Graduate/Professional School Events

Are you considering graduate or professional school after Bates? Whether you’ve been pondering an advanced degree for a while or you’re just starting to explore your options, join the Purposeful Work staff and admissions representatives as we help you consider whether graduate school is right for you.

Grad School 101 Workshop

Grad School 101 provides a broad overview of the grad school landscape — from exploring the types of degrees available to determining whether and when to apply. The workshop also addresses the logistics of the application process — from researching schools and programs to making your final decisions about where to go.

The goal of the Grad School 101 workshop is to provide you with:
1) strategies and recommendations for exploring grad school,
2) guidance and support for engaging with grad school representatives, and
3) basic information about grad school applications and admissions.

We hope to provide you with a sense of the breadth and depth of available options so than you can explore programs that will give *you* the greatest sense of purpose.

Sep 22 7PM: Grad School 101 Workshop

Graduate School Info Sessions – In-Person & Virtual

While we generally refrain from inviting specific graduate schools and programs to speak with Bates students (so that you can make the most individualized and informed choices), we’re open to outreach from schools and programs hoping to gain or expand exposure to small liberal arts graduates.

MARCH 2026
Mar 3 6PM: Northeastern University / D’Amore-McKim School of Business – MS in Accounting/MBA (NESCAC)

FEBRUARY 2026
Feb 12 12PM: Tetr College of Business – Master in Management of Technology (NESCAC)

DECEMBER 2025
Dec 2 8:30PM: University of Hong Kong / School of Law (NESCAC)
Dec 2 7PM: University of Connecticut / School of Business – PhD Program (NESCAC)

NOVEMBER 2025
Nov 19 6PM: Brown University – Master’s Programs

OCTOBER 2025
Oct 30 7PM: Yale University / Law School
Oct 29 6PM: Tufts University / Fletcher Graduate School of Global Affairs
Oct 28 1PM: University of Chicago / Divinity School
Oct 22 1:30PM: Georgetown University / Law School
Oct 8 8PM: Harvard University / Law School (with Mark Richter, Bowdoin ’14)
Oct 1 6PM: University of St Andrews – Master of Public Policy (NESCAC+LACN)

SEPTEMBER 2025
Sep 29 7PM: Columbia SIPA, Georgetown SFS, Johns Hopkins SAIS & Tufts Fletcher – International Relations
Sep 26 12PM (Noon): Columbia University / Law School
Sep 23 12PM (Noon): Johns Hopkins University & University of Pennsylvania / Schools of Nursing
Sep 19 12PM (Noon): Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Sep 17 6:30PM: Dartmouth College – Master of Public Health and Master of Health Sciences
Sep 9 2:30PM: University of St Andrews – Master of Public Policy

A tale of two trees (and one map)

For at least 151 years, a hemlock and its close neighbor, a red oak, have grown up together on the Bates campus, close enough to overlap branches, while buildings popped up around them. Their survival is a mystery but thanks to a new interactive historic map of Bates, their shared history can at least be glimpsed.