Stories about "Student Life"

Q&A: Commencement senior speaker learned to plant seeds of her own confidence
Thursday, May 26, 2022 6:05 pm
Senior speaker at Commencement on Sunday, Teresa Chico '22 talks about her experience as a first-gen student, how she's like a certain plant, and why she claps really loud when a cup is dropped in Commons.

Spring at Bates (No. 2): It’s Commencement, time for the annual annual plantings around campus
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 12:46 pm
Aided by seniors keen on making the campus look great for their graduation, the Bates grounds crew plants annuals here and there, including an iconic Commencement location.

How Bates is ‘moving the needle’ on the gender gap in economics
Friday, May 20, 2022 1:37 pm
A visit by White House economist Cecilia Rouse underscores work by Bates economics students and faculty to bring women into a historically male-dominated field.

Video: See the opening of the 2022 Bates Senior Thesis Exhibition
Thursday, May 5, 2022 11:50 am
Watch as 15 studio arts students present their senior theses to friends, family, and faculty, in projects brimming with personal meaning.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 4:04 pm
The true joys of spring arrive as April slides into May and...

Video: Noah Pott ’22 and the romance between theater and music
Friday, April 1, 2022 9:30 am
Noah Pott '22 believes in the power of collaboration, as he makes a habit of directing — from a capella choir, to a musical, to a live orchestra.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 11:54 am
Anticipation for spring metamorphosis builds in March as we edge closer to...

Video: Scenes (and behind the scenes) of Puddle Jump 2022
Friday, February 18, 2022 9:00 am
Within vaunted traditions there are always new wrinkles. Take the Bates tradition of the Maine governor lighting a torch to kick off Winter Carnival

Video: Ski area takeover is ‘part of going to college in Maine’
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 4:07 pm
Despite temperatures dipping into the single digits above zero, some 500 Bates students flocked to a local ski area for a takeover night.

Picture story: After a year’s hiatus, a gleeful return for the Puddle Jump
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 3:49 pm
The pandemic showed us how quickly beloved traditions, silly or significant, can be disrupted. Hence the unbounded glee during this year's Puddle Jump — the Return!