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‘Be better. Do better. Be an arc in the bigger circle,’ graduates told at Bates College Commencement

Sunday, May 28, 2023 12:41 pm

The 157th Bates Commencement saw degrees conferred on 439 Bates seniors and an address by author and scholar J. Drew Lanham — a self-described "bird-loving Black kid" from South Carolina — who spoke about freedom and Benjamin Mays, and called on the graduates "to be better, to do better" and "to be an arc in the bigger circle" that gives power to our freedom.

Video: 2018 Bates Commencement

Sunday, May 27, 2018 2:09 pm

The video includes awarding of honorary degrees, the Commencement address by Bryan Stevenson, and conferral of degrees to 474 graduates.

Former NATO ambassador: Global leadership more important than ever

Friday, March 30, 2018 1:14 pm

Problems facing the United States are transnational, but the White House is pulling away from the international stage, says Nicholas Burns.

For ‘One Goal’ author Amy Bass ’92, the Lewiston soccer team tells ‘an American story’

Friday, March 16, 2018 12:43 pm

The 2015 Lewiston boys soccer team, with many players who are Somali, were state champs. Bass spent months retracing their road to victory, getting to know the players, and understanding her college town in a new way.

Climate change is ‘not something you believe. It just is,’ says Trump whistleblower Joel Clement

Friday, March 16, 2018 12:40 pm

Clement is the former climate policy chief who says the Trump administration retaliated against him and fellow scientists for climate-change advocacy.

Matt Dunlap: ‘Don’t call it fraud because you disagree with it’

Friday, March 2, 2018 12:47 pm

Maine's secretary of state talks to Bates politics professor John Baughman about why he joined the president's commission on voter fraud — and why he sued it.

Senior lecturer of English at Bates and acclaimed poet Robert Farnsworth reads his works for a special Literary Arts Live event

Thursday, January 25, 2018 3:08 pm

Join us live from Muskie Archives as senior lecturer of English at…

12 lessons on Purposeful Work from Maine Calling

Friday, January 19, 2018 12:29 pm

If you feel fulfilled in your work, you're more likely to feel fulfilled in other areas of your life.

MLK Day 2018: Education is ‘the key to the kind of society we need’

Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:38 pm

In an era when enlightenment seems to be draining from U.S. society, Bates on MLK Day was a source of replenishment, choosing education its theme.

Video: Bates Commencement livestream clips

Friday, June 2, 2017 11:57 am

Clips of Bates Commencement 2017, including grads receiving diplomas, honorary degree presentations, and the Commencement address by Geoffrey Canada.

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