The inauguration of Elaine Tuttle Hansen as the seventh president of Bates College

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM: A SENSE OF PLACE
Three sessions, all in the Olin Concert Hall (Seating is limited so arrive early; overflow seating and videocast in Olin 105)

1:00-2:30 pm - Session I: The Natural Place
The natural world anchors all our learning and knowing. Presentations by faculty members Carl Straub and Sharon Kinsman, poet and former biology professor Robert Chute, and Barbara St. John Vickery '83 of the Nature Conservancy

3:00-4:30 pm - Session II: The Intellectual Place
What are the intellectual underpinnings of Bates? Presentations by faculty members Marcus Bruce ’77 and Rebecca Corrie and Dean of Students Celeste Branham. Hymns and Bates songs performed by the Inaugural Choir, a group of faculty,  students and staff.

8:00-9:30 pm - Session III: Dislocations and Discoveries
Why is arriving at Bates and Lewiston rife with opportunity, growth, tension, and endless discovery? Presentations by faculty, students and alumni, and dance performances by nearly 40 students.

MUSEUM OF ART OPENING AND LECTURE
"Intimate Wilderness: Maine Landscapes by Joel Babb"
Bates College Museum of Art; Exhibition opens at 5:00 pm
Lecture by art critic Stephen May at 7:30 p.m.
Olin 104

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26

THE INAUGURATION OF ELAINE TUTTLE HANSEN
Merrill Gymnasium
10:30-11:30 am (seating requested between 10 and 10:15 am)
118 delegates from other colleges and universities will join the Bates faculty and trustees in a march accompanied by the Bates College Javanese Gamelan ensemble. A new work for choir and orchestra, composed for President Hansen by William Matthews, the Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music, will be debuted. Formal greetings will be made by students, faculty, staff and alumni representatives. Community greetings will be offered by City Councilor Lillian LaFontaine O'Brien for the city of Lewiston, Mayor Lee Young for the city of Auburn, and Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings for the academic community. President Hansen will be presented with the symbols of her office, and will deliver the inaugural address, "The Place of Possibility." The ceremony will conclude with music from the Steel Pan Rhythm Riders.

HOMECOMING ATHLETIC CONTESTS
1 p.m.  Football game: Bates College vs. Colby College, Garcelon Field
2:30 p.m. Soccer game: Bates College vs. Connecticut College, Russell Street Soccer Field

FILMS OF BATES AND THE COMMUNITY
1:00-2:15 pm and 4:15-5:00 pm
Vintage footage of the College and the community, including "Roughing the Uppers," the late Professor Robert Branham’s classic documentary on the Lewiston Shoe Strike; and Gene Clough's time-lapse of the construction of Olin Arts Center.
Chase Lounge

DEBATE, BROOKS QUIMBY DEBATE SOCIETY
2:30-4:00 pm
"This House Resolves that the Liberal Arts College is a Dinosaur"
Chase Lounge

CAMPUS TOURS
Meet at the Admissions Office.
23 Campus Ave.
To be held from 3 to 4 p.m. and from 4 to 5 p.m.