Summer Communications

Getting Started with Your Bates Account Welcome to the Bates community!

If you’re feeling lost about where to start with activating your account or finding your student ID, begin by checking your admissions portal: you should have received a detailed letter there with all the necessary instructions for setting up your account and accessing important resources.

Access Garnet Gateway

Access the Garnet Gateway at www.bates.edu/garnet. If you experience issues logging into Garnet Gateway, or encounter technical difficulties, please utilize the services of the Bates IT Service Desk. Visit their website at www.bates.edu/helpdesk for helpful information and answers to common questions. If you can’t find your answer or have technical questions, they may be contacted by emailing helpdesk@bates.edu.

IMPORTANT Prior to arriving on Campus, students must complete their First-Year Forms and visit the Summer Resources Lyceum Page.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 – Welcome from the FYE Team

Welcome to Bates from the First-Year Experience Team – GET READY FOR AN EXCITING SUMMER OF SUPPORT AND RESOURCES!

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Dear Members of the Class of 2028 and Transfer Students,

Welcome to Bates! We are so excited to welcome you into our vibrant community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. We are Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty, Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students, Rob La Stella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life, Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life, and Catie Luedee, Assistant Director of Outdoor Education and Programs, and we will be communicating with you throughout the summer to provide information and resources, which will help you prepare for your arrival to campus in late August.

Throughout the summer you will receive emails from us. Each email will contain important information meant to assist you in making the most of the Bates First-Year Experience or FYE. More information about the First-Year Experience and New Student Orientation is at the FYE website.

The Bates FYE is made up of 9 distinct programs held throughout your first year. These programs are organized around 6 foundational values that support you in your transition to college. You can read more about the FYE here. We know that a successful start to your college experience requires far more than just a few days of Orientation. The FYE is organized to support you throughout your entire first year to help you build the foundation to thrive throughout your time at Bates.

These 9 FYE programs include:

Summer Resources (a specific site called a Lyceum Page that will open to you on June 10, 2024 and that contains time-released resources in June, July, and August. Information about Fall 2024 course registration will become available through Summer Resources on or near June 17, 2024)
Summer Registration Consultation in July (July 9 to July 18) to assist you in selecting your Fall 2024 courses
New Student Orientation (On Campus in late August and early September)–Arrival Day is Thursday, August 29, 2024!
First-Year Seminars (FYS) (all students must enroll in an FYS for Fall 2024)
Pre-Major Academic Advising (throughout 2024-25 and into 2025-26 until you declare your major in your second year–your FYS instructor is your Pre-Major Academic Advisor)
First-Year Experience (FYE) Workshops (in Fall 2024 and hosted on a separate Lyceum page that you will be able to access on or near August 30)–tethered to your FYS
First-Year Centers (your residence life and housing community for 2024-25)
First-Year/First Weekend Fall (programming begins September 6 and 7, 2024, and then First-Year/First-Fall for specific social programs for all first-year students)
First-Year/First-Weekend Winter (programming in your second (Winter) semester at Bates, which aims to introduce you to a range of opportunities and resources such as Global Education, Purposeful Work, Community-Engaged Education, and student research and fellowship support)

These 9 programs are animated by 6 values that define the FYE. They include:

Fostering Equity, Inclusion, Access, and Anti-Racism
Building a Welcoming Community
Encouraging Academic Inquiry and Exploration
Cultivating Purpose and Identity
Promoting Health and Well-being
Creating a Sense of Place

In future email communications and on your Summer Resources Lyceum Page, we will go into more detail as to what each of these values means and the opportunities you have to engage with them at Bates. For now, we just wanted to introduce ourselves and provide you with this brief overview of First-Year Experience at Bates!

Tomorrow (Wednesday, May 22), we will send you another email that lays out the schedule of our summer communications. So, please be sure to check your email regularly!

Finally, the Garnet Gateway should now be open to you. Please check your Bates admission portal to receive your login information if you haven’t done so already. You must complete all First-Year forms by their due dates. These forms include your housing application, your Bates email, health forms, AESOP application, emergency contact information, class registration, and more. So it is very important that you log in sooner rather than later!

We are excited to work with you throughout the summer and throughout your first year.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 – Overview of Your Summer Schedule

First-Year Experience at Bates: Summer Resources, Important Dates, and First-Year Forms Reminder

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 and Transfer Students!

Yesterday, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, we sent you a welcome email, and we outlined the First-Year Experience or FYE at Bates.

In this email, we have 2 goals:

First, we draw your attention to important forms (what we call First-Year Forms) that you access on the Garnet Gateway. You can read more about First-Year Forms here.

Second, we provide you with an overview of Summer 2024 important dates and deadlines. Much of what is detailed below refers to your Summer Resources Lyceum Page to which you will have access beginning on June 10, 2024. This email outlines when you will receive important information about these and other resources.

You will hear from us about once per week in June, July, and August. Many of our emails will guide you to a site we use at Bates called Lyceum, which is our course management system. On Lyceum you have access to lots of short videos and other materials that will help you learn about Bates, help you register for classes for the Fall semester, and help you prepare for Arrival Day in late August.

First-Year Forms

You will need to fill out all First-Year Forms prior to matriculating to Bates in the Fall. All of these forms are accessed through Garnet Gateway. A schedule of the forms open and due dates is listed at the First-Year Forms page on the First-Year Experience website. To login and access these forms, please go to the Quad and then click on “Log in to Garnet Gateway.”

Summer Communications and Resources

Here is an overview of what is coming soon:

Monday, June 3, 2024 – First-Year Summer Meet-Ups email sent to all incoming new students

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 – Information about our brand new Spanish-language First-Year Seminar will be emailed to you. All students will need to register for a First-Year Seminar – there are 35 different seminars. And, registration for FYS and your other Fall courses will take place between July 9 and July 18, 2024.

Monday, June 10, 2024 – Lyceum Summer Resources Part I (Welcome and Values) opens. This section provides an important overview of the entire First-Year Experience.

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 – Bonner Leader Invitation Email sent to all new first-year students

Monday, June 17, 2024 – Lyceum Summer Resources Part II (Registering for Fall 2024 Classes: Academic Resources and Exploration) opens. This section provides everything you need to know in order to register for your Fall 2024 semester classes as well as information on academic exploration, on general education and degree requirements, on community-engaged learning opportunities, purposeful work and career exploration, pre-health career tracks, majors, minors, concentrations, and more!

Tuesday, July 9, 2024—Course selection for all Fall 2024 courses (including First-Year Seminars) begins. Students will be contacted by their personal course selection consultant via email on or near July 1, 2024 to set up a time to meet – via Zoom, email, or phone – during the course selection period (July 9 to July 18). Students are asked to select 1 top choice required First-Year Seminar or FYS (and 6 unranked alternatives) and 3 top-choice courses besides FYS (and 12 unranked alternatives). Course selection is NOT first-come-first served. You will be able to select your courses at any time between July 9 and July 19, 2024. NOTE: Many courses have multiple sections. Students need only put down 1 section in your list and the Registrar (who constructs students’ course schedules) will put students in any available section of that course that works for your schedule.

Thursday, July 18, 2024 – Fall Course Selection closes and Consultation Period Ends at 11:59 PM Eastern

On or near Tuesday, July 30, 2024 – Fall course schedules released (schedules frozen—students can alter their schedules when they arrive at Bates during the add/drop period, which opens on Tuesday, September 3, 2023 at 7 AM Eastern).

