Baccalaureate 2026

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News & Updates

May 25, 2025

Watch the complete ceremony

Join us for our livestream coverage — beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 25 — of the 159th Bates College Commencement as we celebrate…

May 25, 2025

Congratulations!

Watch Bates faculty and staff share their congratulations with the Class of 2025.

May 25, 2025

You can shape your situation before it shapes you, Bates grad…

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.

News & Updates

June 18, 2026

Phyllis Graber Jensen, a Retrospective

On June 12, with Reunion in full swing, Phyllis Graber Jensen, the college’s longtime director of photography and video, did something highly unusual. She showed up at a Bates College event without any camera, save the one on her cell phone, and she did not make a single image.

June 18, 2026

Bates celebrates Pride for all

On June 5, the Bates community gathered at the Garcelon Field flagpole for its annual Pride flag-raising ceremony, celebrating Pride Month with joy, reflection, and…

June 18, 2026

Exiting through the gift shop via Short Term course

This Short Term, students in “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” a course taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture Erin Nolan, created and ran a pop-up gift shop featuring products inspired by art in the 2026 senior art thesis exhibition.