Meredith McCarroll
Stories by Meredith McCarroll
Reentry Sisters join Bates courses
Thursday, September 17, 2026 3:50 pm
This fall, in addition to the 552 first-year students and 13 transfer students, an additional five students enrolled in a few courses across campus: previously incarcerated women joined first-year seminars through the Reentry Sisters Alumni Scholar Program.
Bates welcomes the last of this year’s new faculty
Thursday, September 17, 2026 1:21 pm
Bates welcomed 11 new tenured or tenure-track faculty for the 2026-2027 academic year, and Bates News is highlighting these faculty in three installments. Read about our new faculty here and here, and read below for the final group of new faculty this year.
Bates student honored as Newman Civic Fellow
Thursday, September 17, 2026 1:17 pm
Natalie Gersen ‘28 of Belmont, Mass., has been named a Newman Civic Fellow through Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education.
AESOP trips encourage authenticity, connection
Friday, September 4, 2026 2:47 pm
The Class of 2030, the third largest in Bates history, gathered to kick off AESOP on Friday, Aug. 28 — the day after move-in day.
Opening Convocation at Bates welcomes Class of 2030, encouraging evolution, positive social influence
Friday, September 4, 2026 2:45 pm
The college welcomed the Class of 2030 and new transfer students to the official start of the new academic year at the Sept. 1 Convocation on the Historic Quad.
Bates welcomes (more) new faculty
Friday, September 4, 2026 2:39 pm
Bates News began introducing new faculty last week and will continue over the next few weeks. Read our second installment below.
Bates Human Resources earns award for excellence in well-being
Friday, September 4, 2026 2:38 pm
Bates College has been selected for a Best Practice Award from the New England Employee Benefits Council. The award recognizes Bates’ Employee Enrichment Week.
Creativity, compassion, and commitment: Bates welcomes the Class of 2030
Friday, August 28, 2026 1:54 pm
As Bates prepares for the 2026-2027 academic year, students from the Class of 2030 began settling into their new homes on campus on Thursday, Aug. 27.
Bates President Garry W. Jenkins selected for prestigious Presidential Fellowship
Friday, August 28, 2026 10:48 am
Bates College President Garry W. Jenkins has been selected as a member of the second cohort of the Washington, D.C.-based Aspen Institute’s Aspen-Kern Presidential Leadership Fellowship.
Bates welcomes new faculty
Friday, August 28, 2026 10:23 am
Bates is welcoming a number of new faculty members for the 2026-2027 academic year, including 11 tenured or on the tenure track. Bates News will introduce these faculty over the next few weeks.