Monday, August 5, 2024 – Lyceum Summer Resources Part III (Bates’s History, Mission, and Ongoing Commitment to Equity) opens. This section details important information about Bates’s History and Mission statement. It also addresses concepts of equity and inclusion that will be further explored in other parts of the First-Year Experience as well, such as during New Student Orientation and the First-Year Experience Workshops during the Fall semester.

Monday, August 12, 2024 – Lyceum Summer Resources Part IV (Community Exploration, Expectations and Supports (Part 1 of 2)) opens. This section introduces students to some important community guidelines and different members of our community who lead resources such as the Bates Health Center and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), the Office of Intercultural Education, the Multifaith Chaplaincy, the Office of Campus Life, and more!

Monday, August 19, 2024 – Lyceum Summer Resources Part V (More Community Exploration, Expectations and Supports (Part 2 of 2)) opens. This section introduces students to more important community guidelines and different members of our community who lead the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, the Center for Purposeful Work, and more!

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 – (We Can’t Wait to See You!) opens. This section will include some important last-minute information prior to Arrival Day on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

Thursday, August 29, 2024 – Arrival Day and the start of on-campus New Student Orientation

Friday, August 30, 2024 — First meeting of students’ First Year Seminar or FYS (9 AM to 11 AM) and academic advising sessions. Academic and Resource Fair for all first-year students follows at 11:10 AM to 12:25 PM.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024 — Add/Drop and course schedule adjustment period opens at 7 AM for all students. All-College Convocation ceremony is also today.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 — First day of classes for all students

Those are some important dates to help you organize your summer! Be sure to check your email regularly around the dates specified above so you can stay up to date on information. This schedule is also available at the FYE website here.

We hope this email provides you with a clear overview of what to expect for summer communications and information. More detail will be provided in the future, and don’t worry, you’ll hear from us a lot in the coming weeks.

If you have any questions, please email fye@bates.edu.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Monday, June 3, 2024 – Virtual Meetups Sign-Up

Virtual Meetups for All New Bates Students

Monday June 3, 2024

Hello students in the Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

Welcome to Bates! We are so excited to welcome you to campus in the fall.

We know the summer leading up to college is an exciting time, and we hope you can join us for some virtual meetups if they are of interest to you. These meetups are an opportunity for you to connect on a Zoom call with other new students and Bates College staff and/or faculty who share a similar interest or identity with you.

Listed below are the dates, times, and details of each meetup. Feel free to sign up for as many as you’d like.

Please register for this program by clicking on and completing the form at this link. Please register by 5 PM Eastern on Wednesday, June 19. If you have any questions, please contact Bates First-Year Experience team at fye@bates.edu.

Monday, June 24, 2024 at 7 PM EDT: Nervous about going to college?

If you are nervous about starting college, come to this session, which will feature staff in student affairs and faculty. It will also review how you can engage with your Summer Resources to get many of your questions answered. This meetup is hosted by Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life and Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty.

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 7 PM EDT: LGBTQIA+ Students:

Are you looking for more information about what LGBTQIA+ student life is like on campus? Come meet with members of our Office of Intercultural Education, as well as current students, to learn more about our LGBTQIA+ community, resources, and support(s) on campus. This meetup is hosted by Anthony Del Real, Coordinator of LGBTQ+ Programs and Cole Taylor, Assistant Director of Residential Operations.

Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 7 PM EDT: Student Clubs and Activities:

Much of your college experience will be beyond the classroom and in community with students who share your interests. Learn more about the range of opportunities to delve deeper into co-curricular activities, explore new interests, and apply what you are learning in the classroom to leadership opportunities and activities beyond the classroom. This Meetup is hosted by Nick Dressler, Assistant Dean of Students for Campus Life & Student Leadership and Luke Allen, Coordinator of Campus Life Programming & Activities.

Friday, June 28, 2024 at 7 PM EDT: BIPOC Students:

Are you interested in learning about what community and support for BIPOC students is on campus? Are you hoping to connect with and create community with other BIPOC students in the entering class? Come meet with staff and student leaders from the Office of Intercultural Education to build community and get your questions answered. This Meetup is hosted by Mana Abdi, Program Coordinator in the Office of Intercultural Education and Tonya Bailey-Curry, Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Intercultural Education.

Monday, July 1, 2024 at 7 PM EDT: First-Generation College Students:

You are a first gen student if neither of your parents have a Bachelor’s (4-year) degree. First gen students are trailblazers for their families and often have additional questions about how higher education works. In this session your hosts will answer many of those questions and help you start thinking about how to prepare to blaze your trail at Bates. Many staff, faculty, and students at Bates are first generation students so you will be in good company. This Meetup is hosted by Dri Huber, Assistant Dean and Director of First-Generation Programs and Tatiana Pullen, Coordinator of First-Generation Programs.

Again, sign up to participate in these Zoom meetups at this link.

We hope to see you! If you have any questions, please email fye@bates.edu.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 – Spanish-Language FYS Application (FYS 575)

Class of 2028 – If you are interested in taking the new First-Year Seminar taught in Spanish

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 Students,

All first-year students must enroll in a First-Year Seminar or FYS during their first Fall semester at Bates. You will receive more information about this class (and about course registration more broadly) on or near June 17, 2024. For Fall 2024 Bates is introducing a new FYS taught entirely in Spanish. Information about that course is below. Please note the information is presented first in Spanish, and then it is followed with an English translation.

Seminario de primer año (FYS) en español

El departamento de Estudios hispánicos ofrece todos los años un seminario de primer año (FYS) en español que aborda temas relacionados con el mundo de habla española. Los seminarios de primer año son cursos que completan el requisito W1 de escritura para Educación General al tiempo que sirven para iniciar a los estudiantes en el amplio campo de los estudios culturales hispánicos. Los estudiantes que se matriculan en el seminario de primer año de Estudios hispánicos a menudo eligen estudiar otros cursos de lengua española al mismo tiempo. Si está usted interesada en comenzar o seguir estudiando español con su seminario de primer año o hacerlo aparte, puede encontrar información sobre cursos iniciales y pruebas de competencia lingüística conectando con este enlace.

A partir del semestre de otoño de 2024, el departamento va a ofrecer un seminario de primer año (FYS en sus siglas en inglés) impartido íntegramente en español, incluidas todas las tareas escritas y orales del curso. Este curso permite a las estudiantes completar su requisito W1 de escritura, haciéndolo en un idioma diferente del inglés. Esto ocurre por primera vez en la historia de Bates College. Está pensado para estudiantes con un nivel de competencia lingüística avanzado que han usado español como primer idioma o como idioma de herencia, o que lo han aprendido como segundo idioma.

Fall 2024 – FYS 575 Colón y Castro: Héroe o tirano. Professor Baltasar Fra-Molinero

Para matricularse en el seminario de primer año (FYS) en español deberán completar la prueba de competencia lingüística antes del 22 de junio de 2024, que consiste en dos pasos:

1. Realizar la Evaluación de gramática y lectura para determinar el nivel actual de competencial del estudiante y poder identificar el nivel de curso de español recomendado. Para ser admitido en el curso de primer año (FYS en sus siglas en inglés) en español se tiene que obtener una nota a partir de los 438 puntos. Para apuntarse y tomar la prueba de gramática y lectura conecte con este enlace.

2. Realizar en línea la Prueba de escritura en español para determinar el nivel de escritura que se posee en este momento. La prueba será evaluada por el profesor. Puede hacer la prueba conectando con este enlace.

