{"id":129276,"date":"2019-12-04T12:41:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T17:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=129276"},"modified":"2019-12-05T15:12:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:12:35","slug":"countdown-its-the-top-10-bates-instagram-posts-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/12\/04\/countdown-its-the-top-10-bates-instagram-posts-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown! The Top 10 Bates Instagram posts for 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a new year on the horizon, BatesNews<\/em> has decided to lead you down Memory Lane, social media style, and share Bates’ Top 10 Instagram Posts of 2019.<\/p>\n

If every picture tells a story, what are the stories that Bates tells about itself on Instagram?<\/p>\n

The popular social media channel \u201cis a visual way to inspire feeling \u2014 what it\u2019s like to be here, especially as a student or an alum, but also as a staff or faculty member,” explains Phyllis Graber Jensen, the college’s director of photography and video and a prolific poster on the college’s Instagram account.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s a bit of a reality show for all those family members, or prospective students and their families, who might imagine the quotidian Bates experience but can’t claim it for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether on campus or off, Instagram has captured plenty of eyes and imaginations for Bates. The college’s account totaled 13,518 followers as of Dec. 4, 2019. And here are a few other measures of the college’s Insta presence and popularity in 2019:<\/p>\n