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First-Year Experience and Orientation Archives

September 2, 2025

9/02: Today: Add/Drop Begins and Convocation

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Hello Class of 2029 and new transfer students! Today, we mark the official beginning of the…

September 2, 2025

9/01: Today: Return from AESOP, Free Ice Cream, and Dinner Info

Monday, September 1, 2025 Hello Class of 2029 and new transfer students! We hope you enjoyed your AESOP trips, and…

Bates News

September 25, 2025

Bates launches new initiative for college access with Matricu…

Bates College is launching a new advising partnership with Matriculate, a national nonprofit that connects high-achieving, low-income high school students with near-peer mentors to support their path to college.

September 25, 2025

Museum’s director Carrie Cushman: The world needs museu…

Carrie Cushman joined the college as director of the Bates College Museum of Art in August. She came to Bates from the University of Hartford, where she had been the Edith Dale Monson Gallery director and curator at the university’s Hartford Art School.

September 25, 2025

Bates in the news: Sept. 25, 2025

A selection of recent mentions of Bates people in the news, including coverage of new poetry from a faculty member along with commentaries on the homelessness crisis, the Trump administration’s spending bill, and rural students in higher education.