Tras la evaluación combinada de ambas pruebas, el profesor enviará por correo electrónico una invitación a los estudiantes que hayan sido considerados aptos con nuevas instrucciones para matricularse en el seminario de primer año en español. La invitación les llegará el 27 de junio de 2024.

Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre este curso, comuníquese con el profesor Baltasar Fra-Molinero en bframoli@bates.edu.

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First-Year Seminar (FYS) Taught in Spanish

The Department of Hispanic Studies offers a first-year seminar or FYS on topics related to the Spanish-speaking world. As a required W1 course, this FYS fulfills the college’s General Education writing requirements while also introducing students to the rich and varied field of Hispanic cultural studies. In Fall 2024, this FYS (FYS 575) will be taught in Spanish. You can click on this course description: FYS 575 Colón y Castro: Héroe o tirano. Professor Baltasar Fra-Molinero

Students interested in taking the FYS in Spanish (FYS 575) should complete the two-step Spanish language assessment before June 22, 2024:

Complete the online Spanish language Grammar and Reading assessment to determine your current proficiency level and identify the recommended entry level course. In order to be considered for admission to the FYS in Spanish you must score 438 points or higher. To register to take the Spanish language Grammar and Reading assessment CLICK HERE.

Complete the online Spanish language Writing assessment to ascertain current abilities and skills as a writer in Spanish. The assessment will be reviewed by the instructor. To take the Spanish language Writing assessment CLICK HERE.

Students who enroll in the new Spanish-language FYS offered by Hispanic Studies may also concurrently take other Spanish language courses such as HISP 202 (Intermediate Spanish II) or HISP 205 (Advanced Spanish), and many of these students continue on to complete a Major or Minor in Hispanic Studies. If you are interested in starting or continuing your study of Spanish in conjunction with your FYS or separately, for information about entry-level courses and proficiency assessment please CLICK HERE .

Based on results of the combination of assessments, students eligible for admission to the FYS in Spanish will receive an invitation email from the instructor with further instructions required for registration by June 27, 2024.

If you have any questions about this course, please contact Professor Baltasar Fra-Molinero at bframoli@bates.edu.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life and First-Year Experience

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Monday, June 10, 2024 – Your Summer Resources Lyceum Page Opens

Class of 2028 and Transfer Students–Your Summer Resources Lyceum Page is Now Open!

Monday, June 10, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 and Transfer Students!

We hope that you are having a great summer and that you are starting to get excited about coming to campus in late August!

Your Summer Resources Lyceum Page opens to you today!!!

This email reviews how you can now access your Summer Resources page, which is hosted on the Bates course management website known as Lyceum.

Summer Resources for the Class of 2028 and new transfer students on Lyceum

Your Summer Resources Lyceum Page will help you prepare for the Fall 2024 semester. We will release more resources throughout the summer. For example, on June 17, we will release resources that will help you prepare for your Fall 2024 course selection (that selection period will be from July 9 to July 18, and don’t worry, every student new to Bates is assigned a personal summer course selection consultant and you will get an email from them on or near July 1. That email will contain information on how to meet with them on Zoom, by phone, or over email).

You must review your Summer Resources in their entirety as they are part of your First-Year Experience Program.

The key dates when more information will appear are:

Monday, June 10, 2024 (Today) – Summer Resources Part I – Welcome and FYE Values opened to students
Monday, June 17, 2024 – Summer Resources Part II – Registering for Fall 2024 Classes: Academic Exploration opened to students (this will include important information about how and when to register for your Fall 2024 classes in July 2024). Class selection and registration will take place between July 9 and 18, 2024; each student will be contacted by email (their Bates email) by their personal Summer Registration Consultant on or near July 1 to schedule a meeting during the registration period (July 9 to 18) to support them in their course selection process.
Monday, August 5, 2024 – Summer Resources Part III – Bates’s History, Mission, and Commitments to Equity and Inclusion opened to students
Monday, August 12, 2024 – Summer Resources Part IV – Community Expectations, Resources, and Supports (Part 1 of 2) opened to students
Monday, August 19, 2024 – Summer Resources Part V – Community Expectations, Resources, and Supports (Part 2 of 2) opened to students
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 – Summer Resources Part VI – We Can’t Wait to See You! opened to students

Your Summer Resources Lyceum page is stocked with videos and other resources to help you learn more about Bates, the many facets of the First-Year Experience (FYE) Program, and the course selection process for Fall 2024 courses (course selection and academic exploration information will be accessible on or near June 17).

Accessing Lyceum

To access Lyceum simply go to the Quad at https://quad.bates.edu/ and click on the bar labeled “Lyceum.”

Once at the Lyceum landing page, enter your username and password. Once you’ve entered Lyceum, you will see a box labeled “Class of 2028 Summer Resources.” Click on it. This will bring you to a letter from us. After reading the letter, simply scroll down and you will see a tile labeled “Welcome to the Bates Community.” Once you click on this tile, a set of resources including short videos featuring Bates faculty, staff, and students will open. Please review these resources and watch these videos in the next few days.

The Next Tile of Summer Resources Opens On or Near June 17, 2024

As summer continues, more tiles will appear on this Lyceum page, and we will notify you by email when they do. Importantly, on or near June 17, a tile called “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses: Exploring Liberal Arts and Academic Opportunities” will open. It contains information about how to register for your required First-Year Seminar (FYS) and your 3 other classes that will make up your Fall 2024 schedule. So, be sure to check your email and go to your Summer Resources Lyceum page on or near June 17 to access this important information.

We look forward to working with you throughout the summer! If you have any questions, just email fye@bates.edu.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life and First-Year Experience

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 – Bonner Leader Application Information

Bates Class of 2025: Apply to be a Bonner Leader

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Hello students in the Class of 2028!

Congratulations on your acceptance to Bates College! In addition to joining the Bates community, you are about to become a resident of Lewiston/Auburn, a wonderful place with many assets and opportunities for community engagement.

Here at the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, we love helping students think about how they’d like to engage with their new home. We support a variety of opportunities, including community work-study jobs, volunteer positions, summer fellowships, paid student civic leadership programs, and The Bonner Leader Program. The Bonner Leader Program is an exciting opportunity for students with a passion for community service and civic engagement.

Bonner Leaders spend four hours a week working with community partners in the Lewiston/Auburn area. In exchange for participating in all aspects of this program, Bonner Leaders receive a stipend each semester. Current Bonner Leaders participate in a wide range of activities, such as tutoring and mentoring in local schools and after-school programs, gardening, working with adult refugees, and participating in programming for senior citizens.

In addition to working in the community, Bonner Leaders spend about two hours a week together as a group, reflecting on experiences, participating in training to develop personal and leadership skills, and having fun.

I hope that you will strongly consider applying for this program. The application deadline is Monday, July 22, 2024 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time. For more information about the Bonner Leader Program, including a brief video and a link to the application, please visit our website. You can also find a direct link to the application here.

One point to consider prior to applying is that students who do best in the program are those able to commit adequate time to it. If you do not have the time to be a Bonner Leader, we have many other ways for you to engage within Lewiston/Auburn!

Regardless of whether or not you become a Bonner Leader, we are all excited to meet you in the fall! You will have an opportunity to meet with folks from the Harward Center at the Academic and Resource Office Fair at New Student Orientation (Friday, August 30 from 11:10 AM to 12:25 PM). And, you can explore our numerous programs and opportunities throughout your first year at Bates.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have.

