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The Arts at Bates College, including the Bates Art Collective, Arts News, Fields of Study, the Bates Dance Festival, Museum of Art and other events.
FInd answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about arrival on campus, helping your student get ready, and family orientation sessions. Your fall student-athlete should have their early ...
Join us for Back to Bates Weekend, where alumni and families of current students come together to experience life on campus, reconnect with friends, and enjoy the beautiful fall season in Maine. Enjoy ...
Bates College requires that all students have active, comprehensive health insurance coverage while enrolled, including coverage for both emergency and non-emergency care, to ensure that students have ...
Discover Bates alumni events near you and come celebrate your Bates experience, reconnect and build lifelong friends through the power of the Bates network.
Data and computers are transforming virtually every facet of our professional and personal lives. Increasingly, they are the dominant media for how we generate, apply, and share knowledge. The fields ...
Garry W. Jenkins, dean of the University of Minnesota Law School and William S. Pattee Professor of Law, has been selected as Bates’ next president, effective July 1, 2023. (© Caroline Yang for Bates ...
The Olin Concert Series engages the community with vibrant and eclectic programming that promotes artistic excellence, explores the widest spectrum of world cultures, and enhances the College’s ...
In their recently published study “Defining promise: optional standardized testing policies in American college and university admissions”, Bill Hiss and Valerie Franks conclude that there are few ...
Johnny Walker ’24 always wanted to play tackle football. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a very good flag football player as a pre-teen, and he loved watching the NFL on television, rooting on ...
Lalla Essaydi is a New York-based, Moroccan-born photographer, painter, and installation artist. Over the past decade, she has risen to international prominence with her timely and beautiful work that ...
Bates College has an active array of student-run organizations in the arts. From hip hop to media production, music to multicultural events, creative writing to circus arts, whatever your interest is ...