Community Updates


  • Fall 2024 Campus Capital Update
    Dear Bates Community, I want to share an update on changes to campus you may have noticed. As ever, we are dedicated to improving our campus and the state of our facilities.  The summer is…
  • Bates in 2024: Capital Observations and Outlook
    Dear Bates Community, I write to describe two upcoming capital projects and to provide context and comments about Bates’ campus planning. Now underway, the first project will turn 96 Campus Avenue into a residence hall…
  • Change in COVID-19 Policies
    Dear Colleagues: I write to share with you that effective May 11, the college will end many of its COVID-19 protocols. This move is consistent with the Biden administration’s recent announcement regarding the expiration of…
  • Bates in 2023: Financial Observations and Outlook
    Dear Colleagues, As we start the new year, I write to share a financial update on the college. I’d like to look back at the past two fiscal years, say a few things about the…
  • Upcoming Chase Hall Renovations
    Dear Members of the Bates Community,  We write to share news about the renovation of Chase Hall, which will begin at the end of the winter semester and will reopen at the start of the…
  • Summer 2021 Activity Overview
    The summer of 2021 will begin to see incremental steps out of pandemic mode. The following summarizes key employee and visitor activity on campus. Important Employee Notes Employee Enrichment Week will offer onsite sessions during…
  • Looking Forward to the Summer: Policy Updates
    The following are policy changes that will begin June 1 and be in effect through the summer, reflecting anticipated vaccination rates, local incidence, and a smaller population on campus. All policies currently in effect remain…
  • Dana Chemistry Hall Renovation Overview
    Overview: There has been a great deal of deserved attention given to the Bonney Science Center construction over the past two years. We will soon be turning our focus to Dana Chemistry Hall this summer…
  • Bates welcomes Hope Burnell as new assistant vice president for human resources and environmental health & safety
    Vice President of Finance and Administration Geoffrey Swift announced today that Hope Burnell, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, vice president of human resources at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, will become assistant vice president for human resources and…
  • Student Volunteers for Lewiston Auburn Vaccine Clinic
    Our partners at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) need volunteers to help staff the Lewiston Auburn mass vaccination clinic. We recognize students are already volunteering with the St. Mary’s vaccination clinics and other valuable organizations…

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