Online Napkin Board

Complementing the onsite Napkin Board in Commons, the online Napkin Board makes communication between students, faculty, staff and Bates DCCE easier and more convenient.

All responses will be posted online and in Commons.

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Napkins (literally)

Napkin posted September 8, 2026

Many thanks for reaching out !! There are two holders already on…

Matcha Ice-cream

Napkin posted May 6, 2026

Many thanks for your napkin ! We are happy to continue to…

Waffle

Napkin posted May 6, 2026

Many thanks for your napkin ! We’ll certainly give this some thought..…

GF whoopie pies

Napkin posted May 6, 2026

Many thanks for your napkin ! We are happy to make this…

BEYOND BURGERS

Napkin posted May 6, 2026

Many thanks for your napkin ! We are looking into expanding its…

Fat free ranch and sweet potato

Napkin posted May 6, 2026

Many thanks for napkin and suggestions ! Best Micheal

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News & Updates

September 17, 2026

Reentry Sisters join Bates courses

This fall, in addition to the 552 first-year students and 13 transfer students, an additional five students enrolled in a few courses across campus: previously incarcerated women joined first-year seminars through the Reentry Sisters Alumni Scholar Program.

September 17, 2026

Bates welcomes the last of this year’s new faculty

Bates welcomed 11 new tenured or tenure-track faculty for the 2026-2027 academic year, and Bates News is highlighting these faculty in three installments. Read about our new faculty here and here, and read below for the final group of new faculty this year.

September 17, 2026

Bates student honored as Newman Civic Fellow

Natalie Gersen ‘28 of Belmont, Mass., has been named a Newman Civic Fellow through Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education.