{"id":2448,"date":"2011-06-14T15:08:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T15:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=2448"},"modified":"2015-04-29T09:35:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T13:35:16","slug":"commencement-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/annual\/commencement-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/29\/class2011-stats\/\">The Class of 2011: Who they are, where they&#8217;re from, what they studied<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/29\/commencement-2011-honorand-speech-transcripts\/\">Commencement 2011: Glazer, Hammonds, Langer honorand speech transcripts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/29\/video-commencement-2011-honorand-remarks\/\">Video: Commencement 2011 honorand remarks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/29\/video-president-hansen-offers-the-commencement-welcome\/\">Video: President Hansen offers Commencement 2011 welcome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/29\/commencement-report-2011\/\">Commencement report: The only failure is the failure to persist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/31\/2011-senior-trustee-moments\/\">Video: Seniors of 2011 reflect on defining Bates moments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/31\/slide-show-features-2011-commencement-day-photographs\/\">Slide show features 2011 Commencement day photographs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/31\/slide-show-features-2011-commencement-weekend-photos\/\">Slide show features 2011 Baccalaureate photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/06\/01\/video-commencement-2011-honorand-panel-discussion\/\">Video: Commencement 2011 honorand panel discussion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/06\/06\/video-hansen-baccalaureate-2011\/\">Video: President Hansen&#8217;s Baccalaureate address on &#8216;figuring out what comes next&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"hr-border\" \/>\n<p><div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"btn-action\" id=\"post-event-coverage-highlights\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"btn-title\">Post-Event Coverage Highlights<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"btn-content\"><br \/>\nWords, photographs and video capturing the happy assembly of scholars, students, family and friends at Commencement 2011<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"From left, Don Dumayas '11 of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Davina Dukuly '11 of Lowell, Mass., process onto the historic Quad as Commencement begins.\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-may-2011\/web_110529_commencement_2183.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7158__590x_web_110529_commencement_2183.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement Spotlight\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom left, Don Dumayas &#8217;11 of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Davina Dukuly &#8217;11 of Lowell, Mass., process onto the historic Quad as Commencement begins.<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #444340; font-size: 18px; line-height: 23px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/commencement-report-2011\/\">Commencement report: The only failure is the failure to persist<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Graduates Erin Kintzing of Rensselaer, N.Y., and Lucas McNulty of Winnetka, Ill., leap into the arms of Erin's sister Kalista Kintzing, left, and friend Chris Foust, right, while posing for pictures after the Commencement ceremony.\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-may-2011\/web_110529_commencement_2877.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7165__120x_web_110529_commencement_2877.jpg\" alt=\"Hopped up graduates\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>&#8220;You will fail &#8212; you should fail,&#8221; Evelynn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, told the Bates College class of 2011 on May 29. &#8220;But if you stick with it, and let your peculiarities become assets, you will succeed.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/commencement-report-2011\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/x227237.xml\">Scholar-Athlete Society inducts 28 seniors, four alums and retired coach Chick Leahey &#8217;52<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>In addition to its inductees, the seventh annual ceremony of the Bates College Scholar-Athlete Society welcomed Dan Lebowitz, the executive director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University, who delivered the keynote address and received honorary membership to the society.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/x227237.xml\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/06\/09\/video-bates-word-seniors\/\">Video: Seniors gathering for Commencement describe Bates in a word<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-june-2011\/kibbe-screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7295__120x_kibbe-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"kibbe-screenshot\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>Videographer Josh Ajamu &#8217;14 of Breinigsville, Pa., and\u00a0<em>Bates Magazine<\/em>\u00a0editor Jay Burns headed out to Alumni Walk at 9 a.m. on Commencement day to ask one question of a few graduating seniors (and one nonagenarian): What one word best describes Bates?