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May 31, 2024

Picture Story: Bates Commencement 2024 celebrates seniors who…

This immersive picture story captures Commencement for the Bates Class of 2024, which came in with a pandemic and went out on May 26 in high style and great happiness.

May 31, 2024

Picture Story: Baccalaureate 2024, and a Bates class that fou…

This immersive photographic display captures Bates’ distinctive Baccalaureate Service. Far from serious or somber, it is a “celebration that is particular to each graduating class,”…

May 31, 2024

From Iraq to Bates: ‘Sometimes, it’s the detours …

From shelling in Iraq to the shelter of Bates, Mohammed Shwani ’24 was able to find a public platform during Commencement Week to thank his…
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News & Updates

November 1, 2024

Slideshow: Remembering Gene Clough, a teacher with boundless …

Gene Clough, a Bates teacher whose passion and curiosity inspired generations of Bates students during a 38-year Bates career, died Oct. 23 at age 77.

November 1, 2024

At a Lewiston clubhouse, a musical performance that’s &…

Two Bates students and a newly appointed professor of music helped to bring the soothing beauty of music, through piano and voice, to an audience at the Looking Ahead Clubhouse, a vocational center in Lewiston for adults living with mental illness.

November 1, 2024

Bates Alumni and Students in the News: Nov. 1, 2024

This edition’s items include a new documentary celebrating civil rights leader Benjamin Mays, Class of 1920, astonishing art sales by painter Takako Yamaguchi ’75, and humanitarian efforts by Army veteran Christine Quinn Antal ’98.