Regards,

Ellen Alcorn

Director, Bonner Leader Program

Monday, June 17, 2024 – Fall 2024 Course Selection Information on Lyceum

Registering for Your Fall 2024 Courses: Academic Exploration Now Open at Your Summer Resources Lyceum Page

Monday, June 17, 2024

Hello students in the Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

This email contains important information about course registration for your Fall 2024 courses.

Please review the resources that are newly available today on your Lyceum Summer Resources page. The new tile, “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses: Exploring the Liberal Arts and Academic Opportunities,” includes information on course registration, much of which is summarized in this email.

This section of your Summer Resources describes in detail when and how to register for your Fall 2024 classes. It also includes information on what courses you might consider taking by providing information on your general education requirements, placement tests for languages and math, recommended entry courses for every field of study, and more.

How to Navigate the “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses: Exploring the Liberal Arts and Academic Opportunities”

Please review all of the material and watch the videos in this section of FYE Summer Resources Lyceum Page before the course selection period opens on July 9 at 10 AM Eastern Time.

To access Lyceum simply go to the Quad at https://quad.bates.edu/ and click on the bar labeled “Lyceum.” Once at the Lyceum landing page, enter your username and password.

Some basic information and dates about the course selection process

Monday, June 17, 2024 – Summer Resources Part II (Registering for Fall 2024 Classes: Exploring Liberal Arts and Academics) opens. This section will provide everything you need to know in order to register for your Fall 2024 semester classes as well as information on academic exploration, on general education and degree requirements, on languages, arts, engineering, pre-health career tracks, majors, minors, concentrations, and more!

NOTE: If you are interested in taking the new FYS 575 (which is taught in Spanish), please see the email sent to all students on June 5, 2024 with additional instructions or go here.

Wednesday, July 3 – Last day to take placement tests for mathematics and languages. Information on placement tests is at your Summer Resources Lyceum Page under the “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses” section. You can also access that information here.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024—Course selection for all Fall 2024 courses (including required First-Year Seminars) opens. Students will be contacted by their personal course selection consultant on or near July 1, 2024 via email, and they will have an opportunity to meet with their consultant over Zoom, email, or phone. In-coming first-year students are asked to select 1 top choice FYS (and 6 unranked alternatives) and 3 top-choice courses besides FYS (and 12 unranked alternatives). Transfer students should not select first-year seminars. Registration is not first-come/first-served, so students can enter their course selections into Garnet Gateway between 10 AM Eastern on July 9 and 11:59 PM Eastern on July 18.

NOTE 1: If a course has more than one section (e.g., CHEM 107 offers 5 sections), you need only note the course (CHEM 107) once, and the Registrar will place you in whichever section does not time-conflict with the other courses that you’ve selected for your Fall 2024 schedule.

NOTE 2: Pay attention to your Mode of Inquiry requirements (which are discussed in the Summer Resources but about which you can also access information here) when selecting courses. It is recommended that students complete 1 to 2 MOIs in their first semester and that all MOIs be completed by the end of the sophomore year.

Thursday, July 18, 2024 – Fall Course Selection closes and Consultation Period ends at 11:59 PM Eastern

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 – Fall course schedules released. Students can alter their schedules when they are at Bates during the add/drop period, which opens on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 7 AM. They will have a chance to meet with their pre-major academic advisor/First-Year Seminar (FYS) instructor on Friday, August 30, 2024 from 9 AM to 11 AM.

Thanks for taking the time to read this email and for reviewing your “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses: Exploring the Liberal Arts and Academic Opportunities” materials on your Summer Resources Lyceum page as you prepare for Fall 2024 course registration.

We look forward to working with you throughout the summer and to meeting you in person in late August.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 – REMINDER: If interested in Spanish Language FYS 575, be sure to take language placement assessment by June 22, 2024

REMINDER: If interested in Spanish Language FYS 575, be sure to take language placement assessment by June 22, 2024.

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 Students,

As we wrote to you on June 5, for Fall 2024 Bates is introducing a new FYS taught entirely in Spanish. Information about that course is below. Please note the information is presented first in Spanish, and then it is followed with an English translation.

If you are interested in taking the course, you must complete the language assessments discussed below no later than 4 PM Eastern on June 22.

If you want to take any other language courses in languages that you have already begun to study prior to attending Bates, please be sure to take the relevant language placement tests by July 3. Information on how to take each language assessment is at your Summer Resources Lyceum page (the section that opened to you on June 17) or can be found at the FYE website here.

Seminario de primer año (FYS) en español

Fall 2024 – FYS 575 Colón y Castro: Héroe o tirano. Professor Baltasar Fra-Molinero

Para matricularse en el seminario de primer año (FYS) en español deberán completar la prueba de competencia lingüística antes del 22 de junio de 2024, que consiste en dos pasos:

Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre este curso, comuníquese con el profesor Baltasar Fra-Molinero en bframoli@bates.edu.

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First-Year Seminar (FYS) Taught in Spanish

Students interested in taking the FYS in Spanish (FYS 575) should complete the two-step Spanish language assessment before June 22, 2024:

Complete the online Spanish language Grammar and Reading assessment to determine your current proficiency level and identify the recommended entry level course. In order to be considered for admission to the FYS in Spanish you must score 438 points or higher. To register to take the Spanish language Grammar and Reading assessment CLICK HERE.

Complete the online Spanish language Writing assessment to ascertain current abilities and skills as a writer in Spanish. The assessment will be reviewed by the instructor. To take the Spanish language Writing assessment CLICK HERE.

If you have any questions about this course, please contact Professor Baltasar Fra-Molinero at

bframoli@bates.edu.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life and First-Year Experience

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 – 10 Reasons to Explore Languages During Your First Year at Bates (and reminder of language placement test information)

10 Reasons to Explore Languages During Your First Year at Bates (and reminder of language placement test information)

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Hello students in the Class of 2028 and new transfer students

This past Monday, June 17, 2024, a new section of your Lyceum Summer Resources opened to you. It provides information about registration for Fall 2024 courses as well as information about academic exploration across the liberal arts curriculum at Bates. That email also provided you with a reminder about the timeline for course registration (it will open on July 9, and it will remain open through 11:59 PM Eastern on July 18, and on or near July 1 you will be contacted at your Bates email by your person Summer Registration Consultant who is available to help you with the registration process).

This email draws your attention to the portion of the Summer Resources section that focuses on language study. We encourage you to watch the short video in that section. And, here are just 10 reasons why exploring languages at Bates may be of interest to you.

10 reasons to study world languages during your first year at Bates

● Become a global citizen:

In our globalized world, being able to meaningfully connect and engage with people from cultures different from your own is a crucial skill as it helps you to see your own culture that you take for granted from a new perspective and to explore how different societies answer similar questions.

● Make new friends at Bates and around the world:

Taking language classes is a great way to meet new people and form lasting friendships. Through interactive class activities, debates, group study sessions, and language tables, you’ll bond with your peers. Language students often create a supportive community that lasts throughout the time at Bates and beyond.

● Study in a small class environment:

Language classes typically have smaller student-to-instructor ratios, providing more personalized attention and feedback. This ensures you’re seen and supported, with plenty of opportunities for one-on-one interactions. Building a close relationship with your instructor can be invaluable for college life and securing recommendations.