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/06\/09\/video-bates-word-seniors\/\">Watch more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/31\/slide-show-features-2011-commencement-day-photographs\/\">Slide show: Commencement Day 2011<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-june-2011\/web_110529_commencement_1970.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7248__120x_web_110529_commencement_1970.jpg\" alt=\"web_110529_commencement_1970\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>Always uplifting, the 2011 Commencement ceremony had a conversational, convivial spirit, as presenters on stage passed laughs around, friends and families jostled for camera angles and cheered on their graduates, and the clouds finally parted, allowing unfiltered sunshine to illuminate the 145th Bates College Commencement.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/31\/slide-show-features-2011-commencement-day-photographs\/\">Watch more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/31\/slide-show-features-2011-commencement-weekend-photos\/\">Slide show: Baccalaureate 2011<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"At Baccalaureate, Bates seniors entering the ceremony pass through an arch festooned with blessing cards written by family and friends.\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-june-2011\/110528_baccalaureate_1475-a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7173__120x_110528_baccalaureate_1475-a.jpg\" alt=\"110528_baccalaureate_1475-a\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>Graduates and their families enjoyed the annual Baccalaureate service, a religious and spiritual event that featured &#8220;Foundations That Move Us&#8221; as its theme.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/31\/slide-show-features-2011-commencement-weekend-photos\/\">Watch more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/31\/2011-senior-trustee-moments\/\">Video: Seniors reflect on defining Bates experiences<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Graduates enjoy watching their classmates receive diplomas.\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-may-2011\/web_110529_commencement_2751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7164__120x_web_110529_commencement_2751.jpg\" alt=\"Watching classmates\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>At a recent Trustee luncheon, nine Bates seniors reflect on their defining Bates experiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/31\/2011-senior-trustee-moments\/\">Watch more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/06\/06\/video-hansen-baccalaureate-2011\/\">The Baccalaureate Service<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"At Baccalaureate, Bates seniors entering the ceremony pass through an arch festooned with blessing cards written by family and friends.\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-june-2011\/110528_baccalaureate_1475-a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7173__120x_110528_baccalaureate_1475-a.jpg\" alt=\"110528_baccalaureate_1475-a\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>President Hansen&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/06\/06\/video-hansen-baccalaureate-2011\/\">\u00a0final Baccalaurate address\u00a0<\/a>offers thoughts on the how a liberal arts education helps graduates answer the pivotal career question: &#8220;What comes next?&#8221; Also, see the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/prebuilt\/cmr\/commencement\/2011\/2011Baccalaureate.pdf\">\u00a0Baccalaureate Program<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/baccalaureate-blessings\/\">blessings offered\u00a0<\/a>to graduates from family and friends.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/video-president-hansen-offers-the-commencement-welcome\/\">Video: President Hansen&#8217;s Commencement 2011 welcome<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Ninth Bates College President Elaine Tuttle Hansen leads honorands and faculty, including Frank Glazer and Dean of Faculty Jill Reich, through two lines of the Class of 2011.\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-may-2011\/web_110529_commencement_2202.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7159__120x_web_110529_commencement_2202.jpg\" alt=\"Faculty and Honorands process\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>President Hansen offers the Commencement welcoming, noting that the happy day &#8220;honors you, Bates graduates. It honors the skills and values you have fashioned during these years of self-construction, and it honors our enduring faith in your to lead us into the future.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/video-president-hansen-offers-the-commencement-welcome\/\">Watch more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/video-commencement-2011-honorand-remarks\/\">Video: Commencement 2011 honorand remarks<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Evelyn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, applauds the Bates Class of 2011 before launching into her remarks.\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-may-2011\/web_110529_commencement_2369.