In a second letter to the Bates community, President Elaine Tuttle Hansen provides more insight on the College's financial management and planning strategies, and the "people, structures, habits and values already in place to guide us."

Read a letter to the Bates community from President Elaine Tuttle Hansen on Bates' financial management strategies, policies and priorities in the face of global economic turbulence

Slide show depicts Class of 2012 orientation; Three appointed to Bates Board of Trustees; Bates Trustees request nominations for honorary degree recipients

Gift of $2.5 million helps inspire food-awareness initiative at Bates College; College commitment to sciences helps land instrumentation award; Parent, alumni weekends bookend October

Bates earns high marks for environmental sustainability; New alumna wins Jack Kent Cooke graduate scholarship, Summer program for math, science students going strong in second year

Reunion 2008 coverage; Bates riders find 'vanpool' good and green, in more ways than one; Bates Dance Festival begins July 15

Commencement 2008 in words and images; Graduates offer thoughts on their four years at Bates; Morris Dees speaks at second annual presidential symposium

'CSI: Bates' is just one of the hits on the Short Term schedule; Five's the charm as Bates biochem major wows U.S. veterinary schools; Seventy-four percent of Bates applicants accepted to law school for 2007-08

Honorary degrees to leaders in philanthropy, biology, climate, literature, Slide show: Mount David Summit 2008, Watson Fellow to draw conclusions from graffiti cultures abroad

Campus Construction Update: New Dining Commons opens, Mount David Summit slated for Friday, March 28th, Corey Harris '91 returns to Bates as Mellon Learning Associate

Admissions applications set new record, Slide show: King Day at Bates, $1 million Mellon grant latest to support faculty initiatives, Farnsworth receives 2008 Kroepsch Award

Bates retrospective: 2007 in review, Maine's judicial branch names Bates outstanding volunteer of the year, Lecture to open economist's tenure as Stangle Professor at Bates

Bates admissions demystified by media outlets, The Deansmen on their 50th anniversary reunion, Whiting Foundation to support humanities faculty at Bates

Bates receives $450,000 Mellon Foundation grant for faculty development, Board of Trustees welcomes four new members, Report from the road: Bates' Zipcar program

Corey Harris '91 receives MacArthur 'genius award', Come back to Bates for Homecoming Weekend Oct. 19-21, Slideshow: Orientation 2007

Class of 2011 at a glance, Announcing Friends of Bates Athletics, Parents & Family Weekend set for Sept. 28-30

College to implement new emergency notification system, Thoughts on national college rankings debate, Reunion 2007 slide show

July receptions in NYC, Boston and DC, Memorial service June 30 for Professor Emeritus Dick Williamson, Celebrating 25 years of dance innovation

Commencement 2007 in words and images, President convenes diversity and demographics symposium, Graduates offer thoughts on their four years at Bates

Kevin McHugh appointed director of athletics, Schedule for Commencement 2007, Bates students' Rwandan initiative named one of 100 Projects for Peace

Commencement 2007 speakers announced, Mount David Summit highlights student achievement across disciplines, Bates admission offers in the mail to Class of 2011

Admissions Office sets new record, Mount David Summit highlights student achievement across disciplines, Video of congressman's 'green tour' of Bates

Bates receives national recognition for community partnerships, Debaters take on Yale before hosting North American tourney, Kelsey receives College award for excellence in teaching

Debaters ranked 15th in world, Follow progress of new Commons, Bates awards Johnson, Whitehouse professorships

EPA honors Bates for leadership in renewable energy use, Graduate programs in health care accept 90 percent of Bates applicants, Applying to med school in 2007?

Join the Bates Online Community, Ground broken for $30 million dining Commons, President Hansen on NBC "Today Show"

Bates scheduled for ABC "World News Sunday" Oct. 8, Volunteer organizers wanted for National Day of Service, Audio slideshow: Bates production sharpened edge on Elton play

Class of 2010 at a glance, Poet Farnsworth to address Bates Convocation Sept. 6, Bates continues to receive high marks in college guides

Willett '73 elected chair of Bates Board of Trustees, Ninth international 'Welcome to the City' events in September, Women's track and field team nets academic honors

Bates College surpasses $120 million fund-raising goal

The Campaign for Bates nears $120 million goal, Reunion 2006 highlights, Coffey resigns to take AD post at Amherst

Commencement 2006 in words and images; my four years at Bates; Class of 2010 from 34 states, 29 countries

Groundbreaking soon for new residential village, Schedule for Commencement 2006, College's help doesn't end with Commencement

Commencement 2006 speakers announced, Trustees seek nominations for future honorary degree recipients, Bates admission offers in the mail to Class of 2010

'Campaign for Bates' passes $100 million , Mount David Summit slated for March 24, Groundbreakings soon for residences, Commons

Corlett wins Kroepsch Award, Barlow alumni travel grants, Bates to celebrate second annual National Day of Service

Bates Debaters in Dublin, live Basketball webcast, Harward Center grand opening!

Bates goes green, Debate team hosts high schoolers, Alumni directory in the mail

Regional Sesquicentennial events, new Bates illustrated history on sale

Convocation slide show, president's remarks, Sesquicentennial on the road

Bates responds to Katrina

Bates responds to Katrina, Class of 2009 at a glance, Homecoming Weekend

Finding "career passion", "The Campaign" hits $91 million

Senior testimonials, retiring faculty, Independence Day, and summer reading lists

Commencement 2005, Papaioanou chair

Bates named No. 1 "Best Value" and earns top Athletic honors; Business networking takes off

Commencement schedule announced, Bates admits 28% of applicants, and students win research grants

Bates sees most applicants ever, Women's Hoops win tourney bid, Campaign reaches $81.9 million

Women's Basketball upsets #1 Bowdoin, Commencement Day moves to Sunday

Scholarships for local students, college sesquicentennial, Outing Club turns 85

2005 alumni directory, Mount St. Helens gives first-years a show, new directory of Archives

Parent's Weekend slideshow, tailgating at Bowdoin, Bobcat hockey in Estonia

'Marcy Plavin: 35 Years of Bates Dance' on Maine TV Oct. 24

Streaming video: Boston BBN Election Debate

Report on optional SAT submission, Boston Bates Business Network, Parents Weekend

Bates welcomes the class of 2008, earns high marks in college guides

Four new trustees, new Dean of Students, old Bates photographs

Commencement videos, Reunion Slideshow, new Bates ID, Alumni Events

Commencement, new ID card, Wanless wins shot put

35 years for Bates Dance Program; faculty accomplishments; 4000 at Bates Earth Day event

Political diversity debate, SO₂ permits, 4's and 9's reunion

Commencement honorands, Swingtime Canteen, Reunion 2004, Life after Bates

Boston Business Network, <i>M*A*S*H</i>, Chilly bragging rights

MLK events, Asia Week, art in NYC

Campaigns name Bates grads, wall calendars coming

Bates makes 'top 50', Russian art, and 40 years ago

Debaters win championship, reflections by recent grads

New students tour Lewiston; Crew on a clean river

An online discussion about the future of tuition

Convocation, high ratings, and a scoreboard for McDuffee

An online discussion about the future of tuition

An online discussion about the future of tuition