Stories about "Student Life"
Bates College graduates 463 in historic virtual Commencement ceremony
Sunday, May 31, 2020 11:48 am
From the tumult of their abbreviated senior year to the triumph of a historic graduation, the Bates College Class of 2020 graduated on Sunday in a virtual Commencement livestreamed to more than 10,000 viewers.
It fits: A traditional ivy stone for the unique Class of 2020
Friday, May 29, 2020 12:48 pm
"I want our class to be remembered as the Class of 2020, not as the COVID class," says Hazel Simpson '20, who designed the Hathorn-focused ivy stone.
Slideshow: 17 happy, proud, wacky Bobcat portraits
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:17 pm
During their sports photo session, these Bobcats let it all hang out — "the more absurd the better" — celebrating both self and team, creating a spectacle of sports portraiture.
By hand-making face masks for Bates workers, students feel ‘part of something’
Thursday, May 21, 2020 3:21 pm
Bates hopes to provide cloth face coverings for every student and employee who needs one. In their new jobs in the costume shop, resident students are contributing hundreds.
Slideshow: 12 images from the Barlow Off-Campus Photography Exhibition
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 12:09 pm
Food, music, play, and unforgettable nature embellish Bates' students formative studies in nations the world 'round.
‘Witness, testimony, and evidence’: Bates students photograph COVID-19
Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:15 am
In their transition to remote learning, Bates photography students found unprecedented opportunity to document the effects of COVID-19 in their home communities.
Slideshow: Photography gives Bates student unique view of semester in Ghana
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 2:18 pm
“I was able to build relationships with other students, with Ghanaians, with musicians, that I don’t think would have been possible if I hadn’t been pursuing photography.”
For students on campus, ‘it’s all about the comfort food’
Thursday, April 30, 2020 4:51 pm
For those Bates students still on campus, it’s not remotely the same, but familiar foods and faces from Dining Services do help.
Bates in the News: April 24, 2020
Friday, April 24, 2020 10:13 am
It's good Bates in the News: On April 17, Jack Allard ’16 left a Philadelphia hospital after a highly publicized weeks-long battle with COVID-19.
Video: Bittersweet notes from Village Club student musicians
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 6:29 pm
It didn’t replace the feeling of performing on stage before friends and fellow students at Bates. But for these Bates musicians, it still felt good.