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Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.

A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.

The honorary degree candidates "show us how the values that define the Bates experience can shape, and take shape in, the world,” said President...

For those who like statistics, here's how this year's graduates stack up.

In this issue, the best way to follow Commencement — if you're not on campus.

Faculty from Bates and Colby colleges perform the Maine premiere of a piece by Philadelphia's Headlong Dance Theater on May 28-29.