Celebrating Clayton Spencer Telling the Story of the Eighth Bates College President, 2012–2023

Dear Members of the Bates Community: As you may know, in November 2018, the U.S. Department of Education proposed revised…

I write with a brief update and an invitation to participate in the Veterans’ Recognition Project at Bates.

Dear Members of the Bates Community, As we settle into the rhythms of the new academic year, I write to…

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” I’m sure that many of you are familiar with this statement, made famous by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

  Dear Members of the Bates Community, I am pleased to share with you our plan to create a public…

I am delighted to announce the appointment of five faculty members to endowed professorships, effective in 2017–18.

Dear Members of the Bates Community, Now that we have settled into the 2017–18 academic year, I write to share…

We are deeply disappointed by President Trump’s cruel decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. Ending…

I cannot remember a time in my professional experience when matters of context and principle have intruded so insistently into the project of teaching the next generation of students.

Dear Members of the Bates Community, The events of this past weekend in Charlottesville, based on hatred, bigotry, and deeply…