‘Wow!’ Bates Admission video series wins national communications award

Produced in-house at Bates, the award-winning video series sheds light on the college search, application, and financial aid process with wit, warmth, and candor.

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Oct 08, 2020

Picture story: “Thankful to get off campus and my hands dirty”

Follow along as Bates environmental studies students go off campus and dig into the science of dirt at a stunning coastal Maine site.

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Meet headstrong Harry Lord, Bates’ lord of the baseball diamond

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Bates dedicates Veterans Plaza, now ‘part of our mission to educate and transform lives’

Meet new faculty: Brian J. Evans and the meaning of dance
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