● Interdisciplinarity, depth, and breadth:

Taking language courses is much more than learning the language as these courses draw from disciplines across the humanities and humanistic social sciences. If you are interested in exploring the history, politics, art, literature, cinema, or politics of an array of cultures, you can do all this by studying any of the world languages offered at Bates.

● Fulfill requirements: Modes of Inquiry and Major plus 1

Studying world languages allows you to meet numerous Bates General Education requirements. You will be very likely to fulfill AC (Analysis and Critique), CP (Creative Process and Production), and HS (Historical and Social Inquiry) requirements as you build toward possible majors, minors, or GECs in a world language.

● Connect with heritage and community:

If you have a cultural or familial connection to a language, you will deepen your understanding and appreciation of your heritage by engaging with the language, culture, and the history of its speakers. Additionally, world language skills enable you to make meaningful contributions to local and global communities.

● Boost career opportunities:

Language and culture competencies open doors in numerous fields, including law, business, medicine, politics, tourism, entertainment, nonprofits, education, research, and the arts. Language proficiency and intercultural skills make you a more attractive candidate in a globalized job market and increase your potential for success.

● If you are thinking about graduate school and fellowships:

You may want to go to a graduate school someday and should be aware that proficiency in a second language may be required by many programs that have an international focus. Prestigious international fellowships such as the Watson or scholarships such as the Fulbright value applicants who have studied world languages and cultures.

● Study abroad:

Taking a world language each semester at Bates will open new possibilities for your junior year (or a semester) abroad. The more proficient you become during your two first years at Bates, the more meaningful and transformative your experience abroad will be as you will be able to take courses and interact in the local language.

● Personal growth and fun:

Learning a new language is enjoyable and intellectually stimulating. It enhances communication skills, boosts memory, creativity, multitasking, reasoning abilities, and offers insights into different cultures. Mastering another language significantly improves divergent thinking, making you a more original, flexible, and elaborate person.

If you are interested in taking a language course that you have already studied. Please be sure to take the relevant language placement test no later than July 3, 2024. And, if you want to apply to be in the new Spanish-language First-Year Seminar, you must take the relevant placement test and follow the instructions here no later than June 22, 2024.

All information on this particular Spanish Language FYS (FYS 575) is here.

For information about language (and math) placement assessments go here.

All of the information is also available at the June 17 tile of your Lyceum Summer Resources, which details all the information you need for Fall 2024 course registration.

Finally, if you have questions about particular languages, please feel free to contact the faculty members listed below:

Chinese: Li-ping Miao (lmiao@bates.edu)

French and Francophone Studies: Alexandre Dauge-Roth (adaugero@bates.edu)

German and Russian Studies: Jakub Kazecki (jkazecki@bates.edu)

Greek/Latin Classic and Medieval Studies: (June) Laurie O’Higgins (dohiggin@bates.edu) & (July-August) Lisa Maurizio (lmaurizi@bates.edu)

Hispanic Studies: (June-July) David George (dgeorge@bates.edu) & (August) Stephanie Pridgeon (spridgeo@bates.edu)

Japanese: Keiko Konoeda (kkonoeda@bates.edu)

We look forward to working with you throughout the summer and to meeting you in person in late August.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Monday, June 24, 2024 – REMINDER: Please Explore your Lyceum Summer Resources on Course Selection that Opened on June 17, 2024.

Monday, June 24, 2024

Hello students in the Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

Please do not forget to review important information about Fall 2024 course registration and to prepare for the upcoming course selection period.

Please look over the resources available on your Lyceum Summer Resources page. The section called “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses: Exploring the Liberal Arts and Academic Opportunities” includes information on course registration, much of which is summarized in this email.

This section of your Summer Resources describes in detail when and how to register for your Fall 2024 classes. It also includes information on what courses you might consider taking by providing information on your general education requirements, placement tests for language, math, and chemistry, recommended entry courses for every field of study, and more.

How to Navigate the “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses: Exploring the Liberal Arts and Academic Opportunities”

Please review all of the material and watch the videos in this section of the Summer Resources Lyceum Page before the course selection period opens on July 9 at 10 AM Eastern Time.

To access Lyceum simply go to the Quad at https://quad.bates.edu/ and click on the bar labeled “Lyceum.”

Some basic information and dates about the course selection process

Monday, June 17, 2024 – Summer Resources Part II (Registering for Fall 2024 Classes: Exploring Liberal Arts and Academics) opened to you. This section provides everything you need to know in order to register for your Fall 2024 semester classes as well as information on academic exploration, on general education and degree requirements, on languages, arts, engineering, pre-health career tracks, majors, minors, concentrations, and more!

On or near Monday, July 1 – You will hear from your Summer Registration Consultant. Your consultant, a member of the Bates faculty or student affairs staff, will send you an email (to your Bates email) inviting you to meet with them to review your course selections. You do not have to meet with them in order to register, but it is strongly recommended that you do so that you understand how your course selections meet general education requirements, enable you to explore the curriculum, and set you up for success in your first semester.

Wednesday, July 3 – Last day to take placement tests for mathematics and certain languages. Information on placement tests is at your Summer Resources Lyceum Page under the “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses” section. You can also access that information here.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024—Course selection for all Fall 2024 courses opens. In-coming first-year students are asked to select 1 top choice FYS (and 6 unranked alternatives) and 3 top-choice courses besides FYS (and 12 unranked alternatives). Transfer students should not select first-year seminars; instead they should select 4 top-choice courses and 12 alternates. Registration is NOT first-come/first-served, so students can enter their course selections into Garnet Gateway between 10 AM Eastern on July 9 and 11:59 PM Eastern on July 18.

NOTE 1: If a course has more than one section (e.g., CHEM 107 offers 5 sections), you need only note the course once; the Registrar will place you in whichever section does not time-conflict with the other courses that you’ve selected for your Fall 2024 schedule.

NOTE 2: Pay attention to your Mode of Inquiry requirements (which are discussed in the Summer Resources, and you can also access information here) when selecting courses. It is recommended that students complete 1 to 2 MOIs in their first semester and that all MOIs be completed by the end of the sophomore year.

Thursday, July 18, 2024 – Fall Course Selection closes at 11:59 PM Eastern
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 – Fall course schedules released. Students can alter their schedules when they are at Bates during the add/drop period, which opens on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 7 AM. They will have a chance to meet with their pre-major academic advisor/First-Year Seminar (FYS) instructor on Friday, August 30, 2024 from 9 AM to 11 AM.

Thanks for reading this email and for reviewing your “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses: Exploring the Liberal Arts and Academic Opportunities” materials on your Summer Resources Lyceum page. We look forward to working with you throughout the summer and to meeting you in person in late August.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty
Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students
Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life
Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs
Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 – FINAL REMINDER: Please Review your Summer Resources on Course Selection and Information on how to Connect with Your Summer Registration Consultant.

FINAL REMINDER: Please Review your Summer Resources on Course Selection and Information on how to Connect with Your Summer Registration Consultant

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Hello students in the Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

Either on July 1, or July 2, or some time today you should receive an email from your personal Summer Registration Consultant.

The Summer Registration Consultant is a member of the faculty or staff at Bates who is available to work with you to select your courses for Fall 2024. If they have not already done so they will be reaching out to you by email to schedule a meeting – either over Zoom, phone, or email – to help you select your courses.

Be sure to review all of the Course Registration and Academic Exploration information at your Summer Resources Lyceum Page before you meet with your Summer Registration Consultant. If you have not yet gone to that page (it has been open to you since June 10), please do so as soon as possible so you have all necessary information to register for courses correctly.

