
From Bates History: Bib, trowel, and a pinback Bates button
Here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, including an item worn during autumn haze days decades ago.
June 8—11, 2023
The 50th Reunion is a milestone occasion which allows the class to reflect on the community they built together while at Bates and nurtured over the past 50 years. It’s an opportunity to reconnect with classmates while creating an even stronger shared community moving forward.
In 2023, Bates invites the classes of 1973 on campus for what will be a memorable milestone 50th Reunion celebration. Meet classmates old and new as you participate in a variety of activities.
You’ll have the opportunity to create special moments and memories with the people you attended college with fifty years ago. Come with an open heart and an open mind and let yourself enjoy the experience of your 50th Reunion.
Registration fees for the 50th Reunion include all meals, drinks, and Reunion activities. Housing and parade attire are complimentary for 50th Reunion attendees. Once you arrive on campus, it should be a “wallet-free” weekend.
June weather in Maine has the potential to be beautiful; bring your camp chairs, favorite lawn game, and Bates memorabilia with you!
The Muskie Archives will have drop-in hours throughout the weekend. You’ll be able to visit the archives! If you would like to donate any archival photographs, correspondences, scrapbooks, artifacts, or other items that speak to your personal time at Bates, please bring them along. The Muskie Archives is unable to accept yearbooks, Bates Student issues, or programs for events like Commencement, Baccalaureate, etc.
The preliminary schedule is here!
The Bates Fund serves as a necessary complement to our endowment, fully dedicated to the present needs of the college. Every gift is transformational and enables the college to enhance the educational experience of students every day. By giving to the Bates Fund, you provide the next generation with:
All gifts made to the Bates Fund from your 46th year through the 50th year will count in the dollar amount raised. All gifts made to capital and endowment from this same period will count in the overall giving amount raised. Multi-year pledges made in the same period will be credited at the full pledge value. If the payment of those pledges extends into the 55th Reunion cycle, the cash donation will not be included in the 55th Reunion total. Gift annuities, charitable trusts, gifts of property, gifts-in-kind, and other irrevocable planned gifts made in the same period will be credited at face value and count toward the overall dollar amount raised.
Ways to give:
Please contact Meagan Norman, Associate Director of Annual Giving and Reunion, at mnorman@bates.edu or 207-786-6129.
Reunion volunteers make Reunion happen. They take the lead in building attendance, generating enthusiasm, and fundraising during their milestone year.
Volunteer leadership is vital to your class and to the college’s future. By planning a celebration that is full of fun and friends — and by asking your classmates to support Bates as part of your Reunion celebration — you send the message that Bates is an important priority. We’re grateful for your time and energy during this special year.
There are multiple ways to volunteer:
We want all who are interested to be able to volunteer for their Reunion. If you anticipate a barrier, please contact Carly Hopkins via email (chopkins@bates.edu) or telephone (207-786-6239). We will do all we can to ensure you’re able to take part.