The Bates College Modern Dance Company offers public performances at noon Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4, in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St. in Lewiston.
The award from the private Goldberg Foundation matches the $10,000 which was raised by the Museum & Theatre during the 2009 fiscal year in support of its endowment fund.
Reflecting the nation's new political reality, the theme of change amidst trying times dominated the advice offered to graduates during the two-hour ceremony on Bates' Historic Quad.
