Stories about "Garcelon Field"
Campus Construction Update: Sept. 15, 2023

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 2:12 pm

The renovated Chase Hall is “absolutely fantastic and ready to bring students and faculty back,” President Garry Jenkins stated at the building’s reopening on Sept. 7.

Campus Construction Update: Aug. 10, 2023

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 1:41 pm

A rainstorm pushes back move-in day for Chase Hall, but three other summer projects are complete or nearly so.

Campus Construction Update: July 6, 2023

Monday, July 3, 2023 2:24 pm

Still a constellation of construction hotspots, but with Bates folks scheduled to return in August, Chase Hall had a certain air of anticipation last week — something along the lines of, “Is it Christmas yet?"

Just July. Or as Professor of French and Francophone Studies Kirk Read says: “We are in that month we wish could last forever.”Hathorn Hall and Historic Quad
Campus Construction Update: June 16, 2023

Thursday, June 8, 2023 8:26 am

Like the work we covered last week, construction projects begun this week involve campus landmarks whose long histories resound in Bates lore.

Video: Campus osprey tries to build a nest at Garcelon

Friday, April 21, 2023 1:52 pm

Immense talent at finding prey doesn’t mean that an osprey, or any bird, will also be good at nest-building.

What’s in a Lewiston Name: Garcelon

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:13 pm

The signature athletic field at Bates is named for Dr. Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston, one of the earliest and longest supporters of Bates College.

Video: Plowing Garcelon means “16 miles forward, 16 miles backward”

Friday, January 26, 2018 11:46 am

Clearing Garcelon's FieldTurf surface is "a sign of spring and a sign of spring sports," says Tim Kivus of Facilities Services.

Video: Highlights of football’s CBB-clinching win over Bowdoin

Thursday, November 9, 2017 1:56 pm

"We came in knowing there would be some ups and downs," senior captain Frank Williams of Brookline, Mass. said. "That always happens with a rivalry game."

Video: Football seeks historic fourth straight CBB title Saturday

Thursday, November 2, 2017 10:30 pm

Players talk about the chance to make Bates football history vs. Bowdoin on Saturday. Game time is 12:30 p.m.

Then and Now: Garcelon Field in the 1930s and right now

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 12:00 pm

What's different and what's the name about these two photographs of Garcelon Field taken about 80 years apart?

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