Stories about "This Month at Bates"
April 5th, 2025 - Garcelon Field The women’s lacrosse team took on the Connecticut College Camels this Saturday for their Senior Day match up. The bobcats came out on top with a final score of 13-11, with Julia Roelofs ’26 scoring a buzzer beater for the game-ending goal. Bates College President Garry Jenkins and his husband were in attendance to cheer on the team and celebrate the seniors.
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Thursday, May 15, 2025 10:45 am

April at Bates arrives with light, with motion, and with meaning. Students…

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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.

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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.

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025 9:51 am

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

Bates women's basketball defeats Colby 66-63 in Alumni Gym on Dec. 3, 2024.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024 2:12 pm

The beating heart of Bates in November: a presidential election — and a rhetoric class dedicated to staging a simulated one — plus performances, athletic competitions, lectures, and community engagement.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024 12:11 pm

A beautiful and warm October provided us with joy, wonder, learning, competition, and remembrance

Moments from Community Engagement in L/A AESOP trip with AESOP leaders Mary Beth Tune and Ines Knirsch on August 31, 2024. Two people wish to not be identified, this is the person with purple pants and a red/orange jacket with backpack and student from China with tan hat and green backpack. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College)
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Monday, September 30, 2024 12:35 pm

We could not have asked for a more beautiful — in every sense of the word — start of the academic year.

“I’m having a blast working with a student. She’s absolutely wonderful.” — Grounds and maintenance worker Ian Brownlie enjoys working with his summer colleague, Vyshu Viju ‘26 of Atlanta. The two took a break from beautifying the campus by trimming bushes, weeding, and raking mulch. “The favorite part of my summer and Short Term is working with students,” Brownlie says.
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Thursday, August 22, 2024 1:04 am

When it comes to this summer at Bates, life flows on — gently and purposefully, and steadily preparing for the new year to come.

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Friday, June 7, 2024 8:48 am

This has been a month of firsts and lasts, of beginnings and…

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 3:21 pm

As we enter the home stretch of the academic year, the pace…

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