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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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August 10, 2022

Campus Construction Update: Aug. 11, 2022

August 2, 2022

Bates College announces faculty cohort-hire initiative in climate and the environment

July 13, 2022

Campus Construction Update: July 14, 2022

July 7, 2022

Bates College Board of Trustees elects new officers and new members

July 1, 2022

‘The spirit of John’: Lewiston and Auburn dedicate the John T. Jenkins ’74 Memorial Bridge

July 1, 2022

With $10,000 Davis Award, Ramiro Davila ’25 takes steps for children in Ecuador

June 30, 2022

Slideshow: 16 of our favorite Bates sports portraits of 2021–22

Spotted at Bates: Annie Conway '23 of South Salem, N.Y., enjoying a novel on Alumni Walk, and Ben Fasciano '23 of Lincoln, Mass., and Andrew Hoffman ‘23 of Oak Park, Ill., playing disc golf on Lake Andrews.They're each living in Lewiston during the summer for jobs and internships. And making the most of a beautiful, quiet campus.

June 30, 2022

Announcing the 26th annual Bates College summer book list

June 30, 2022

Three Bates professors awarded Fulbright Scholar fellowships for 2022-23

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…