Stories about "Orientation"
Video: Experience the first week for the Class of 2026 in two minutes
Friday, September 9, 2022 11:55 am
It’s been a whirlwind of firsts for the first-year Class of 2026,…
Slideshow: Hour by hour on Opening Day with the Class of 2026
Thursday, September 8, 2022 9:31 am
Opening Day for the 520 members of the Class of 2026 on Aug. 31 dawned cloudy and rainy and ended sunny and warm. Nuff said!
Video: Exploring, connecting, and a new definition of ‘outdoors’ for Bates AESOP
Thursday, September 9, 2021 12:44 pm
New-student Orientation programs are usually all about the great outdoors — mountains, rivers, and everything in between. This year, the student leaders of the Bates program brainstormed an eclectic array of new trips to broaden the program's appeal.
Video: ‘Overwhelming, but a good time’ as students welcome students on Bates’ Opening Day
Friday, September 3, 2021 11:29 am
A few Junior Advisors and Residence Coordinators talk about the work to welcome the Class of 2025 and why they do it. "Because my experience as a first-year, being welcomed with open hands, inspired me," says Oliver Barrera '22.
Slideshow: 10 images from Opening Day
Friday, August 27, 2021 1:59 pm
The arrival of the Class of 2025 on Thursday was a crescendo moment. Indeed, the beat goes on.
Picture story: Orientation week for the Class of 2023
Friday, September 13, 2019 8:46 am
Over nine days, Bates photographers capture the Class of 2023 getting up to speed on Bates, from Opening Day to Opening Convocation.
Slideshow: Hour by hour with the Class of 2023 on Opening Day
Thursday, August 29, 2019 3:13 pm
Opening Day sets the tone for these new Bobcats. In the words of longtime dean James Reese, it's a day when the message is, "Everyone’s in!”
Seven Bates professors share topics and courses they’re excited to teach
Thursday, September 13, 2018 10:18 am
As Bates professors lined up for Convocation last week, they shared the courses and topics they're excited to teach.
Convocation 2018 remarks: President Clayton Spencer
Friday, September 7, 2018 12:16 pm
President Spencer considers the famous phrase "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Is it false hope? Or a call to action?
Convocation 2018 remarks: Associate Professor of History Joseph Hall
Friday, September 7, 2018 10:24 am
Associate Professor of History Joseph Hall explores Bates’ complicated early history and its implications for us