{"id":2602,"date":"2020-07-24T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:33:20","slug":"july-24-fall-update-and-upcoming-aug-3-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/2020\/07\/24\/july-24-fall-update-and-upcoming-aug-3-qa\/","title":{"rendered":"July 24 \u2014 Fall Update and Upcoming Aug. 3 Q&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello, Bates Families \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;week, students received multiple email updates regarding plans for fall. The links below provide detail on many key planning elements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Incoming students received their housing assignment and move-in date on Wednesday; returning students received information on Thursday about how to use Garnet Gateway to select their preferred move-in date\/time. There is an updated FAQ on\u00a0housing and Res Life\u00a0(for all students) and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/housing\/summer-placement\/\">summer placement for fall housing<\/a>\u00a0(for returning students who await housing assignments).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schedule of Courses and Teaching Modes \u2013 Earlier today, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/garnet-gateway\/schedule-of-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schedule of Courses<\/a>\u00a0was posted showing all courses for the fall semester with their instructor-designated teaching modes.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Class Schedules \u2013 Sophomores, juniors, and seniors (returning students) received an email from Mary Meserve, Registrar,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/fall-2020-resources\/fall-2020-class-schedule-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">providing this information<\/a>\u00a0now that courses have been shifted to the 2+2 model. First-year students received their First-Year Seminar assignments on Wednesday and will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/registration\/registration-overview\/#summer-2020-registration-timetable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">register for their additional three fall courses<\/a>\u00a0next week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is a new FAQ explaining the college\u2019s\u00a0COVID-19 testing. Bates tests will be processed by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadinstitute.org\/coronavirus\/covid-19\">Broad Institute<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0Student Public Health Agreement and Other Documents\u00a0can be completed by your student through Garnet Gateway.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your student\u2019s plans for the fall have changed since they completed the Fall Attendance Questionnaire, please have them contact Faith Hauger in Student Affairs at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:fhauger@bates.edu\">fhauger@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please remind your student to check their Bates email address about the upcoming July 30 Q&amp;A session for incoming and returning students.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We know this is a significant amount of information and that, even after reading the updates, families are likely to have questions about logistics for fall.&nbsp;<strong>We will host a parent Q&amp;A on Monday, August 3 at noon Eastern.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please visit our website for&nbsp;a list of&nbsp;panelists and a submission form for questions. As with past events, we will record this panel and share a link as soon as the recording is posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To attend the forum on August 3 at noon Eastern, please contact the Parent Team at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:parents@bates.edu\">parents@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank you for your patience and partnership as plans have evolved. Keep your students watching their Bates emails!<br><br>Best regards,<br>The Bates Parent Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Bates Families \u2013 This&nbsp;week, students received multiple email updates regarding plans&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":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":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email-updates","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5730,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions\/5730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}