To get to your Summer Resources Lyceum Page, go to www.bates.edu/quad and click on the button labeled “Lyceum.” Then, log in. And, you should see a page that you can click on called Class of 2028 Summer Resources in either your courses section or in your “dashboard” section. Click on that page, and you should see 2 sections that you can explore. The first section (opened to you on June 10) is a general welcome and overview of the First-Year Experience suite of programs and underlying values. The second section (opened to you on June 17) is on Course Registration and Academic Exploration.

Please make your course selections on Garnet Gateway between 10 AM Eastern on July 9 and 11:59 PM Eastern on July 18. Course selection is NOT first-come/first-served. So, you can make your selections at any time between those dates and times.

And remember, if you are interested in taking any math or language courses, you should complete the relevant placement tests no later than 5 PM eastern on July 3, 2024. Information on placement tests is at your Summer Resources Lyceum Page under the “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses” section. You can also access that information here.

Again, please review the resources that are available on your Lyceum Summer Resources page. The tile, “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses: Exploring the Liberal Arts and Academic Opportunities,” includes information on course registration. This section of your Summer Resources describes in detail when and how to register for your Fall 2024 classes. It also includes information on what courses you might consider taking by providing information on your general education requirements, placement tests for language, math, and chemistry, recommended entry courses for every field of study, and more.

Remember, first-year students are asked to select 1 top choice First-Year Seminar or FYS (and 6 unranked alternatives) and 3 top-choice courses besides FYS (and 12 unranked alternatives). Transfer students should not select first-year seminars.

We look forward to working with you throughout the summer and to meeting you in person in late August.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 – Course Selection Period for Your Fall 2024 Bates Courses Opens Today at 10 AM Eastern

Course Selection Period for Your Fall 2024 Bates Courses Opens Today at 10 AM Eastern

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

Today is the day when you can start selecting your courses for the Fall 2024 semester. If you have not yet set up a time to meet with your Summer Registration Consultant please consider doing so.

All information on how to register and other resources to identify courses of interest to you are at your Summer Resources Lyceum Page under the section called “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses: Exploring the Liberal Arts and Academic Opportunities.” You can also access information on how to register here.

In-coming first-year students are asked to select 1 top choice FYS (and 6 unranked alternatives) and 3 top-choice courses besides FYS (and 12 unranked alternatives). Transfer students should not select first-year seminars (but should instead select 4 top choice courses and 12 alternates). Registration is not first-come/first-served, so students can enter their course selections into Garnet Gateway between 10 AM Eastern on July 9 and 11:59 PM Eastern on July 18.

Required First-Year Seminar (FYS) for Students in the Class of 2028

The FYS is a core academic component of the First-Year Experience program. Each first-year student is required to take an FYS, which fulfills the W1 requirement of your General Education requirements (it is one of your 3 required W or writing-attentive courses taken over your time at Bates). The FYS is a limited-enrollment course specifically designed for first-year students. Topics vary from year to year, but seminars represent a broad range of interdisciplinary issues and questions addressed within the tradition of the liberal arts.

First-year seminars enable entering students to work with faculty and other students in a small class; they provide engaging opportunities for students to sharpen their abilities in writing, communication, and research; and they foster an attitude of active participation in the educational process. First-year seminars carry course credit toward the baccalaureate degree and are offered only in the fall semester. Your first-year seminar instructor is also your pre-major academic advisor, and you will work with them over your first and into your second year to navigate the curriculum, explore your interests, and select a major area of study (major declaration occurs during a student’s second year at Bates).

How to Search for Courses on Garnet Gateway.

Please review the video on how to register for courses at your Lyceum Summer Resources. But, if you don’t watch that video, follow the instructions below:

To go to Garnet Gateway, go to the Quad and click on “Garnet Gateway.”. Once you have entered into the Garnet Gateway, take the following steps to explore the FYS offerings for Fall 2024:

1) Click on “Course Schedule” This will take you to a page where you will see a window that says “Fall 2024”

2) Click “Submit.”

3) To search all of the FYS offerings, in the “Subject” window at the top, scroll down and click on “First-Year Seminar.” To search other course offerings, click other subject areas, e.g., Africana, Biology, Economics, Latin American and Latinx Studies, Politics, Sociology, Theater, in the “Subject” Window

4) Once either “First-Year Seminar” or another subject is highlighted, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Course Search.” Doing so will reveal all of the courses in that particular offered in Fall 2024. You can click on each course title to read a brief description of the course. If you do the same thing but with another subject in the window, then all of the courses in that subject will be shown.

To enter your course selections please see these instructions from the Bates College Registrar. Again, we strongly recommend that you watch the video on course registration at your Lyceum Summer Resources page (to go to Lyceum go to the Quad and click on “Lyceum.”. It is located in the “Registering for Fall 2024 Courses” section. And that video is also here (under the “Registering for Your Fall Classes” section).

It is a good idea to take a look at the course schedule before you communicate or meet with your Summer Registration Consultant so you have an idea of what to talk about with them.

If you experience any challenges registering for your courses, please contact your Summer Registration Consultant.

Thursday, July 18, 2024 – Today is the Last Day to Select Your Bates Fall 2024 Courses

Today is the Last Day to Select Your Bates Fall 2024 Courses

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

This email contains 3 important pieces of information about:

Today, July 18, is the Last Day to Select Your Fall 2024 Courses
New Student Orientation Schedule
Reminder about Deadline to Apply to Bonner Leader Program

REGISTERING FOR FALL 2024 COURSES

Today is the last day when you can start registering for your Fall 2024 classes including your required First-Year Seminar (FYS).

Registration opened for your Fall 2024 courses at 10 AM Eastern Time on July 9. The registration period will remain open until 11:59 PM Eastern Time today, July 18. You can register at ANY time during this window. Course registration is not first-come, first-served.

For full instructions on how to register for your courses you can go here or you can watch the video from the Registrar, which is on your Lyceum Summer Resources (the section that opened to you on June 17, 2024). To get to Lyceum, please go to the Quad and click on the button labeled “Lyceum”.

You should have received an email invitation from your personal Summer Registration Consultant on or near July 1, 2024. While you are not required to meet with your Summer Registration Consultant, they are there to help you if you have questions.

You enter your course selections at Garnet Gateway. To get to Garnet Gateway, please go to the Quad and click on the button labeled “Garnet Gateway”.

It is important that while you select your 1 top choice FYS and 3 top choices for your Fall 2024 courses, you should also select 6 UNRANKED alternates of other FYS courses and about 12 UNRANKED alternates for your non-FYS Fall 2024 courses. Please note that if you select a course that has multiple sections, e.g., BIO 195 or CHEM 107 or MATH 106, you do not have to waste alternate slots with different sections of that course. You need only note the course once and the Registrar will put you in any available section of that course, which works with your schedule.

If you experience any challenges registering, you can contact your Summer Registration Consultant or the Registrar at registrar@bates.edu.

Finally, we received some questions about Biology 100-level courses. The following 3 Biology courses are open to first-year students:

BIO 136 – Citizenship and Community Science

BIO 137–The Science of Stress

BIO 195–Lab-Based Biological Inquiry

Please note that BIO 136 and BIO 137 are tagged with SR and thus fulfill the Scientific Reasoning Mode-of-Inquiry requirement. BIO 195 is for students interested in pre-health/pre-medical studies and/or interested in majoring in Biology, Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, or Neuroscience. BIO 195 is NOT tagged with an SR; it does not fulfill the Scientific Reasoning requirement.

NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SCHEDULE

The schedule for New Student Orientation is available at the First-Year Experience website. Some important dates include:

Arrival Day – Thursday, August 29, 2024
First Meeting of your First-Year Seminar and meeting with your pre-major academic advisor – 9 AM to 11 AM on Friday, August 30, 2024
Convocation – Tuesday, September 4, 2024

REMINDER OF DEADLINE TO APPLY TO THE BONNER LEADER PROGRAM

The application deadline for the Bonner Leader Program is Monday, July 22, 2024 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time. An earlier email about this program was sent to you on June 12.

For more information about the Bonner Leader Program, including a brief video and a link to the application, please visit our website. You can also find a direct link to the application here.

We look forward to working with you throughout the summer and to meeting you at Arrival Day on August 29!

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Rob LaStella, Assistant Director of First-Year Experience and Campus Life

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Monday, July 29, 2024 – Fall 2024 Course Schedules Will Be Available at Your Garnet Gateway on or Near July 30 / Emails from the FYE Team Will Go to Your Bates Email Only

Monday, July 29, 2024

Hello students in the Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

Your course schedules for the Fall 2024 semester will be viewable at your Garnet Gateway at or near Noon Eastern tomorrow, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. To get to Garnet Gateway, simply go to the Quad and click on the button labeled “Garnet Gateway”.

If the results show that you are enrolled in at least 3.5 credits, your schedule is now frozen until the Add/Drop period begins at 7 AM Eastern on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Please do not contact the Registrar at this time seeking any changes to your schedule. You cannot adjust your schedule until the Add/Drop period begins. You will be able to meet with your First-Year Seminar Instructor, who is also your pre-major academic advisor, on Friday, August 30, 2024 from 9 AM until 11 AM to review your schedule, and you can meet with faculty from all of the different academic units at Bates at the Academic and Resource Office Fair, which is on August 30 from 11:10 AM until 12:25 PM.

If the results show that you are enrolled in fewer than 3.5 credits, don’t worry. You will receive another email on or near August 1 from Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Politics Steve Engel and Registrar Megan McHenry with additional information. We will do our best to work with you to enroll you in additional credits if possible.

Finally, from this point forward, emails from the FYE team will ONLY go to your Bates email address. If you are reading these emails on your personal email account, please be sure to get into the habit of checking your Bates email from now on. As always, all summer emails from the FYE team are achieved and accessible at the FYE website under the Summer 2024 Information section. Simply go here.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Monday, August 5, 2024 – New Summer Resources on Lyceum – Bates’s History and Commitments to Equity and Inclusion

Monday, August 5, 2024

Hello Class of 2028,

The Bates mission statement speaks of the college’s aim to foster learning and create a community where “we engage the transformative power of our differences.” The college is committed to building a community grounded in equity, inclusion, access, anti-racism, and educational justice. We encourage all community members to consider how they come to Bates with a range of distinct experiences and to evaluate how those experiences influence their perspectives.

Bates’s History, Mission, and Ongoing Commitment to Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism on your Summer Resources Lyceum Page.

Today, you have access to a new section of your Summer Resources Lyceum Page, which focuses on Bates’s History, Mission, and Ongoing Commitment to Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism. You can access Lyceum by going to the Quad and clicking on the button labeled “Lyceum.”

The videos and other resources of this section encourage you to explore the College’s mission, learn more about the College’s history, and engage with the First-Year Experience value of equity, inclusion, access, anti-racism, and educational justice, which will animate much of your Bates experience.

Instructions on How to Navigate the Resources in Bates’s History, Mission, and Ongoing Commitment to Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism:

This new and third section of Summer Resources Lyceum Page introduces you to the Bates College Mission, the history of the College, and the College’s historic and ongoing commitment to equity, inclusion, access, anti-racism, and educational justice. Simply go to Lyceum by going to the Quad, clicking on “Lyceum,” and entering your login information. Please watch these videos and complete the reflection activity included in this section.

We look forward to working with you throughout the summer and to meeting you at Arrival Day on August 29, 2024! For more information on the New Student On-Campus Orientation schedule, please go here.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Monday, August 12, 2024 – New Summer Resources on Lyceum – Community Expectations, Resources, and Supportsand Supports

Monday, August 12, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

Today a new and fourth section of your Summer Resources Lyceum page opens to you. This section contains information and videos about “Community Exploration, Expectations, and Supports at Bates.” This broad topic will be covered in 2 sections, and the second section will open on August 19. To access Lyceum please go to the Quad and click on the button labeled “Lyceum”.

Please be sure to engage with the information at your Summer Resources Lyceum page, which you have had access to since June 10, 2024, BEFORE you arrive at Bates later this month.

As our college’s mission statement makes clear, Bates is “a collaborative residential community.” Therefore, we have certain responsibilities toward ourselves and others to promote health, wellness, communication, respect, and love. Only then can we realize our aim of “cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action.”

This section of your Summer Resources provides information on a range of community-building resources including Campus Life, the Office of Intercultural Education, and the Multifaith Chaplaincy. It also reviews a range of responsibilities that you have as a member of the Bates community. And, it includes information on our support resources for you as you build an academic community including but not limited to your advising team and the Peer Learning Commons, which includes our Student Academic Support Center (SASC) and our Student Writing and Language Center (SWLC).

Finally, this section describes the 4 members of your advising team. At Bates, during your first year, you have a network of support, which includes your pre-major academic advisor (who is also your First-Year Seminar (FYS) instructor, your student support advisor or SSA, your Junior Advisor or JA who lives with you in your residential first-year center, and your FYS Writing-Course-Attached Tutor or W-CAT. Each role is further explained below:

Academic Advisor: Until a student declares a major (no later than March 1 of their second year), their pre-major academic advisor is most often their First-Year Seminar instructor. Once a student declares a major, a faculty member within that academic unit becomes their academic advisor. The academic advisor helps students explore the curriculum to discover their interests and to fulfill general education requirements, e.g., 5 Mode of Inquiry credits, Major + 1 (where the “+ 1” can be a second major, a minor, or a General Education Concentration), 3 W credits, 32 total credits toward degree (including 2 short-term courses; each short-term course counts as 0.5 credits).

Student Support Advisor (SSA): The Student Support Advisor is a student affairs professional staff member who supports student success by ensuring they know whom to go to when they need guidance, assistance, or just someone to talk to. Students are assigned a Student Support Advisor prior to their matriculation and often remain with their advisor for the duration of their enrollment at Bates. While your pre-major academic advisor – who is your First-Year Seminar (FYS) instructor – provides the primary academic advising for students, Student Support Advisors are an additional point of contact and support for students who have concerns or questions about their academic plans.

Residential Junior Advisor (JA): At Bates, all first-year students live within First-Year Centers in the residence halls. Each FYC has an assigned junior advisor (a residential advisor often a sophomore or junior) who serves as a key peer resource to assist students in navigating opportunities at Bates. Most common questions about residence life at Bates, e.g., housing accommodation, roommate information, etc., are answered at the Office of Residence Life and Health Education website.

