Picture Story: Back to Bates 2024
This immersive Picture Story features images from Back to Bates weekend, Sept. 28–28. Since 1920, the fall weekend has promised alumni and families the opportunity to "grow young once more."
On Saturday, April 29, 2023, members of the Bates rowing team, alumni, parents, and friends gathered in Perry Atrium in Pettengill Hall to honor Ralph Sylvester ’50 with a crew shell in his name.
Sylvester christened the new rowing shell, and Bates Rowing Head Coach Peter Steenstra presented him with a blade during the dedication ceremony making Sylvester the only non-rower to receive one.