Stories about "Bates values"
Video: For Erick Gredonia ’21, dance creates the ‘best version of myself’
Thursday, June 10, 2021 11:23 am
Motion defines dance. Yet for Gredonia, a defining dance experience at Bates was a moment of quiet stillness, tinged with despair.
Bates bio students join greenhouse-gas project to help squelch the bovine belch
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 2:14 pm
In partnership with a Maine research lab, an innovative Bates biology course gives students up-close experience with cows and dung — all in service to a project to reduce greenhouse gas.
With a doubleheader Commencement on May 27, Bates celebrates Class of 2021
Thursday, May 27, 2021 1:02 pm
After a year's absence, Bates celebrated an in-person Commencement on May 27, featuring two ceremonies on a bluebird day with all the comforts of familiar rituals, including words of wisdom and love.
At Garcelon Field, a failed balloon launch in name only
Friday, May 21, 2021 10:32 am
A student club's high-altitude balloon launch — minus its payload — offers a chance for some Commencement-season ruminations on the value of failure.
Video: Bowie meets the Bard through director Deon Custard ’21
Friday, May 21, 2021 9:07 am
Custard took Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, added a dose of glam rock, and shook it all into something fresh, but also vintage, for the Bates stage.
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 1:53 pm
As the beauty of spring emerges, we experience bittersweet acknowledgments: of the work that remains to be done, the sudden anticipation of goodbyes, and contemplation of life after graduation.
Picture story: Mingle and meet at the Senior Thesis Exhibition opening
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 5:51 pm
Tucked into the corner of the Bates College Museum of Art is a small sign with an invitation from Christopher Barker ’21: He wants visitors to pick up his ghostly, serene-looking vessels.
Video: Billy Lahart ’21 will never look at 2020–21 as a loss
Thursday, May 6, 2021 1:18 pm
For Lahart, varied college endeavors have combined to create a winning whole. Bates is where "you can embrace and live out our school motto, Amore ac Studio, 'With Ardor and Devotion.'"
Help! From global education to dining to Ladd Library
Monday, April 12, 2021 2:12 pm
Our final installment of portraits of Bates staff members, as well as stories in their own words about how they have responded to the needs of our students during a time of crisis.
Ask the College Experts: Early decision vs. early action
Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:03 pm
Leigh Weisenburger, Bates vice president for enrollment and dean of admission and financial aid, explains the difference between two similar-sounding admission programs.