![A future student room on the second floor, this space is serving as a work area for Windham Millword. (Doug Hubley/Bates College)](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2024/06/240528_CCU_96Campus_1433_dlh_BANNER-200x133.webp)
The weekly BatesNews email has been on hiatus since June, but Campus Construction Update has chugged along, capturing a season of high intensity on the Bates facilities front.
The three most recent CCUs, featured below, tell the stories of major summer 2023 projects, each with a unique resonance in Bates history.
There’s a new playing surface on Garcelon Field, significant improvements to the attic of Hathorn Hall, creation in Coram Library of a high-tech Immersive Media Studio — and nothing less than the reinvention of Chase Hall, the college’s original, century-old student center.
![]() | Campus Construction Update: Aug. 10, 2023An epic rainstorm and subsequent flooding prompt a robust campus response as the summer’s four major facilities projects near completion. |
![]() | Campus Construction Update: July 6, 2023As Bates enters high summer, progress in the Chase Hall renovation is provoking a certain air of anticipation — something along the lines of, “Is it Christmas yet?” |
![]() | Campus Construction Update: June 16, 2023Construction projects for summer 2023 involve campus landmarks whose long histories resound in Bates lore, including Chase Hall, Hathorn Hall, and Garcelon Field. |