Commencement 2025 Archives
Picture story: Baccalaureate for the Bates Class of 2022
Held the day before Commencement, Baccalaureate offers a time to pause and reflect, to remember and rejoice, being fully present to those around us.
Picture story: It was the Friday before Commencement…
Photographs of honors, inductions, traditions, and bravos on the Friday before Commencement 2022 at Bates College illustrate the sweet intensity of it all.
Video: Highlights from Commencement 2022 and the march of the seniors
From last-minute fit adjustments, to photos with staff and faculty on Alumni Walk and the joyous cap-toss, highlights from the Class of 2022’s big day.
Video: Dr. Nirav Shah’s 2022 Commencement Address
Text and video of the witty, warm, and insightful 2022 Commencement Address by Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control.
Slideshow: Hour by hour with the Bates Class of 2022 on Commencement day
From just after 7 a.m. to just after noontime, follow along as Bates gave the Class of 2022 a long, last embrace.
Slideshow: Bates Class of 2022 caps off graduation with creative mortarboard art
With a nod to the past and a look to the future, the Class of 2022 marched through Commencement in style — with a few personal touches.