Stories about "The Bates Campaign"
Exceeding goal, Bates College successfully ends record-setting campaign with gifts of $345.7 million
Friday, August 26, 2022 8:48 am
“We owe the success of the Bates Campaign to the exceptional generosity of our alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff, and students,” said President Clayton Spencer. “Today, we are better resourced and equipped to broaden access to a Bates education."
Bates announces updated total of $336 million for Bates Campaign
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 11:50 am
The new dollar total for the campaign, which concludes on June 30, is $36 million above the goal of $300 million. “This is a tremendous moment of pride for Bates and for our entire community,” said Bates President Clayton Spencer.
Bates College announces $100 million initiative to expand access for talented students who are Pell eligible, low income, or undocumented
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 9:00 am
The $100 million effort is powered by a $50 million challenge grant from the Schuler Education Foundation that will be matched dollar for dollar by Bates donors. "This is a game changer for Bates," says President Clayton Spencer.
Campus Construction Update: Oct. 30, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020 7:27 am
Bates boasts a new fitness park and better erosion control at Merrill — while at the Bonney project, the beat goes on.
Bates College announces record $33.7 million in total gifts for fiscal 2020
Thursday, October 1, 2020 4:31 pm
The gift total represents the second straight year of record giving to Bates. Since 2013, total annual gifts to the college have nearly tripled.
Bates biologist April Hill is part of first genome sequencing of a freshwater sponge
Friday, September 25, 2020 10:42 am
However lowly, or low in the water, freshwater sponges are "biomedically relevant,” says Bates biologist April Hill "They are important organisms for us to pay attention to.”
Campus Construction Update: Sept. 25, 2020
Thursday, September 24, 2020 9:05 am
Veterans Plaza will be dedicated on Oct. 9. And over at the Bonney center, they're singing "Room to Run."
Campus Construction Update: July 17, 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020 8:42 am
The arrival of the self-elevating Hydro Mobile staging at the Bonney Science Center means that bricklayers will soon be at work.
Campus Construction Update: June 19, 2020
Friday, June 19, 2020 8:08 am
A topping-off ceremony at the Bonney Science Center marks the end of structural construction.
Great Day 2020
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:08 am