{"id":2608,"date":"2020-07-14T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/?p=2608"},"modified":"2023-06-30T11:14:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T15:14:07","slug":"july-14-returning-parent-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/2020\/07\/14\/july-14-returning-parent-update\/","title":{"rendered":"July 14 \u2014 Returning Parent Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Bates Families,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know you are working hard to support your students as they look ahead to fall. We share some updates and resources that we hope will help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For information on accessing the recording of the July 9 returning parent Q&amp;A, please contact the Parent Team at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:parents@bates.edu\">parents@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/li><li>Our colleagues in the Office of Residence Life have put together a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/housing\/covid-housing-faqs\/\">helpful FAQ<\/a>. Now that students have submitted their July 9 Fall Attendance Questionnaire, planning about the phased move-in can proceed quickly, so please have students keep an eye on their Bates email.<\/li><li>We know our international students face an additional layer of challenges. Please refer to this&nbsp;FAQ, reach out to the staff listed with questions about your particular situation, and watch for Zoom sessions for international students and families hosted by the Center for Global Education.<\/li><li>For our student-athletes, we know there are many questions about the fall season. Please keep&nbsp;an eye on regularly updated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gobatesbobcats.com\/sports\/2020\/7\/11\/athletics-and-recreation-at-bates-college-fall-2020-frequently-asked-questions.aspx?id=746\">FAQ for Athletics<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, while an in-person&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/backtobates\/\">Back to Bates<\/a>&nbsp;is not possible this year, please look forward to a virtual experience and to increased opportunities for parents to stay connected with Bates and with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are glad you are part of the Bobcat family!<br><br>Best regards,<br>The Bates Parent Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Bates Families, We know you are working hard to support your&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-2608","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\/2608","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=2608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4291,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608\/revisions\/4291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}