FAQ: What to expect at the inauguration of Bates College President Garry W. Jenkins on May 4

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FAQ: What to expect at the inauguration of Bates College President Garry W. Jenkins on May 4

Monday, April 22, 2024 10:55 am

On May 4, 2024, Bates will install a new president for only the eighth time in its 168-year history.

Bates professor Sonja Pieck authors award-winning book about German conservation, memory, and wounded land

Friday, April 19, 2024 4:30 pm

Sonja Pieck’s book "Mnemonic Ecologies," about the once-militarized inner German border becoming a Green Belt, tells a story of how "something healing could come out of the pain."

The nearly 200 educators from across the country who gathered this week at Bates College for the Gordon Research Conference came to share new research on ways to make biology education more inclusive, diverse, and accessible in a setting aimed at fostering intense and intimate collaboration. From left, Gordon Research Conferences participants and biologists Madison (“Maddy”) Meuler of Allen Institute (current)/University of Washington (former), Omar Quintero of the University of Richmond, April Hill of Bates College, and Samiksha Raut of the University of Alabama at Birmingham head to lunch in Commons after a morning session in the Olin Arts Center. Hill is Bates’ Wagener family professor of equity and inclusion in STEM

At Bates, new approaches to teaching STEM subjects yield dramatic results

Friday, April 5, 2024 10:49 am

At Bates, new approaches to teaching STEM subjects have yielded dramatic results for all students in improved retention outcomes, particularly within its population of Black and Hispanic students.

Bates in the News: Feb. 15, 2024

Thursday, February 15, 2024 4:40 pm

A Bates love story in the pages of The New York Times, an alumna's take on Super Bowl LVIII, and Puddle Jump photographs circle the world.

Cats Carnival, held for the first time in two years, was held on the Bardwell Street Field, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022.After Two-Year Hiatus, 'Cats Carnival Returns This SaturdayThe fall-themed 'Cats Carnival, hosted by Bates College Athletics, returns after a two-year hiatus this Saturday just before the Bates Football home opener vs. Tufts at 1:30 p.m. on Garcelon Field. The carnival features bounce houses, face painting, poster making, a prize wheel, concessions, and games for kids of all ages. Bates student-athletes will volunteer at the family-friendly event. The 'Cats Carnival is free and open to the public. Bates Athletics invites community members to join the fun and to cheer on the Bobcats in all their home contests. Admission to all games is free.Kirsten Pelletier ’20 and her four-month-old-chocolate Lab Goose enjoy a photo opportunity with the Bates Bobcat.

Welcome, and welcome back, to BatesNews

Friday, August 18, 2023 11:05 am

Welcome to the first edition of BatesNews for 2023–24, and a special welcome to parents, students, and families of the incoming Class of 2027, who are receiving BatesNews for the first time and who arrive on campus Thursday, Aug. 31.

Celebrating the tenure of President Clayton Spencer

Thursday, June 1, 2023 4:46 pm

A $1 million gift to Bates honors a signature contribution by President Clayton Spencer, plus an invitation to offer thanks for Spencer's service as Bates' eighth president.