First-year students are assessed a fee of $425 which appears on the fall semester bill. This one-time fee covers the cost of programming, transportation for orientation activities, and the cost of ...

Check out Bates' top 10 Instagram and Facebook posts of the year, ranked by the number of online engagements they received.

Discover what Batesies are up to this month and explore ways to get involved in the latest edition of the Bobcat Connection!

Take a full campus tour, learn about admission and financial aid in detail, speak with students working diligently on their theses and enjoy a meal in Commons! Jason Fein, who has served as director ...

Jason Fein, who has served as director of athletics since 2017, has led “significant improvements to our athletics program and major achievements by our teams and their coaches,” said Bates President ...

The primary goal of Digital and Computational Studies is to bridge the liberal arts education in the spirit of interdisciplinarity to computing and the digital world. We are committed to actively ...

It's really cool that as students, I feel like we have a voice,” says Martin Carriere ’25, a student EcoRep from Davis, Calif ...

Both the MLK Day keynote gathering in Gomes Chapel and the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays 1920 Debate are livestreamed and typically available for on-demand viewing on the day of the event. Jason Fein, ...

Shervin Chambers ’12 told a Creole Table gathering about the island of St. Lucia. Below: Becca Chacko ’10. It feels like Mom’s kitchen, but with a few more people around. The bustling, warm atmosphere ...

Benjamin Mays ’20 and the Rev. Martin Luther King promised each other: He who outlived the other would deliver his friend’s last eulogy. On April 9, 1968, Mays made good on the promise. Benjamin Mays ...

The Program in Classical and Medieval Studies combines a uniquely interdisciplinary study of cultural history with an emphasis on empowering students to read and interrogate texts in the relevant ...

Dean James Reese is the International Student Adviser, attending to the initial transition and ongoing career progress of students who hail from or live in other nations. He has conversations with ...