Office of the President Archives
Friday
January 10, 2014 1:10 pm
President Clayton Spencer’s statement on the boycott of Israeli academic institutions
On behalf of Bates College, I reject unequivocally the boycott of Israeli universities that was recently passed by a majority of the members of the American Studies Association.
Monday
September 9, 2013 5:10 pm
Bates Community Letter: Fall 2013
I write to share with you developments at the college as we welcome the Class of 2017 and begin a new academic year.
Tuesday
September 3, 2013 7:37 pm
‘Some Thoughts on Work’: Remarks at Convocation, Sept. 3, 2013
Thank you, Brent, and thank you, Matt, for those very thoughtful reflections. I am going to direct my remarks today…
Friday
October 26, 2012 2:48 pm
‘Questions Worth Asking’: President Clayton Spencer’s Inaugural Address, Oct. 26, 2012
Well, I guess now I really am the eighth president of Bates College. It is an enormous honor and a…
Tuesday
September 4, 2012 2:47 pm
Remarks at Convocation: Sept. 4, 2012
Welcome back, faculty, staff and returning students, to the beginning of a new year. And welcome, Class of 2016, to…
Wednesday
January 25, 2012 2:45 pm
Video remarks from President Clayton Spencer
Watch video remarks from Bates’ eighth President, Clayton Spencer Educating the whole person: Why Bates? The liberal arts: Bates as…
Friday
December 9, 2011 2:43 pm
President-elect Clayton Spencer’s first remarks
Remarks by President-elect Clayton Spencer on Dec. 4, 2011, following her introduction by Mike Bonney ’80, chair of the Bates…