Commencement 2026

Commencement weekend is May 29-31, 2026.

Updates

  • Watch the complete ceremony
    by Nicholas O’Brien
    Join us for our livestream coverage — beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 25 — of the 159th Bates…
  • Congratulations!
    by Nicholas O’Brien
    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
    by Bates News
    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.