Commencement 2025 Archives
Picture Story: Baccalaureate 2024, and a Bates class that found its common humanity
This immersive photographic display captures Bates’ distinctive Baccalaureate Service. Far from serious or somber, it is a “celebration that is…
Video: Dr. Nirav Shah’s 2022 Commencement Address
Text and video of the witty, warm, and insightful 2022 Commencement Address by Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control.
‘Be someone who builds trust,’ Dr. Nirav Shah tells seniors at 156th Bates College Commencement
“We treat those with different beliefs not just as incorrect, but as ignorant,” said Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and a luminary in the state’s COVID-19 response. “Don’t do that,” he told the seniors. Instead, “be someone who builds trust.”
Video: Class of 2022 arrives (slowly) for their class photo at Garcelon Field
The Class of 2022 gathered this morning for their senior photo at Garcelon Field. Aside from a round of good-humored booing, all went well.
With a doubleheader Commencement on May 27, Bates celebrates Class of 2021
After a year’s absence, Bates celebrated an in-person Commencement on May 27, featuring two ceremonies on a bluebird day with all the comforts of familiar rituals, including words of wisdom and love.
21 frequently (and infrequently) asked questions about Bates Commencement on May 27
For our Class of 2021 seniors, here are 21 frequently, and infrequently, asked questions about this year’s Commencement.
Class of 2020 by the Numbers
Four hundred and sixty-three members of the Class of 2020 are set to graduate on Sunday, May 31. 37 States…