Tuesday, July 29, 2025 

Hello Class of 2029 and new transfer students,

Today a new and fourth section of your Summer Resources Lyceum page opens to you. This section contains information and videos about “Community Exploration, Expectations, and Supports at Bates.” This broad topic will be covered in 2 sections, and the second section will open on August 5, 2025. To access Lyceum please go to the Quad and click on the button labeled “Lyceum”. You may access the section directly here.

Please be sure to engage with all of the information at your Summer Resources Lyceum page, which you have had access to since June 3, 2025, BEFORE you arrive at Bates.

As our college’s mission statement makes clear, Bates is “a collaborative residential community.” Therefore, we have certain responsibilities toward ourselves and others to promote health, wellness, communication, respect, and love. Only then can we realize our aim of “cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action.” 

This section of your Summer Resources provides information on a range of community-building resources. It also reviews a range of responsibilities that you have as a member of the Bates community. And, it includes information on our support resources for you as you build an academic community including but not limited to your advising team and the Peer Learning Commons.

We look forward to seeing you on Arrival Day on August 28, 2025. For more information on the New Student Orientation Schedules, please go here.

Michael Rocque, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the Faculty 
Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students
Nick Dressler, Associate Dean of Students for Residence Life and First-Year Experience
Catie Luedee, Associate Director for Outdoor Education and Programs
Luke Allen ‘22, Coordinator of Campus Life Programming and First-Year Experience