On some sunny March days, wrote Charles Dickens, it feels like “summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
Dickens nailed the weather, but the balance escaped his attention: Bates is a place of great expectations, where citizens light triumphant fires, connect over pizza and physics, and explore the past and present onstage, on the field, and in the archives.
Whether it’s planned or spontaneous, we hope you’re game to take a look back with us at the last 30 days.
From left, Associate Professor of History Joe Hall guides junior history majors Benni Magnusson McComish, Zach Jonas, Eric Opoku, Andrew Fasciano, and Ke'ala Brosseau during a visit to the Muskie Archives. For a methods course that culminates with students proposing their senior thesis topics, this group reviewed materials ranging from Bates founder Oren Cheney’s papers to Admission viewbooks. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
President Clayton Spencer speaks with students during a reception she hosted for Bates Fulbright semifinalists in February, a month that saw Bates announced as the fourth-ranked producer of Fulbright U.S. Student awards for 2018–19. (Theophil Syslo/Bates College)
Margaret Smith ’21 of Wilton, Conn., scored the game’s first goal as No. 21 nationally ranked Bates women's lacrosse defeated Plymouth State 15-3. (Theophil Syslo/Bates College)
Conversations begun on campus paths often conclude at the corner of College Street and Campus Avenue as the conversers go their separate ways. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
On a Sunday morning at the brick oven in Commons, Dining Services cook Jacob Morse preps work for the evening meal. Meanwhile, grape and Gorgonzola pizza is ready for brunch. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
