Joining the Bates community
Bates students are explorers, eager to encounter new people and new ideas. They have the courage and passion to step outside the familiar, in order to test new ways of thinking and living in the world. Early Decision Round II letters have been mailed. You should receive your letter shortly. Click here for Class of 2016 site.
Congratulations Bates Class of 2016!
Visit Bates in February!
With many high schools going on winter break, we invite you to visit Bates College in the coming weeks! Bates Admission will host daily tours and information sessions Monday – Friday, but please know that during the week of February 20th, Bates students will be on their own February Break. Come take a full campus tour, learn about the admission and financial aid in detail, speak with students working diligently on their theses, and enjoy a meal in Commons!
Growing a community of new math and science scholars
Bates cultivates future scientists from a wide range of backgrounds who will flourish in a diverse and complex world in which science and technology play a pivotal and continuously evolving role.
The Bates Summer Scholars Program (video) is an accelerated introduction to the sciences and mathematics at Bates. Open to 10 entering first-year students who demonstrate an interest in these areas, the six-week program seeks to build a community of scholars from among a diverse group of incoming first-years, including first-generation college students and students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences and mathematics.
Kroepsch award for teaching excellence goes to economics professor
James Hughes, Thomas Sowell Professor of Economics at Bates College, is the 2010 winner of the Ruth M. and Robert H. Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching. Click below to watch the video.
Hughes has taught at Bates since 1992. He teaches microeconomic theory and economics as it intersects with law, labor, health, the environment and gender. His areas of research include labor, health, and law and economics.
“What just keeps me coming back to teaching is how much I learn through it,” Hughes says. “If there’s one big surprise that I’ve had in my career, it’s that, even though I might teach the same course over and over, not a semester goes by when I don’t find myself learning something new, learning how to explain something a little better, understanding what I’m teaching more deeply.” Read more…