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Clayton Spencer to step down as Bates president on June 30, 2023

June 22, 2022

Bates President Clayton Spencer announced today that she will conclude her tenure at the end of the next academic year, on June 30, 2023. “Clayton has been a transformative leader for Bates, giving new shape and meaning to the power of a liberal arts education for today’s world,” said John Gillespie ’80, chair of the Bates College Board of Trustees.

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June 24, 2022

From Bates History: Pin, picture, fob, and trophy

June 24, 2022

Look who’s 40! Bates Dance Festival’s full return arrives in style

June 22, 2022

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

June 17, 2022

What’s in a Name: Montello

Measuring pollen and fighting ticks: it’s been their full-time job this summer.For eight weeks, Henry Hardy’22 of Gloucester, Mass., and Sebastian Leon Fallas ’24 of Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica have studied the pollen environment in a meadow at Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary under the supervision of Associate Professor of Biology Carla Essenberg.Leon Fallas is a STEM Scholar, and Hardy, a Bates Summer Research Fellow.Swipe left for a few scenes from their research this afternoon, July 22, 2021, that included applying bug spray and slipping into mesh shirts before heading out to take notes and measurements and gather samples.

June 17, 2022

‘It takes work’: Transforming how science is taught at Bates

Puerto Rican Wedding, East Harlem, 1970(Camilo J. Vergara, Camilo J. Vergara Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington https://www.loc.gov/item/2014648661/.

June 10, 2022

A 50th Reunion alumnus recalls a seminal Short Term trip to East Harlem in 1970

Title devised by Library staff.- Copyright deposit; Underwood & Underwood; 1908.[Women inspecting currency at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing]- Title devised by Library staff.- Copyright deposit; Underwood & Underwood; 1907.- No. 658.

June 9, 2022

Cryptocurrency banking pitch wins 2022 Bobcat Ventures competition

June 9, 2022

Campus Construction Update: June 10, 2022

June 8, 2022

Picture story: A graduation celebration for the Bates Class of 2020

Class of 2022 celebrates Baccalaureate on the Historic Quad with Baccalaureate address delivered by Josh Rubin, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of Anthropology.Saturday May 28, 202211:00 a.m., The Historic QuadBaccalaureate is a gathering of graduating seniors and their families and friends to celebrate this milestone in their lives and give thanks for the help they received along the way. It is a joyous celebration planned by students that features poetry, story-telling, a cappella, a student band, dance, parent reflections and an address by a faculty or staff person chosen by the graduating class.Baccalaureate is held on the Historic Quad (rain or shine) and seniors process into the service wearing caps and gowns. All friends and family are welcome to attend and seating is first-come, first-served. The procession begins at 10:50, with a musical prelude before.We invite parents and families to contribute to the festivities in two ways:Parents & Families Reflection and Blessing Cards

June 3, 2022

Picture story: Baccalaureate for the Bates Class of 2022

June 3, 2022

Picture story: It was the Friday before Commencement…

June 3, 2022

Video: Highlights from Commencement 2022 and the march of the seniors

June 3, 2022

Video: Dr. Nirav Shah’s 2022 Commencement Address

June 3, 2022

Slideshow: Hour by hour with the Bates Class of 2022 on Commencement day

Commencement exercises were held on Historic Quad for 498 members of the Class of 2022 on May 29, 2022.Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control received an honorary degree and was the featured speaker of the 156th. Commencement.Shah was one of four honorary degree recipients, the others being:Michael Bonney ’80, a nationally recognized biotech CEO whose extensive philanthropy has funded the Bonney Science Center, new professorships, and innovations in STEM education at Bates.Nikki Giovanni, a widely acclaimed poet, teacher, and voice of the Black experience for more than 50 years.The Rev. Becca Stevens, an author and social entrepreneur whose Thistle Farms organization supports those who have experienced trafficking, prostitution, and addiction.

June 2, 2022

Slideshow: Bates Class of 2022 caps off graduation with creative mortarboard art

May 29, 2022

‘Be someone who builds trust,’ Dr. Nirav Shah tells seniors at 156th Bates College Commencement

May 29, 2022

Commencement 2022 honorary degree citations

May 27, 2022

Video: Class of 2022 arrives for their class photo at Garcelon

May 26, 2022

Q&A: Commencement senior speaker learned to plant seeds of her own confidence

May 26, 2022

Video: Devanshi Trivedi ’22, neuroscience, philosophy, and ‘what makes us who we are’