Stories about "students"
Commencement 2026: Into the future with heart, humanity, and curiosity

Sunday, May 31, 2026 5:45 pm

The skies were changeable but the mood was resoundingly upbeat on Sunday, May 31, as 480 members of the Class of 2026 celebrated their Bates graduation surrounded by family and friends, and bolstered by speeches that dwelled on bright promises, both those already delivered and those to come.

Stella Younkin ’24 of East Greenwich, R.I., reads on the Library Terrace for the course “Lives in Place” taught by Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Tyler Harper.“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!”― Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice"Ellory Kearns '24 of Steamboat Springs, Colo., reads Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" on the stops of Coram Library for a course called "Jane Austen: Then and Now" taught by Professor of English Lillian Nayder.Swipe left to see a few scenes of other students reading — and writing — this afternoon throughout campus.
Slideshow: A walk around campus to see what students are studying

Monday, September 13, 2021 4:10 pm

Join us as we take a walk around campus to photograph students and ask what they're up to on a dazzling September afternoon.

Slide show features Parents and Family Weekend 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 8:02 am

* View the slide show by clicking the thumbnails. Parents and Family…

Exhibit weaves stories of Maine millworkers

Friday, June 13, 2008 12:00 pm

'Weaving a World: Lewiston's Millworkers, 1920-2008' describes the mills, millworkers and the social world they made ... [and] gives us a front-row seat on history.