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Opening Convocation at 11 a.m. Sept. 2, 2025, on the Historic Quad, followed by In Memoriam: Tree Planting Service. Processional Welcome by President Garry Jenkins Mace Bearer Mary T. Rice=DeFosse Greetings by Zach Richards ’26 and Mohammad Zayd ’27, Co-Presidents Convocation Address “A College for Coming Times” Rebecca Herzig, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies Benediction Raymond Clothier, Interim Multifaith Chaplain Memorial Tree Planting Alongside Gomes Chapel on College Street, in memory of those in the Bates community who died during the past year. The tree was designated with a yellow bow.

With messages on the power of pluralism and hope, Convocation welcomes new students to Bates

September 4, 2025

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.

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September 4, 2025

A call from home

September 4, 2025

Picture Story: The Bates Class of 2029 Begins Its Journey

September 4, 2025

Pulling mussels: Bates researchers spend the summer studying Maine’s disappearing shellfish

August 27, 2025

Picture Story: She said ‘yes!’ to a Purposeful Work internship

August 27, 2025

Picture Story: This Summer at Bates

August 27, 2025

They’ve got motivation, moxie, and multiplicity: Welcoming the marvelous Class of 2029

August 26, 2025

Behind the scenes with the Bates golfers turned stars for an Adobe AI video

August 5, 2025

President Garry W. Jenkins wins Maine Black Excellence Compass Career Award

July 3, 2025

Bates Alumni in the News: August 27, 2025

June 27, 2025

Harward Center wraps up 2024–25 year with grants, awards honoring community engagement

June 26, 2025

Outside-the-box Batesies: Meet five DIY students who created their own majors

For four weeks during this year’s Short Term, 31 Bates students — biology, economics, and philosophy majors alike — caught a glimpse of careers in business while taking the Tuck Business Essentials course, offered for the first time this year in collaboration with Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. Whatever their prior knowledge of business, the students showed up with critical thinking skills and eagerness to learn in-hand — hallmarks of a Bates education — says Peter Friedman ’92, who earned an MBA from Tuck in 2003 and served as practitioner-in-residence for Tuck Business Essentials. “Students were very engaged and interested in the topic, which was great,” Friedman says. “They were strong and very capable.” In these photographs, students in the Tuck Short Term prepare for and make their final course presentations, first getting ready in the Purposeful Work area of Chase Hall, and then on a Zoom call in Chase Hall Lounge.

June 26, 2025

Short Term’s crash course in business yielded big profits for Bates students

June 26, 2025

Bates College Board of Trustees elects four new members effective July 1, 2025

June 25, 2025

At Bates, a ginkgo seedling carries survival from 1945 Hiroshima to today

June 18, 2025

2025 Green Innovation Grants support sustainability projects for theater, the Bates garden, and more

June 17, 2025

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

June 13, 2025

Bates announces inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame class

June 13, 2025

Picture Story: You can’t rain on this Alumni Parade

June 13, 2025

Advice from new graduates to new students: Here’s what you should explore at Bates

June 12, 2025

Six alumni honored at Reunion for contributions to Bates and the world