Stories from 2025
A call from home
Thursday, September 4, 2025 4:08 pm
How do you convey the deepest, sweetest batch of parental emotion to…
Picture Story: The Bates Class of 2029 Begins Its Journey
Thursday, September 4, 2025 4:01 pm
On Aug. 28, the 497 members of the Bates Class of 2029 finally arrived on campus. Current students, faculty, and staff welcomed them with open arms; it was hard to turn a corner without finding a Bates community member offering directions or helping a new student unload their luggage. Bates athletes, pictured below in front of Page Hall, carted the heavy items from cars to dorms.
Pulling mussels: Bates researchers spend the summer studying Maine’s disappearing shellfish
Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:53 am
A research team from Bates spent the summer investigating Maine's disappearing shellfish, the blue mussel.
With messages on the power of pluralism and hope, Convocation welcomes new students to Bates
Thursday, September 4, 2025 9:48 am
Convocation marked the entry of the Class of 2029 and transfer students to campus with wise words on finding strength in our differences, fighting for what you believe in, and maintaining hope.
Picture Story: She said ‘yes!’ to a Purposeful Work internship
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 3:08 pm
This summer, Raegan White ’26 of Duxbury, Mass., was one of 18 interns at the bridal shop where hit TLC television show Say Yes to the Dress was filmed for 23 seasons, each episode chronicling the shopping adventures of brides on the hunt for their perfect gowns.
Picture Story: This Summer at Bates
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 3:05 pm
Photos from the campus that never sleeps, from 5Ks to the greenest of leaves and lawns and with a few trips away from Bates to see Bates students in action.
They’ve got motivation, moxie, and multiplicity: Welcoming the marvelous Class of 2029
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 1:58 pm
The Class of 2029 is made up of 497 students who attended 410 high schools in 44 states, as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and 23 different countries. Nearly a quarter of them come from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds and 56 of them are the first generation in their family to attend college.
Behind the scenes with the Bates golfers turned stars for an Adobe AI video
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 8:01 am
The talent pipeline to PGA Tour stardom typically runs through powerhouse NCAA Division I schools. But when Golf Digest — the sport’s top publication — went looking for college golfers to star in a feature video sponsored by Adobe, they turned to Bates.
President Garry W. Jenkins wins Maine Black Excellence Compass Career Award
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 4:56 pm
President Garry W. Jenkins has received the 2025 Maine Black Excellence Compass Career Award from The Third Place Maine, a network that connects Maine’s Black professionals, students, and entrepreneurs to opportunities across multiple areas, from social to professional.
Bates Alumni in the News: August 27, 2025
Thursday, July 3, 2025 11:49 am
Bates alumni had a busy summer, publishing opinion pieces, writing an essay on hiking for a national magazine, giving speeches, getting promoted, and even, in one case, meeting the Queen of England.