Stories about "The College"
Carrie Cushman to join Bates as director of the Bates College Museum of Art

Thursday, May 15, 2025 8:00 am

Cushman comes to Bates from the University of Hartford, where she is the Edith Dale Monson Gallery Director and Curator at the Hartford Art School.

Joanne Roberts to join Bates as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 8:00 am

Roberts comes to Bates from Yale-NUS College in Singapore, where she has served as president since 2022 and prior to that held multiple leadership roles at the liberal arts college, including executive vice president for academic affairs from 2018 to 2022 and dean of faculty.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 12:50 pm

From buzzer-beaters and Broadway guests to sunlit praise on the Historic Quad, this month offered moments of joy, reflection, and renewal. With every performance, project, and passing connection, students leaned into the turning season — ready for what’s next, but fully alive to what’s now.

Angela Duckworth, psychologist and author of the cultural phenomenon ‘Grit,’ to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 8:17 am

Duckworth's fellow honorary degree recipients at the May 25 Bates Commencement are trailblazing marriage equality attorney Mary Bonauto, award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and champion of public leadership and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.

Defeating the field and his own doubt, Max Cory ’26 wins Bates’ first NCAA swim title

Friday, March 28, 2025 4:07 pm

Self-effacing and candid, Cory shared how he has, in the past, "tended to swim worse when the pressure's on." Not this time. His time of 42.88 seconds set a National Division III record.

Remembering Sylvia Hawks, 1948–2025

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 3:58 pm

Sylvia Hawks’ work resume has no gaps: Fifty-one years, all spent supporting…

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Monday, March 17, 2025 12:16 pm

From screenings to snowstorms, from rituals to remembrances, we’ve taken the Bates pulse — and now we share it with you.

"My introduction to business was through Aristotle." -- Thomas Moser, a master craftsman whose handmade furniture beautifies public spaces around the world, explaining the importance of a liberal arts education. Students in the "Short Term Practicum: Brand Culture Building" (including Lois Masson '16 of Petit-Lancy, Switzerland, and Clarke Shipley '17 of Andover, Mass., pictured here) listened to the internationally acclaimed furniture designer as he offered them a tour of his Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers workshop in Auburn, Maine. Moser, a former speech professor and debate coach at Bates, received an honorary doctor of humane letters from the college in 2015. This course, taught by brand strategist Peter Bysshe '93, takes students behind the scenes of brand culture consultants in an effort to not only humanize intimidating large corporate cultures, but also to arm students with tools to observe, measure, and build, manage or contribute to smaller cultures in which they may find themselves after graduating.
Remembering Thomas Moser, the debate coach turned world-renowned furniture maker

Thursday, March 13, 2025 4:43 pm

A master craftsman of fine furniture and former Bates faculty member and director of debate, Thomas Moser, who died March 5 at the age of 90.

Bates College transitions endowment management to Investure

Friday, February 28, 2025 1:02 am

Partnering with Investure "reflects a dynamic, ongoing commitment to the stewardship of our endowment — an essential resource that supports Bates’ ability to provide an outstanding educational experience,” said Bates President Garry W. Jenkins.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 9:51 am

Despite the chilly temperatures, we’ve had a warm start to the winter…

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