Stories about "convocation"
Convocation remarks: President Clayton Spencer
Friday, September 8, 2017 1:28 pm
"I cannot remember a time in my professional experience when matters of context and principle have intruded so insistently into the project of teaching the next generation of students."
Walter Washington ’19 welcomes the Class of 2021 at Convocation
Friday, September 8, 2017 1:14 pm
"There is no way, absolutely no way, that I could have persevered through such an ordeal without being a part of the community that is Bates."
Bates’ memorial tree planting embraces the ‘sacred tension’ of gratitude and grief
Friday, September 8, 2017 12:25 pm
“It’s actually a beautiful gesture to say, dead or alive, you’re still a part of the Bates community,” says Multifaith Chaplain Brittany Longsdorf.
With new urgency, Bates professors say what — and why — they’re excited to teach this fall
Friday, September 8, 2017 11:59 am
When saying what they're excited to teach, faculty always express optimism for a new academic year and their new students. This year, we heard something different.
Slideshow: Click the kaleidoscope and see the Class of 2021 everywhere
Friday, September 8, 2017 11:32 am
Photographers Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo follow our first-years as they dive into life at Bates.
2017 Convocation address: ‘Summer Posts, Fall Possibilities,’ by Professor of Sociology Emily Kane
Thursday, September 7, 2017 5:25 pm
"Maybe already, maybe tomorrow, but definitely over time, you’ll begin to find the particular faculty members with whom you’ll forge especially deep bonds."
Convocation 2017: ‘A time to take up our work with new resolve’
Thursday, September 7, 2017 1:13 pm
Bates College's 2017 Convocation gave three speakers the opportunity to offer three distinct perspectives on what “Bates community” means.
Video: Six professors share what they’re excited to teach in 2016-17
Friday, September 9, 2016 2:00 pm
Awaiting the start of the academic procession for Convocation on Sept. 6, six professors share what they're excited to teach in the new year.
College a ‘perfect time to take stock,’ Gediman tells 2016 Convocation
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 2:56 pm
Dan Gediman, co-creator of the "This I Believe" media project, offered encouraging words to the Bates College Class of 2020 at Convocation on Sept. 6.
‘This I Believe’ co-creator to offer 2016 Convocation address
Friday, September 2, 2016 12:04 pm
Offering the 2016 Convocation address at Bates College is Dan Gediman, co-creator of the "This I Believe" radio and book series.