Thousands of visitors flocked to the Bates campus for Parents and Families Weekend 2003

Photos and Videos from Commencement Day 2003.

Bates College celebrated the inauguration of Elaine Tuttle Hansen as its seventh president during Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 25-27, 2002.

In sophistication and sheer presence, much of this work was ready for gallery walls in the real world.

Record numbers of alumni returned to campus for a weekend highlighted by great food, renewed friendships, stimulating conversations and variable Maine weather.

The hustle-bustle of signing out dorm keys, standing in line for ID photos and attending discussions on campus life

In Quito, located 22 miles from the Equator with a population of 1.6 million, students participated in two separate programs led by Bates and Colby Professors

Countering a cross-town meeting of an Illinois-based white supremacist group, Bates opened the doors of Merrill Gymnasium on Jan. 11 to a pro-diversity rally