{"id":3107,"date":"2022-03-11T15:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T20:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/?page_id=3107"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:33:02","slug":"parents-and-families-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/parents-and-families-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents and Families Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"bates-events bates-events-upcoming-events bates-events-list bates-events-style-default  \"><div class=\"bates-events-day-wrapper\"><div class=\"event-in-row bates_events-event\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"event-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/147\/files\/2026\/03\/50-years-900x506.webp\"  alt=\"Fifty years ago, the first generation of Bobcats took to the field, laying the foundation&hellip;\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"date-header\"><span class=\"_weekday\">Saturday<\/span> <span class=\"_month\">May<\/span> <span class=\"_day-of-month\">2<\/span> <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"event-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"event-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/events\/bates-softball-50th\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBates Softball: 50th Anniversary &amp; Alumnae Weekend\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"event-times\">12:00 am<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tFifty years ago, the first generation of Bobcats took to the field, laying the foundation for a program defined by grit, community, and excellence. This year, our team is honored&hellip;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .bates-events-day-wrapper --><div class=\"bates-events-day-wrapper\"><div class=\"event-in-row bates_events-event\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"event-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/147\/files\/2026\/04\/BATES-ALUMNI-BIRDING-2026-v2-900x506.webp\"  alt=\"Bring your best bird calls and stroll along with fellow Bates alumni and current families&hellip;\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"date-header\"><span class=\"_weekday\">Sunday<\/span> <span class=\"_month\">May<\/span> <span class=\"_day-of-month\">10<\/span> <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"event-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"event-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/events\/batesinphilly-nature-walk-birding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBates in Philly: Nature Walk &amp; Birding\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"event-times\">9:00 am<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tBring your best bird calls and stroll along with fellow Bates alumni and current families in the greater Philadelphia area for a morning of birdwatching at John Heinz National Wildlife&hellip;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .bates-events-day-wrapper --><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-highlight highlight-box is-style-green\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Please find some of our <a href=\"https:\/\/picturestories.bates.edu\/back-to-bates-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">favorite photos from recent family events<\/a>.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3479,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-3107","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3107"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5826,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3107\/revisions\/5826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}