Welcome to the Winter 2026 semester! We hope you had a good break, and we hope you are excited to start a new semester. We write with some important information to assist you in getting situated for a ...

View the schedule for this year's observance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, centered on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 18–19. In 2025, Bates social media shared more than a thousand of posts. Here ...

Whenever the Bates photography/video team of Phyllis Graber Jensen (director of photography and video) and Theophil Syslo (multimedia producer) come back from assignment, they bring back hundreds if ...

The Summit’s three general poster sessions are held in Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall.

Bates College will waive the admission application fee, beginning with the Fall 2025 pool of applicants. Previously, domestic applicants paid a $65 application fee but could request to have that fee ...

On a balmy Friday morning in mid-July, a research team of five from Bates scrambled across the slippery rocks of Cape Neddick, searching the rockweed-coated landscape for the shiny, dark, ...

To establish first-time parent access in the payment portal, your student must log into the portal using their Bates credentials and add you as an authorized user. You’ll then receive an email ...

As the academic year drew to a close, the Harward Center for Community Partnerships celebrated the strength of the college’s engagement with the Lewiston–Auburn community with a string of grants and ...

Leigh Weisenburger, who has led the Bates admission and financial aid program since 2012, will become vice president for institutional affairs and secretary to the Board of Trustees, effective July 1, ...

The Bates College Museum of Art opens a major show on June 6, Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing, featuring a visual adventure through the long career of the artist and illustrator. It runs through Oct ...

At Bates’ 159th Commencement on Sunday, May 25, Commencement speaker Angela Duckworth began her address with one simple request to members of the audience: to take out their phones and hand them to ...