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7160__120x_web_110529_commencement_2369.jpg\" alt=\"Evelyn Hammonds\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>Video of Commencement 2011 remarks by honorary degree recipients Frank Glazer, pianist and Bates artist in residence; Evelynn Hammonds, scholar of science and race who is dean of Harvard College; and Robert Langer, MIT bioengineer and prolific inventor:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/video-commencement-2011-honorand-remarks\/\">Watch more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;What I hope for you, like the strongest of your forbearers, is that you will do what is right for you and what is right for the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Evelynn Hammonds, Doctor of Humane Letters<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/commencement-2011-honorand-speech-transcripts\/\">Commencement 2011: Transcripts of honorand remarks<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Robert Langer, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advises Bates graduates to dream big. \" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-may-2011\/web_110529_commencement_2428.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7161__120x_web_110529_commencement_2428.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Langer\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>Transcripts of Commencement 2011 remarks by honorary degree recipients Frank Glazer, pianist Bates artist in residence; Evelynn Hammonds, scholar and dean of Harvard College; and Robert Langer, MIT bioengineer and prolific inventor.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/commencement-2011-honorand-speech-transcripts\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;Each of us is unique. We are dealt a certain hand a birth, over which we have no control. But we have a lot to say about how we play the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frank Glazer, Doctor of Music<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/04\/06\/commencement-speakers-2011\/\">Video: Commencement 2011 honorand panel discussion<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-june-2011\/honorand-screen-shot-2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7169__120x_honorand-screen-shot-2011.jpg\" alt=\"honorand-screen-shot-2011\" width=\"120\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a>The evening before Commencement, the honorary degree recipients gather in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall to share personal insights into their achievements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/06\/01\/video-commencement-2011-honorand-panel-discussion\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/04\/06\/commencement-speakers-2011\/\">Commencement 2011: Who are the honorands?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Pianist Frank Glazer, 96, draws on his 75  years of teaching experience to define optimism for Bates graduates.\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-may-2011\/web_110529_commencement_2317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7166__120x_web_110529_commencement_2317.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Glazer\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>An internationally renowned pianist based at Bates, a leading scholar on the intersection of science and race, and a distinguished MIT researcher and inventor spoke and received honorary degrees during Bates College&#8217;s 145th commencement ceremony on May 29.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/04\/06\/commencement-speakers-2011\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe the only thing that I had going for me was that I just hadn&#8217;t read the literature saying that it was impossible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Langer, Doctor of Science<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/class2011-stats\/\">The Class of 2011: Who they are, where they&#8217;re from, what they studied<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"President Hansen awards a bachelor of science degree to Ethan Waldman '11 of Playa del Rey, Calif.\" href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/source-may-2011\/web_110529_commencement_2717.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/wp-content\/gallery\/cache\/7163__120x_web_110529_commencement_2717.jpg\" alt=\"Degree Awarded\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>Of the 437 students that Bates College graduated on Sunday, May 29, 240 are women and 197 are men. According to figures released on May 27, 44 of the students are from Maine and 29 from foreign countries. Thirty-seven of the United States are represented in the class of 2011.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/05\/29\/class2011-stats\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"btn-action\" id=\"logistics\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"btn-title\">Logistics<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"btn-content\"><\/p>\n<h3>Invitations<\/h3>\n<p>Invitations will be\u00a0mailed to parents in March.\u00a0 After that mailing seniors will be notified that they may pick up\u00a0additional invitations at 301 Lane Hall between 8:30 and 4:30pm, Monday &#8211; Friday.\u00a0 The College Store, located in the basement of Chase Hall, has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/products.balfour.com\/college\/CollegeHome.aspx?CollegeId=ME5\">Commencement Announcements<\/a>available for purchase.<\/p>\n<h3>Tickets and Seating<\/h3>\n<p>Tickets are not required for any Commencement weekend events with the exception of the champagne reception following Commencement.