{"id":65433,"date":"2013-05-15T10:54:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T14:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?page_id=65433"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:16:06","slug":"commence13-presskit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/15\/commence13-presskit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates Commencement 2013: Press Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bates Commencement 2014: Press Kit<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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On May 26, Bates awarded bachelor’s degrees to 436 students representing 34 U.S. states and 29 countries. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bates College held its 147th Commencement<\/a> on Sunday, May 26 in Merrill Gymnasium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The college conferred honorary degrees on four leaders in the realms of sustainability and business, environmental history and preservation, education, and medicine and medical research. The ceremony concluded with the graduation of 436 seniors, each of whom received either a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bates Communications Office makes the following resources available for the use of journalists reporting on the event. (NOTE: Some links won’t be active until May 26 or later.) Thanks for your interest in Bates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bates Communications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Contact<\/strong>: Roland Adams, Director of Media Relations
Office<\/em> 207-786-6330 | Cell<\/em> 603-359-2496 | Email<\/em> radams@bates.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Commencement 2013<\/h3>\n\n\n\n