries in the mountainous regions of Vietnam<\/li>\n
    15. a teacher of bike repair to children in low-income neighborhoods in Gainesville, Fla.<\/li>\n
    16. a volunteer with the Juvenile Conference Committee in New Jersey who helps juvenile offenders get back on the right track<\/li>\n
    17. a student from Pennsylvania who crochets bird nests to donate to wildlife rehabilitation centers<\/li>\n
    18. a track and cross-country captain from Cheshire, Conn., who resurrected his school\u2019s greenhouse to plant a fruit and vegetable garden<\/li>\n
    19. a nine-time national debate champion who protested against religious intolerance in his conservative city in Bangladesh<\/li>\n
    20. a member of the Wisconsin 4-H Leadership Council<\/li>\n
    21. and the Guinness World Record holder for the youngest person ever to make the 720-mile ski-trek to the South Pole<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The 510 members of the Class of 2021<\/a> attended 392 high schools in 37 states, Washington, D.C., and 26 countries. Nearly a quarter come from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, while 69 are the first in their families to attend college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Class of 2021 includes a South Pole ski trekker, a vexillologist, and a certified instructor of mindfulness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1005,"featured_media":109329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_estimated-read-time":"","_post-template":"\/usr\/local\/webserver\/webpve\/htdocs\/new-www.bates.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/b\/news\/single-big-header-image.php","_header-color":"#4a4e58","_photo-credit":"","_header-effect":"parallax","override_related_with_tag":"","_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[130,11012],"tags":[11394,11395,6683],"class_list":["post-109284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collaboration","category-student-life","tag-class-of-2021","tag-darryl-uy","tag-orientation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1005"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109284"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117387,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109284\/revisions\/117387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}