Writing Course-Attached Tutor (W-CAT): At Bates, all first-year students enroll in a First-Year Seminar (FYS) during their Fall semester. Each FYS includes a peer writing tutor, who is a sophomore, junior, or senior who serves as a key resource to assist students in developing their writing and communication skills within the FYS. First-year students can meet with their FYS W-CAT throughout the Fall semester to review FYS assignments with them as well as to get assistance on the First-Year Experience Workshops, which are tethered to the FYS. The W-CATs are part of the student staff at the Student Writing and Language Center, which is part of the Peer Learning Commons. The Peer Learning Commons is on the Ground Level of Ladd Library.

Healthy Bates 101 & Introduction to Residence Life at Bates Workshop

As encouraging health and well-being is central to Bates history and mission, we also ask that you complete the Healthy Bates 101 workshop. There is a reminder to complete this workshop as part of this section of your Summer Resources Lyceum page. This workshop usually takes about 30 minutes. It is best experienced in one sitting, so please set this time aside to complete it.

You are also asked to complete the Introduction to Residence Life at Bates Workshop, which offers the opportunity to take this time to reflect on your values and what it means to be a part of a community. This workshop should take about 30 minutes to complete and is best experienced in one sitting.

You received access to the Healthy Bates workshop and the Introduction to Residence Life workshop via separate emails on or near August 7.

You must complete both prior to your arrival to campus.

We look forward to seeing you on Arrival Day on August 29, 2024. For more information on the New Student On-Campus Orientation Schedule, please go here.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Monday, August 19, 2024 – New Summer Resources on Lyceum – Community Expectations, Resources, and Supports

Monday, August 19, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

Today a new section of your Summer Resources Lyceum page opens to you. This section contains information and videos about “Community Exploration, Expectations, and Supports at Bates.” This is Part 2 of coverage on this topic. Part 1 opened to you on August 12, 2024. To access Lyceum please go to the Quad and click on the button labeled “Lyceum”.

Please be sure to engage with the information at your Summer Resources Lyceum page, which you have had access to since June 10, 2024, BEFORE you arrive at Bates later this month.

This section of your Summer Resources provides information on a range of community resources including the Harward Center for Community Engagement and our Center for Purposeful Work. The

Harward Center works to weave together campus and community for the enrichment of both student learning and public life. And, the Center for Purposeful Work partners with students throughout their time at Bates to help them discover how to link their academic interests with their career aspirations; it offers a range of support services including resume construction, job shadows, internship support and more. Resources in this section will help you learn more about these two important resources, which are central to the Bates experience.

We look forward to seeing you on Arrival Day (August 29, 2024)! For more information on the New Student On-Campus Orientation schedule, please go here.

Steve Engel, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students

Meg Hoppe, Coordinator of Residence Life

Catie Luedee, Assistant Director for Outdoor Education and Programs

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 – We Can’t Wait to See You Soon! Last Minute Reminders Before You Arrive at Bates!

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 and new transfer students,

As of today, we are just a few days from Arrival Day on Thursday, August 29, 2024 and the start of on-campus New Student Orientation.

We are so excited to welcome you to the Bates campus, and we thank you for your consistent engagement with the resources that we’ve put together on your Lyceum Summer Resources page. To access Lyceum, please go to the Quad and click on the button labeled “Lyceum”.

We draw your attention to 2 more videos that are accessible at your last section of Summer Resources that opened today: 1) A welcome video featuring Dean of Students Erin Foster Zsiga, and 2) A welcome video featuring Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Leigh Weisenburger in which Leigh shows you some of the great spots of Lewiston.

Thank you for taking the time to review these resources. If you have not yet had the opportunity to engage fully with this Lyceum Summer Resources page, we strongly encourage you to do so over the next few days before you arrive on campus.

Here are a few important points to remember as you prepare for coming to campus:

First, your Fall 2024 course schedules were made available to you on Garnet Gateway on or near July 30, 2024.

No further action can be taken to adjust your schedule until the opening of the Add/Drop period, which begins at 7 AM on Tuesday, September 3.

You are scheduled to meet with your First-Year Seminar Instructor (who is also your Pre-Major Academic Advisor) on Friday, September 1 (during the first meeting of your FYS) from 9 AM until Noon, so you will be able to review your schedules and ask them any additional questions about registration you may have before the Add/Drop period begins.

Second, if you have questions, you can direct them here:

Questions about Housing: housing@bates.edu
Questions about New Student Orientation: fye@bates.edu
Questions about Information Technology: helpdesk@bates.edu
Questions about Course Registration: registrar@bates.edu (please remember that you cannot adjust your schedule until the Add/Drop period begins on September 3)

We look forward to seeing you on August 29, 2024. For more information on the New Student On-Campus Orientation, please go here.

Welcome to our newest Bobcats!

Thursday, August 22, 2024 – Last Minute Tips for Your Arrival at Bates

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Hello Class of 2028 and new transfer students!

With Arrival Day just around the corner — Thursday, August 29 — there are a few final details that we would like to share as you prepare to join us on campus to begin your time at Bates.

We thank you for your consistent engagement with the resources that we’ve put together on your Lyceum Summer Resources and Orientation page. Thank you for taking the time to review these resources, for participating in the Zoom webinar in July, and for speaking with your August Registration Consultants earlier this month.

Getting to Bates

For helpful information on getting to Bates see this page.

Move-In Logistics

We welcome you to check-in and to start moving into your residence between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Thursday, August 29. We know you are excited to get here — and believe us, we are so excited to have you here! — but we want to emphasize that there is no need to arrive earlier than 8:00 a.m. There will be ample time to move in and get settled.

When you arrive, new students should plan to be dropped off first at Commons (136 Central Avenue) by their families or support teams to check-in and receive their residence hall key and campus ID. Do not go to the residence hall first.
Once the student is dropped off at Commons to check-in, get their residence hall key, and get their Campus ID, families and support members should then proceed in their vehicle to the residence hall with the student’s belongings.
While families are going to the residence hall, students will then go through Commons with their key and ID and meet their families and support teams at their residence hall.
At the residence hall, staff and upper-class student volunteers will meet and help families unpack and bring student belongings to rooms.
Staff will kindly ask that families and support teams unload the car first by dropping items at the curb.
Following unloading of the car, families and support team members will need to move the car immediately to a parking area, so other students and families can unpack in the unloading zone.
Parking will be available nearby after unloading, and we will provide campus maps that clearly show the locations of residence halls and available parking.

Doing check-in this way allows us to make the process as efficient as possible for all new students, so we thank you in advance for collaborating in this effort. We will provide you with a map to help you navigate parking and drop-off when students are dropped off at Commons.

In-Person Orientation Schedule

Beyond checking in, moving in, and settling in, there are a number of campus events throughout the day that we encourage students and their families to engage with, including a Welcome Address from President Jenkins at 2 p.m. on the Historic Quad.

We also know that some families, students, and support networks have had a long travel day to get to Bates, so we start the Campus BBQ nice and early at 10:30 a.m. for an opportunity to get food and refreshments.

For full event listings and details for Arrival Day and the rest of New Student On-Campus Orientation, please visit the schedule here.

If You Have Questions …

Questions about Housing: housing@bates.edu
Questions about New Student Orientation: fye@bates.edu
Questions about Information Technology: helpdesk@bates.edu
Questions about Course Registration: registrar@bates.edu

Summer is quickly coming to and end; we hope it has been both productive and restorative.hile we may watch with a small sigh as the warmer days fade into crisp autumn, we know that fall also brings our new students to campus, and we cannot wait for you to be here during one of the most exciting days of the year.

So, pack your raincoat and a fan as anything is possible in Maine! We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, August 29! Safe travels!