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Bates College graduates 463 in historic virtual Commencement ceremony

May 31, 2020

From the tumult of their abbreviated senior year to the triumph of a historic graduation, the Bates College Class of 2020 graduated on Sunday in a virtual Commencement livestreamed to more than 10,000 viewers.

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August 5, 2020

Leigh Campbell ’64, beloved Bates financial aid director with empathy and expertise, dies at age 79

July 23, 2020

Campus Construction Update: July 24, 2020

July 16, 2020

Campus Construction Update: July 17, 2020

July 9, 2020

Donald Lent, artist, teacher, and mentor who built the visual arts program at Bates College, dies at age 86

July 2, 2020

‘We got you. We got each other:’ Words of encouragement to the Class of 2020, from a millennial professor

July 1, 2020

Announcing the 15 most-viewed Bates stories of 2019–20

Scenes from the Bates Campus on Commencement Day, May 31, 2020. The bobcat statue on the walk to Merrill Gym is outfitted with a coronavirus mask made by Christine McDowell's crew in Pettigrew Hall.

July 1, 2020

Bates announces plan to resume on-campus education for fall 2020

June 26, 2020

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

June 26, 2020

Pete and Gerry’s Jesse Laflamme ’00 and the scrambled supply chain of eggs during COVID

June 26, 2020

Bates in the News: June 26, 2020

June 24, 2020

Campus Construction Update: June 26, 2020

June 19, 2020

From a Distance: The meandering Sprague River at Bates–Morse Mountain

The Bates campus shows off fall colors on the Historic Quad late in the afternoon on Oct. 15, 2019.Emma Soler '20 of Bethesda, Md., and Ian Rashleigh McNally '20 of Tiverton, R.I., say they "just got to have a break" as they found the light on the Quad and enjoyed some recreational reading before October Break. She was reading "The Namesake," a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, he Guy Paulsen's memoir "Winterdance."

June 19, 2020

In the 2020 list of faculty and staff book reccs, some Good Reads for a trying time

Images from the topping off event on May 16, 2020, at the Bonney Science Center, featuring the final major piece of structural steel being installed on the building. In keeping with tradition, a small spruce tree was attached to the beam fluttered plus a Bates banner and the American flag. The beam has the signatures of Bates participants and members of the Consigli construction crew.Participants: Michael W. Bonney ’80, P’09, P’12, P’15Alison Grott Bonney ’80, P’09, P’12, P’15Sarah R. Pearson ’75, Vice President for College AdvancementA. Clayton Spencer, PresidentChris Streifel, Facilities Services Project ManagerGeoff Swift, Vice President for Finance and Administration and TreasurerPam Wichroski, Director of Capital Planning and ConstructionDave Thomas, Consigli Construction Michael Hinchcliffe, Payette Architecture Firm Bob Schaeffner, Payette Architecture Firm

June 19, 2020

Campus Construction Update: June 19, 2020

Staff gather in the College Store to pack and ship diplomas to graduates from the Class of 2020. The diplomas were dropped off by Mike Adams, Tim Kivus, and Adam Wright.Those who volunteered to pack the pre-taped and assembled boxes that included tissue paper, all academic society/departmental honors/athletic certificates, alumni letter and CMH/CHS letter, printed and labeled theses, bumper stickers, and diplomas:Judith OtimGail St. PierreDonna DuvalCheryl LaceyClaire SchmollChristine SchwartzBrenda PelletierHeather TaylorMichelle ZuehikaMichelle LewisKerry O'Brien

June 18, 2020

Video: ‘Boxing day’ is the final chapter of historic Commencement 2020

June 12, 2020

‘Hang in there’: 2009 graduates offer words of wisdom for new alumni

June 11, 2020

My Last Year of Teaching: Jane Costlow’s departure prompts reflections on past, present, and future

Items from the Bates artifacts collection, 1860s to 2011.See: bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/MC098.htmlIncluding: peace pipe used during class day; banners;Cornet used by Levi Washington Ballard who organized the Maine State Seminary Band; conk found by Outing Club; Paperweight with drawing of a scene from Bates vs Bowdoin football game of Oct. 29, 1898 showing William A. Saunders '99 with the ball and a score of Bates 6 and Bowdoin; nurse pin; shaving set; white cane used by President Phillips.

June 10, 2020

From the Archives: Bates nurses, Julia Child, and a German ace

June 9, 2020

Slideshow: Celebrating seniors and the faculty who taught and mentored them

June 9, 2020

Slideshow: This Month at Bates