Rescheduled Bates College Folk Music Festival takes place May 9-11

The Bobcat looks forward to May 15, when Bates seeks 555 additional alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day. Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Alumni make May 15 a “great day”

Post by: Victoria Stanton on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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

Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Post by: Bates News on Monday, May 13, 2013

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

Bates expects to award bachelor's degree to approximately 450 students, representing 35 U.S. states and 28 countries, on May 26. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.

2013 Commencement honorary degrees announced; address by Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg

Post by: Bates News on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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

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Friday May 3, 2013 9:37 am	Rescheduled Bates College Folk Music Festival takes place May 9-11 The third annual Bates College Folk Music Festival presents three days of contradancing, workshops and performances beginning May 9.
Thursday March 28, 2013 10:46 am	Bates announces lowest fee increase since 1972 The Bates College Board of Trustees has voted to set the fee for attendance for the academic year 2013–14 at…
Thursday January 24, 2013 3:25 pm	Outside the lines, athletes face social and economic challenges, say MLK Day panelists Coaches and students agree, athletes from underrepresented backgrounds face tough challenges.
Monday October 29, 2012 5:00 pm	‘Questions Worth Asking’ — President Clayton Spencer’s inaugural address President Spencer tells an inauguration story familiar in its broad outlines but revealing in its particulars.
Friday October 26, 2012 4:00 pm	‘The embodiment of Bates values,’ Spencer is installed as president Bates formally installed Ava Clayton Spencer, described by her former boss as the “embodiment of Bates values,” as its eighth president before a gathering of 2,500 on Friday afternoon.
Monday October 22, 2012 3:21 pm	Maine media quote Bates officials for stories on Supreme Court affirmative action case Bates officials react to the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin now being considered by the Supreme Court.
Thursday August 9, 2012 5:15 pm	Slide Show: Summer Scholars dive into college life Summer scholars are academically gifted first-year students who might be unfamiliar with the ins and outs of the college experience.
Wednesday December 7, 2011 4:56 pm	Audio slide show: Fresh and Healthy David Longdon ’14 reflects on his summer as a leadership intern with Lots to Gardens, a youth-oriented, sustainable urban agriculture program in Lewiston.
Wednesday November 2, 2011 5:46 pm	Video: Selections from the Leadership Symposium on Cost, Value and Financial Aid Video clips of the five speakers at the Leadership Symposium on Cost, Value and Financial Aid at Bates College. Watch…
Friday July 1, 2011 2:34 pm	'Apples to oranges' comparison creates misleading impression of Bates cost An apples-to-oranges comparison of college costs released June 30 by the U.S. Department of Education gives a misleading impression of the true cost of attending Bates.

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Friday

May 3, 2013
9:37 am

The third annual Bates College Folk Music Festival presents three days of contradancing, workshops and performances beginning May 9.

Thursday

March 28, 2013
10:46 am

Bates announces lowest fee increase since 1972

The Bates College Board of Trustees has voted to set the fee for attendance for the academic year 2013–14 at…

Thursday

January 24, 2013
3:25 pm

Outside the lines, athletes face social and economic challenges, say MLK Day panelists

Coaches and students agree, athletes from underrepresented backgrounds face tough challenges.

Monday

October 29, 2012
5:00 pm

‘Questions Worth Asking’ — President Clayton Spencer’s inaugural address

President Spencer tells an inauguration story familiar in its broad outlines but revealing in its particulars.

Friday

October 26, 2012
4:00 pm

‘The embodiment of Bates values,’ Spencer is installed as president

Bates formally installed Ava Clayton Spencer, described by her former boss as the “embodiment of Bates values,” as its eighth president before a gathering of 2,500 on Friday afternoon.

Monday

October 22, 2012
3:21 pm

Maine media quote Bates officials for stories on Supreme Court affirmative action case

Bates officials react to the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin now being considered by the Supreme Court.

Thursday

August 9, 2012
5:15 pm

Slide Show: Summer Scholars dive into college life

Summer scholars are academically gifted first-year students who might be unfamiliar with the ins and outs of the college experience.

Wednesday

December 7, 2011
4:56 pm

Audio slide show: Fresh and Healthy

David Longdon ’14 reflects on his summer as a leadership intern with Lots to Gardens, a youth-oriented, sustainable urban agriculture program in Lewiston.

Wednesday

November 2, 2011
5:46 pm

Video: Selections from the Leadership Symposium on Cost, Value and Financial Aid

Video clips of the five speakers at the Leadership Symposium on Cost, Value and Financial Aid at Bates College. Watch…

Friday

July 1, 2011
2:34 pm

'Apples to oranges' comparison creates misleading impression of Bates cost

An apples-to-oranges comparison of college costs released June 30 by the U.S. Department of Education gives a misleading impression of the true cost of attending Bates.