Stories about "This Month at Bates"
Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Thursday, November 5, 2026 10:03 am

This October at Bates will be hard to beat. It was a lively month for academics, with visiting speakers and Admission events for prospective students, and community, with alumni returning to campus and Lewiston-Auburn families gathering on Alumni Walk to celebrate Halloween — all framed by the impeccable, signature Maine fall foliage that each year illuminates our campus.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 2:39 pm

Revisit the final moments of summer, and the earliest glimpses of fall, in the first installment of This Month at Bates for the 2026–2027 year.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Thursday, June 25, 2026 7:54 am

Unforgettable moments populated May and June at Bates as the academic year closed. Revisit a few of the experiences of faculty, students, staff — and alumni and parents — in this concluding edition of This Month at Bates.

Slideshow: This Month at Bates

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 4:44 pm

In the classroom or the lab, or on the stage or playing field, our community is one personified by enrichment and excellence. Take a look at our award-winning students, athletes, faculty, and staff as they course through the month of March.

Over the woodlands brown and bare, over the harvest-fields forsaken, silent, and soft, and slow descends the snow. — Longfellow Back on campus after the February freak storm, Bates feels suspended between motion and stillness; cars crunch in half-melted tracks, boots drip by radiators, flights and plans still catching up somewhere in the clouds. Some of us are here, some are delayed, and the quiet holds space for both. It’s a strange return; rushed arrivals, late-night drives, weather maps open on our phones, yet the air itself feels calm, like the world pressed pause just long enough for us to notice it. The paradox is real; chaos in the forecast, steadiness on the quad. Snow does that. It softens edges, lowers voices, makes even a campus full of movement feel like it’s breathing slowly.
February at Bates

Thursday, March 5, 2026 8:25 am

February on campus saw sports successes, several large snowfalls, and our annual Winter Carnival — a week of events celebrating the joys of the chilly season.

snow on Bates campus January 2026
December and January at Bates

Thursday, January 29, 2026 3:59 pm

Photography from the big snow of Jan. 25 (and 26), back to the joys of a December Makers Market, and tons of athletics. Plus, thesis binding season for the Class of 2026 is here, big time.

Scenes around campus at dawn on Nov. 5, 2025. Pettengill Hall
Picture Story: November 2025 at Bates

Thursday, December 11, 2025 3:49 pm

November at Bates saw a field hockey championship, orchestra and dance performances, seminar-style learning, and more.

Picture Story: October 2025 at Bates

Thursday, November 13, 2025 3:25 pm

With images of Back to Bates, stunning foliage, fall athletics, Halloween, and more, we bring you October 2025 at Bates.

Picture Story: September 2025 at Bates

Friday, October 10, 2025 10:41 am

From Convocation to fierce field hockey matches, double overtime football victories, and relaxing on the quad, we bring you September 2025 at Bates.

Picture Story: This Summer at Bates

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 3:05 pm

Photos from the campus that never sleeps, from 5Ks to the greenest of leaves and lawns and with a few trips away from Bates to see Bates students in action.

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