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Video: Bittersweet notes from Village Club student musicians

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 6:29 pm

It didn’t replace the feeling of performing on stage before friends and fellow students at Bates. But for these Bates musicians, it still felt good.

Video: Coaches grade Bobcat athletes of 70-plus years ago

Monday, April 13, 2020 3:12 pm

After reviewing vintage film clips from the 1930s, Bates coaches critique the abilities of Bates athletes in tennis, hammer throw, pole vault, and baseball.

‘Great work!’ Two seniors meet the honors thesis deadline

Friday, April 3, 2020 12:23 pm

"Hannah Johnson and Emma Wheeler have been great to work with — always positive, always thinking,” says thesis adviser Mike Retelle. ⁣

A brief history of Bates and bugs, from smallpox to swine flu, ‘and the best preventive that we have’

Friday, April 3, 2020 10:35 am

People worldwide have, for eons, confronted infectious diseases and overcome them as communities working together — and so too has the Bates community.

President Spencer: ‘The Bates community remains connected and strong’

Monday, March 23, 2020 4:53 pm

In a message to Bates students and families as remote classes resume, President Clayton Spencer notes that as we face uncertainty, worry, and dislocation, we are also having a shared experience that "offers opportunities for growth, purpose, and generosity."

Picture story: A community rallies as students depart campus

Monday, March 23, 2020 12:18 pm

Compelling and poignant photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen captures a historic community effort to support students leaving campus due to the COVID-19 crisis.

From Bates history: 32 Bates women who inspire, give hope, and make us proud

Friday, March 20, 2020 1:17 pm

Here's an inspiring catalog of accomplished and pioneering Bates women from the first century of the college — writers, scientists, artists, social-justice activists, doctors, academics, and a Marine.

COVID-19 announcement: Bates moves to remote learning March 23

Friday, March 13, 2020 11:27 am

Due to COVID-19, Bates will suspend classes at the end of the day today, March 13, and resume classes through remote learning on Monday, March 23, announced President Clayton Spencer.

The case of the missing buds in the Library’s Lost & Found, March 11, 2020

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 1:49 pm

“I think I’m on the phone with someone’s mom,” said a wide-eyed Jaimin Keliihoomalu ’21 of Kapolei, Hawaii, thus beginning the case of the lost Bluetooth ear buds.

This Month in Bates Outing Club History: Video from the 1936 Winter Carnival

Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:19 pm

If a sporting event could be done on bare ground, Bates students were probably trying it on skis, skates, and snowshoes during Winter Carnival.

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