More than 350 students have earned Skidmore degrees with aid from the Palamountain Scholarship Fund. That fund and its good works just grew again, thanks to its always-popular gala benefit.
Two years after Mary Lou Bates graduated from college in 1972, she took a job at Skidmore's admissions office. Nearly 40 years later, and now the dean of admissions and financial aid, she's still making her daily commute, reading applications, visiting high schools and college fairs, answering parents' questions. And losing sleep over bringing in each new class.