Slide show presents Class of 2014 orientation
Assistant Dean of Admission Marshall Hatch '10 sings "Amazing Grace" during the traditional tree-planting ceremony after Convocation. The annual ritual honors members of the Bates community who died during the past year. Jim Gaynor of physical plant (left) read the litany of remembrance. Now, a new maple tree graces the Quad.
From left, Will Gilkeson '14 of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Jake Starke '14 of Washington, D.C., and Tyler McKenzie '14 of Leominster, Mass., enjoy Convocation.
The Class of 2014 follows in the wake of the faculty.
Professor of Religious Studies Marcus Bruce '77 and President Elaine Tuttle Hansen compare notes before speaking at Convocation on Sept. 7.
Led by Mace Bearer Sawyer Sylvester, professor of sociology, the faculty processes onto the historic Quad.
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Orientation for the Class of 2014 helped ease first-year students into Bates life by offering something for everyone: time to settle into residence halls, hiking in the White Mountains during AESOP, hearing greetings from President Elaine Tuttle Hansen and considering the Convocation address by Professor of Religious Studies Marcus Bruce ’77, who looked at the “Shared Vocation” that Bates’ newest students are entering into. Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Matt Baker-White ’13.
