Office of the President

Dear Members of the Bates Community, I write to share important news about Bates’ response to the rapidly evolving COVID-19…

Dear Families, Many of you may have heard the news that one of our NESCAC peer institutions has announced that…

Dear Members of the Bates Community, Welcome to the 2019–20 academic year! I write to share news of recent progress…

Dear Members of the Bates Community, I write with an update on the planned Veterans Recognition Project at Bates, which…

Dear Members of the Bates Community: As you may know, in November 2018, the U.S. Department of Education proposed revised…

Dear Members of the Bates Community, As we settle into the rhythms of the new academic year, I write to…

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” I’m sure that many of you are familiar with this statement, made famous by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

  Dear Members of the Bates Community, I am pleased to share with you our plan to create a public…

I am delighted to announce the appointment of five faculty members to endowed professorships, effective in 2017–18.

Dear Members of the Bates Community, Now that we have settled into the 2017–18 academic year, I write to share…