Reunion Nostalgia

Moments from 50th Reunion Riverwalk during Reunion on June 7, 2024. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College)

Bates Senior Cookbook Recipes

Enjoy Commons comfort-food favorites amongst the Class of 2020. Download the complete Senior Cookbook of recipes here, or download individual recipes.

Alumni Parade 2023

They’re having the time (lapse) of their lives! In 35 seconds, watch this year’s Reunion Alumni Parade, featuring more than 1,200 Reunion-goers representing Bates classes from the last 70 years — 1953 to 2018.

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A tale of two trees (and one map)

For at least 151 years, a hemlock and its close neighbor, a red oak, have grown up together on the Bates campus, close enough to overlap branches, while buildings popped up around them. Their survival is a mystery but thanks to a new interactive historic map of Bates, their shared history can at least be glimpsed.

MLK Day 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates is not a “day off” — it’s a “day on,” where classes are canceled and faculty, staff, and students instead participate in a day of programming around MLK’s enduring legacy and teachings. This year's theme was “Love, Anger and the Struggle for Justice.”