Stories about "Commencement"
Mary Louise Kelly, journalist and co-host of NPR flagship program ‘All Things Considered,’ to deliver 2024 Bates Commencement Address, joined by honorands Richard Blanco and Clayton Spencer
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 9:58 am
Set for May 26, 2024, the 158th Bates College Commencement takes place on the Coram Library Terrace on the Historic Quad.
J. Drew Lanham to deliver 2023 Bates College Commencement address joined by fellow honorands Michael Lewis, Julieanna Richardson, and Shankar Vedantam
Friday, April 14, 2023 8:00 am
Author The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, Lanham is a MacArthur Fellowship–winning ecologist, ornithologist, and inclusive wilderness advocate.
Picture story: A graduation celebration for the Bates Class of 2020
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 1:53 pm
After a 812-day wait, the Class of 2020 got its in-person graduation celebration — their moment to cross the Coram Library porch and bask in the college’s full congratulations “in three dimensions,” as President Spencer said in her welcome.
Picture story: Baccalaureate for the Bates Class of 2022
Friday, June 3, 2022 2:27 pm
Held the day before Commencement, Baccalaureate offers a time to pause and reflect, to remember and rejoice, being fully present to those around us.
Picture story: It was the Friday before Commencement…
Friday, June 3, 2022 2:24 pm
Photographs of honors, inductions, traditions, and bravos on the Friday before Commencement 2022 at Bates College illustrate the sweet intensity of it all.
Video: Highlights from Commencement 2022 and the march of the seniors
Friday, June 3, 2022 11:29 am
From last-minute fit adjustments, to photos with staff and faculty on Alumni Walk and the joyous cap-toss, highlights from the Class of 2022's big day.
Video: Dr. Nirav Shah’s 2022 Commencement Address
Friday, June 3, 2022 11:19 am
Text and video of the witty, warm, and insightful 2022 Commencement Address by Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control.
Slideshow: Hour by hour with the Bates Class of 2022 on Commencement day
Friday, June 3, 2022 10:00 am
From just after 7 a.m. to just after noontime, follow along as Bates gave the Class of 2022 a long, last embrace.
Slideshow: Bates Class of 2022 caps off graduation with creative mortarboard art
Thursday, June 2, 2022 11:37 am
With a nod to the past and a look to the future, the Class of 2022 marched through Commencement in style — with a few personal touches.
‘Be someone who builds trust,’ Dr. Nirav Shah tells seniors at 156th Bates College Commencement
Sunday, May 29, 2022 2:09 pm
“We treat those with different beliefs not just as incorrect, but as ignorant," said Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and a luminary in the state’s COVID-19 response. "Don't do that," he told the seniors. Instead, "be someone who builds trust."