The college welcomed the Class of 2030 and new transfer students to the official start of the new academic year at the Sept.

On Thursday, Aug. 27, the long-awaited moment was here: arrival day for the Bates Class of 2030 and transfer students.

Bates News began introducing new faculty last week and will continue over the next few weeks. Read our second installment ...

The Class of 2030, the third largest in Bates history, gathered to kick off AESOP on Friday, Aug. 28 — the day after move-in ...

Bates College has been selected for a Best Practice Award from the New England Employee Benefits Council. The award ...

Bates College President Garry W. Jenkins has been selected as a member of the second cohort of the Washington, D.C.-based ...

Bates is welcoming a number of new faculty members for the 2026-2027 academic year, including 11 tenured or on the tenure ...

Each summer, Bates students engage in professional internships. This year, 41 students were lucky enough to intern in Maine.

As Bates prepares for the 2026-2027 academic year, students from the Class of 2030 began settling into their new homes on ...

Join us for Back to Bates Weekend October 2–4, where alumni and families of current students come together to experience life on campus, reconnect with friends, and enjoy the beautiful fall season in ...

As a first-year student in 2023, I was assigned to an AESOP called Franconia Backpacking — a backcountry hiking trip in the beautiful (and brutal) White Mountains of New Hampshire. Over the course of ...