Stories about "Orientation"
Picture story: The academic year kicks off
Friday, September 7, 2018 9:03 am
See all the photography of Orientation Week, from Opening Day to Convocation to the women's soccer season opener.
Convocation 2018 remarks: Student Government President Walter Washington ’19
Thursday, September 6, 2018 5:28 pm
Make your education go hand in hand with making change, the Bates student government president tells the Class of 2022.
Video: Following the Class of 2022 from move-in to first class
Thursday, August 30, 2018 6:01 pm
Video moments from the poignant first hours as the newest students begin to find their own place in the Bates College community.
Slideshow: Hour by hour on Opening Day for the Bates Class of 2022
Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:09 am
Dropping a child off at college, said a new Bates parent, is a unique feeling: "so happy and so sad at the same time — and so proud."
Now on our doorstep, the Class of 2022 ‘represents Bates College history’
Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00 am
Selected from the largest applicant pool in college history, the 550 members of the Class of 2022 arrives on Monday.
How to be ‘a guide on the side’ and other tips for new Bates College parents
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:34 am
Of the ways parents can support their newly fledged students, one of the most valuable is easing back and trusting them to figure college out.
Bates’ memorial tree planting embraces the ‘sacred tension’ of gratitude and grief
Friday, September 8, 2017 12:25 pm
“It’s actually a beautiful gesture to say, dead or alive, you’re still a part of the Bates community,” says Multifaith Chaplain Brittany Longsdorf.
With new urgency, Bates professors say what — and why — they’re excited to teach this fall
Friday, September 8, 2017 11:59 am
When saying what they're excited to teach, faculty always express optimism for a new academic year and their new students. This year, we heard something different.
Slideshow: Click the kaleidoscope and see the Class of 2021 everywhere
Friday, September 8, 2017 11:32 am
Photographers Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo follow our first-years as they dive into life at Bates.
2017 Convocation address: ‘Summer Posts, Fall Possibilities,’ by Professor of Sociology Emily Kane
Thursday, September 7, 2017 5:25 pm
"Maybe already, maybe tomorrow, but definitely over time, you’ll begin to find the particular faculty members with whom you’ll forge especially deep bonds."