2012 Schedule
Congratulations to the Bates Class of 2012!
At Bates, we look forward with great anticipation each year to honoring our graduating seniors and welcoming their families and friends to campus over Memorial Day weekend. We share in the excitement and joy about the graduates’ achievements at one of the world’s leading colleges of the liberal arts and sciences.
Our celebration is actually a series of events beginning late Thursday and continuing through Commencement exercises on Sunday morning — and a little beyond. Below is the full schedule. If you’re planning to join us, we hope you’ll visit this page again before arriving on campus, as plans sometimes change a bit along the way.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
| 5:30 – 7 p.m. | Senior-Faculty Farewell Celebration. For all seniors and faculty. |
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building |
Friday, May 25, 2012
| 2 p.m. | Class of 2012 Photo Line up at 1:40; photo at 2:00 |
Garcelon Field  |
| 3 p.m. | Mandatory Commencement Rehearsal For all seniors. |
Alumni Walk to the Quadrangle  |
| 4:30 p.m. | College Key Induction Ceremony | Olin Arts Center Concert Hall  |
| 6:00 p.m. | Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony | Olin Arts Center Concert Hall |
| 7:30 p.m. | Sigma Xi Induction Ceremony | Olin Arts Center Concert Hall |
Saturday, May 26, 2012
| 1 p.m. | Legacy Group Photo. For Bates Alumni Families and their Graduates! |
Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall  |
| 2 p.m. | Baccalaureate Service Procession begins at 1:50pm |
Historic Quadrangle |
| 3:45 p.m. | Honorand Panel | Olin Arts Center Concert Hall |
| 5:30 p.m. | Scholar-Athlete Society Induction | Alumni Gymnasium  |
| 5:30 p.m. | One Year Reunion for the Class of 2011 | Garcelon Field Tent |
Sunday, May 27, 2012
| 7:30 – 9 a.m. | Complimentary Breakfast | Dining Commons  |
| 10 a.m. | Commencement | Historic Quadrangle (rain or shine) |
| Following Commencement |
Picnic Lunch for graduates and their families. |
Ladd Library Quadrangle  |
Schedule is subject to change. For more information, please contact Marianne Nolan Cowan ’92 in the Office of Alumni and Parent Engagement at 207-786-6128 or mcowan@bates.edu
