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September 6, 2023

Welcome to the 2023–24 academic session

Welcome to the 2023–24 academic session! I am thrilled to join you in kicking off what promises to be an exciting year of exploration, innovation, and engagement for Bates.

September 5, 2023

Welcome remarks at Opening Convocation: Sept. 5, 2023

Greetings, everyone, and welcome. It is terrific to see you all gathered here, in this very special place, ready to launch a new academic year at Bates.

November 1, 2024

Slideshow: Remembering Gene Clough, a teacher with boundless …

Gene Clough, a Bates teacher whose passion and curiosity inspired generations of Bates students during a 38-year Bates career, died Oct. 23 at age 77.

November 1, 2024

At a Lewiston clubhouse, a musical performance that’s &…

Two Bates students and a newly appointed professor of music helped to bring the soothing beauty of music, through piano and voice, to an audience at the Looking Ahead Clubhouse, a vocational center in Lewiston for adults living with mental illness.

November 1, 2024

Bates Alumni and Students in the News: Nov. 1, 2024

This edition’s items include a new documentary celebrating civil rights leader Benjamin Mays, Class of 1920, astonishing art sales by painter Takako Yamaguchi ’75, and humanitarian efforts by Army veteran Christine Quinn Antal ’98.