{"id":9,"date":"2011-06-09T19:04:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T19:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:00:53","slug":"calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nominations for admission into the Honors Program will be submitted via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/honors-student-nomination-form\/\">Nomination<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/honors-student-nomination-form\/\"> form<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/honors-program-guidelines\/\">Honors Program Guidelines<\/a> can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/\">Honors Committee website<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have any questions, please contact Helen Boucher, Chair of the Honors Committee (hboucher@bates.edu).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Established by the Honors Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"MayGrads\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>May 2026 GRADUATE SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday, January 16, 2026<\/span><br><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">HONORS NOMINATION DEADLINE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Advisors<\/strong> &#8211; Recommendation forms must be submitted via the online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/honors-student-nomination-form\/\">Nomination form<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any nomination after this date will be refused unless the Honors Study Committee grants an exception. Recommendation forms must be submitted via the online form found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/honors-student-nomination-form\/\">https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/honors-student-nomination-form\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advisors should check with potential&nbsp;<strong>Outside Examiners<\/strong> regarding their&nbsp;<strong>availability<\/strong> for the pertinent exam period <strong>before<\/strong> submitting a Nomination Form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday, January 21, 2026<\/span><br><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">HONORS ORIENTATION\u00a0<\/span><br><\/strong>Honors Thesis nominees will gather to meet members of the Honors Committee, receive information, and have a Q&amp;A session. <strong>Advisors<\/strong>, especially Advisors new to the Honors Program, are welcome to attend.<br>Location: Pettengill G52 (Keck)<br>6:30-7:45pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday, January 30, 2026<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #993300;\">HONORS THESIS ABSTRACT DRAFT SUBMISSION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deadline for candidates to submit\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a titled, one-paragraph\u00a0description\u00a0<strong>(250 words maximum)<\/strong><\/span> of the thesis. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-paragraph descriptions must be uploaded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/thesis-abstract-submission-form-3\/\">here<\/a> as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8b0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday, February 25, 2026<br><span style=\"color: #993300;\">EXAM PANEL REGISTRATION AND OUTSIDE EXAMINER TRAVEL REQUEST FORMS DUE<\/span><br><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #8b0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Submit forms online:<\/span><\/span><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/examination-panel-registration\/\">Exam Panel Registration Form<\/a><\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/outside-examiner-travel-accommodation-request-form\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Outside Examiner Travel Request Form<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monday, April 6, 2026<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #993300;\">THESIS DEADLINE<\/span><br><\/strong>No later than 4:00pm, upload the Honors thesis on SCARAB.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/files\/2025\/03\/SCARAB-Uploading-Exam-Copy_2025.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/files\/2025\/03\/SCARAB-Uploading-Exam-Copy_2025.pdf\">Step by step instructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8b0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monday, April 13 &#8211; Friday, May 1, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><br>THESIS DEFENSE<\/span><br><\/strong><\/span>Oral examinations for candidates who submitted a thesis. Additional information is available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/protocol-for-the-honors-exam\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/protocol-for-the-honors-exam\/\">the Oral Examination Protocol<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday, April 29, 2026<br><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Send the Outside Examiner receipts to your Academic Administrative Assistant for processing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8b0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday, May 6, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><br>Honors Banquet<br><\/span><\/strong><\/span>Commons 221\/222<br>Reception 5:30 &#8211; 6:00 PM; Banquet 6:00 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday, May 8, 2026<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #993300;\">THESIS CORRECTIONS DUE<\/span><\/strong><br><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">THESIS CORRECTION FORM and ACCESS AND EMBARGO FORM DUE<\/span><br><\/strong>No later than <strong>4:00 pm<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Student<\/strong> uploads the final copy of the Honors thesis on SCARAB.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/files\/2025\/03\/SCARAB-Uploading-Exam-Copy_2025.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/files\/2025\/03\/SCARAB-Uploading-Exam-Copy_2025.pdf\">Step by step instructions<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Advisor <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">submits the <a href=\"https:\/\/batescollege.na2.documents.adobe.com\/public\/esignWidget?wid=CBFCIBAA3AAABLblqZhAook6J-Cf7hZt_4ut4H4zcoRGfEtfLmLoHTXmyKZnLQodwkkp9JxPloZt3XJwNfuY*\">Thesis Correction Form<\/a> (student signature is not needed)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Student <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">initiates the <a href=\"https:\/\/batescollege.na2.documents.adobe.com\/public\/esignWidget?wid=CBFCIBAA3AAABLblqZhBRhneqq857HETD77G9OQ9u4Lbhw0Q1DylqITUalmAuUrZARq1yTtaxzji7xjvzRxs*\">Access and Embargo Form<\/a>, which is then signed by the advisor(s) and candidate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ac00cf961d1ea846fe5a532228b76c6\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established by the Honors Committee May 2026 GRADUATE SCHEDULE Friday, January 16,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":93,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1677,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}