August 28, 2025

Hello transfer student!

We hope move-in and arrival has gone smoothly for you. Tomorrow, Friday, August 29, 2025, will include your first academic advising meeting, with Prof. Mike Rocque, from noon to 1:30 PM in Commons 211. Please plan to grab lunch from Commons and bring it up to the room.

Please be sure to bring a laptop, tablet, or smartphone to this meeting.

Before the academic advising meeting, please check out the Academic and Resource Office Fair in the Perry Atrium of Pettengill Hall. The Fair will start at 11:10 AM, and there will be faculty and staff available from every field of study taught at Bates as well as from the various resource offices such as the Center for Global Education, the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, the Student Academic Support Center, and the Student Writing & Language Center among others. They can provide answers to your questions about different classes as well as pathways to different majors, minors, and concentrations all taught at Bates.

For the full New Student On-Campus Orientation Schedule, please go here.

Thanks,

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