Admission Archives

April 15, 2015

Tommy Holmberg’s ‘love letter’ to Bates

In his senior address at the college’s 147th Commencement, Tommy Holmberg of Winnetka, Ill., offered a “love letter” to Bates that…

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December 19, 2014

26 of our favorite Bates photographs (and why!) from 2014

In your college application, you’re telling us your story. In the the spirit of storytelling, Bates photographers Phyllis Graber Jensen…

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December 10, 2014

A holiday greeting from Bates: A poetry reading by Robert Farnsworth

Fiction after Wallace Stevens Read late a winter’s night. Feel the rooms around, The rooms within the mind resist the…

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December 8, 2014

Fellowships enable Bates trio to sample academe, graduate-style

<a href=”https://www.bates.edu/news/author/dhubley/” title=”Posts by Doug Hubley” rel=”author”>Doug Hubley</a> <a href=”https://www.bates.edu/news/author/dhubley/” title=”Posts by Doug Hubley” rel=”author”>Doug Hubley</a> Eileen Lam ’15 always…

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October 31, 2014

Bates to build new rowing boathouse

Bates College will build a new boathouse at the varsity rowing team’s facility on the Androscoggin River, President Clayton Spencer…

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October 1, 2014

What thesis sounds like at Bates

Last year, as Catherine Strauch ’14 pondered the topic of her senior thesis, she knew that it had to have…

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June 26, 2014

Highlights from 2013–14

Take a look back on the 2013–14 academic year, and you’ll see honors, accolades, new courses — and new residence…

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June 17, 2014

Ten Bates students and alumni awarded Fulbright grants in 2014

Known as a top producer of students receiving prestigious Fulbright grants for teaching and research abroad, Bates has announced that…

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June 11, 2014

Experience Bates

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from…

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