Slide show features Homecoming 2009

Volunteer recognition

The Volunteer Recognition Reception and Dinner includes the presentation of the the Alumni in Admissions Award and the Alumni Community Service Award received, above, by Dan Hart '78 from President Hansen in the Benjamin Mays Center.

A new tradition

The football team, led by coach Mark Harriman, establishes a new Bates tradition as each player and coach touches the bobcat statue as they walk to Garcelon Field.

Homecoming registration

The New Commons building serves as Homecoming Registration Center, with staff on hand to welcome alumni to the campus and answer their questions.

Working world

During a young alumni career panel, Leeanne Cunningham '08 makes a point as fellow alums react.

Outing Club

At Homecoming 2009, the Bates Outing Club hosts a reception in anticipation of its 90th anniversary in 2010.

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Homecoming registration

Homecoming 2009, held this year Sept. 25-27, featured NESCAC sports as central to the weekend’s fun. Important gatherings also included a Multicultural Center-hosted reception and exhibition for alumni diversity in the arts, a 90th-Anniversary Outing Club reception and a volunteer recognition reception and dinner. See a few of these events and more in this slide show. Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Marni Lyn Sienko.