Commencement 2025

Commencement weekend is May 23-25, 2025.

Updates

  • Watch the complete ceremony
    Join us for our livestream coverage — beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 25 — of the 159th Bates…
  • Congratulations!
    Watch Bates faculty and staff share their congratulations with the Class of 2025.
  • You can shape your situation before it shapes you, Bates grads told at 159th Commencement
    Bates Commencement speaker Angela Duckworth, author of “Grit,” told the seniors to embrace “situation modification” — change your physical environment, especially your phone’s proximity, to protect your focus, relationships, and well-being.