\u00a0Seating at all events\u00a0is on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no reserved seating except for graduates and participants. If you would like to send someone ahead to hold seats that is fine, as long as he or she stays with the seats while waiting. In fairness to all families and friends we do not allow the posting of reserved signs or the covering of seats.<\/p>\n<p>Each graduate will be issued three complimentary tickets to the champagne reception. (UPDATE 5-19-201, Complimentary tickets will be issued to graduates Tuesday, May 24 &#8211; Thursday, May 26, between 11am and 2pm in the Fireplace Lounge in Commons.)\u00a0<em>Graduates will be required to have a ticket for the champagne reception. The three complimentary tickets are intended to admit the graduate and two guests.<\/em> Additional tickets are available for purchase by sending an e-mail to<a href=\"mailto:commencement@bates.edu\">commencement@bates.edu<\/a>. Please include in your e-mail your name, the number of tickets you would like to reserve, and the name of your graduating senior.\u00a0 Tickets are $16 for adults and $8 for children 10 and under.\u00a0 Tickets will be available for pick-up and payment at the information table in Commons on Friday and Saturday between 10am and 6pm.\u00a0 There are a limited number of tickets available for purchase so please reserve your tickets early to ensure that everyone in your party who wants to is able to attend.\u00a0UPDATE (5-27-2011) WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF CANCELLATIONS FOR THE CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION AND NOW HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. IF YOU HAVE NOT RESERVED TICKETS, OR NEED MORE TICKETS IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU ALREADY RESERVED, YOU MAY PURCHASE\u00a0ADDITIONAL TICKETS\u00a0AT THE INFROMATION TABLE IN COMMONS IN THE FIREPLACE LOUNGE BETWEEN 10AM AND 6PM ON FRIDAY, MAY 27 AND SATURDAY, MAY 28.<\/p>\n<h3>Guests with Special Needs<\/h3>\n<p>If your party includes someone in a wheelchair, please contact an usher, who will make a space available in the ground level seating area.\u00a0 A limited number of wheelchairs are\u00a0provided \u00a0for use by guests on a first come, first served basis. These wheelchairs will be located on the\u00a0Coram Library Quadrangle\u00a0near the flag pole and must be returned to that location following the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The Commencement exercises are signed. The sign language interpreter is located in front of the stage on the right side just below the podium where the President and other speakers give their remarks.<\/p>\n<h3>Weather<\/h3>\n<p>The Baccalaureate service and Commencement will be held outside regardless of the weather so please come to campus prepared.\u00a0 Only in the rare instance of severe weather (e.g. lightning or high winds) will we postpone the start of one of these events.\u00a0 Should an event need to be postponed, we will announce it immediately on the main page of the website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/\">www.bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Parking<\/h3>\n<p>Parking on and near the campus is limited. There are no special parking passes issued for Commencement weekend.\u00a0 Parking on campus and city streets is permitted according to posted parking regulations.\u00a0 A campus parking map can be found at<a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/codex\/parking-map\/\">http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/codex\/parking-map\/<\/a> .\u00a0 The campus faculty\/staff parking lot on the corner of Campus Avenue and Nichols Street (directly across the street from the Carnegie Science Building, #8 on the parking map) is designated for handicapped parking on Saturday and Sunday of Commencement weekend.\u00a0 A member of our Security staff will be present to monitor the use of this lot for the Baccalaureate service on Saturday and Commencement on Sunday.\u00a0 You must have a state or doctor issued license plate or permit to park in this lot.<\/p>\n<h3>Photographs<\/h3>\n<p>Bates hires a commercial studio,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gradimages.com\/\">GradImages<\/a>,\u00a0to photograph each senior receiving his or her diploma as well as one photo before and one after .\u00a0 Seniors and their families will be contacted in mid-June about ordering prints.<\/p>\n<h3>Leaving Campus<\/h3>\n<p>Graduating seniors must vacate on-campus residences by 5:00 pm on Sunday, May 29, 2011.\u00a0 For security reasons, any seniors who need more time to depart their residences must make that request in advance with the Housing Office.<\/p>\n<p>Please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:%20hbumps@bates.edu\">Heather Bumps<\/a> in the Office of the President at 207-786-6102 if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2011\/04\/06\/commencement-speakers-2011\/\">Bates pianist, MIT inventor and Harvard dean are 2011 honorary degree recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Class of 2011: Who they are, where they&#8217;re from, what they&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":104,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-2448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4026,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2448\/revisions\/4026"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}