The vibe at this year’s MLK Day keynote was the “fierce urgency of now,” as keynote speaker Erica Chenoweth and Bates ...

For her distinguished approach to education and commitment to students’ success, Tieken is the recipient of this year’s ...

The College provides both a short-term and long term disability benefit should you have a prolonged illness or injury. Short-term disability provides for benefits of 75% of an eligible staff member’s ...

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college. We are proud to offer a highly personalized education that centers on deep and sustained interactions ...

After 22 years of marriage and 10 children, Charles Dickens famously dumped his wife, Catherine Dickens, in 1858. Wielding the power of his pen, he alleged that Catherine was mentally unbalanced and ...

Campus Life is excited to work with you this academic year! Campus Life supports student clubs, organizations, the First-Year Experience, social programming, and leadership development. Please feel ...

The learning goals articulated below provide our students a framework for contextualizing and learning the fundamental knowledge needed to complete the biology major and to become prepared for future ...

Bev Johnson is a biogeochemist who uses a host of geochemical techniques to explore environmental change over a range of temporal and spatial scales. She specializes in the use of stable carbon and ...

Professor Melnick Dyer specializes in the history of Tibetan and Chinese Buddhism, with a focus on the uses of hagiography and revelatory literature in the historical record. She enjoys teaching a ...

My research focuses on the physics of matter cooled to just barely above absolute zero, and explores the phenomenon of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) terrestrially and in microgravity. I perform ...

One of the most meaningful moments in the Bates Commencement ceremony is the address delivered by a senior class member. The senior speaker reflects on their Bates experience and speaks on behalf of ...

Established in 1996 by a gift from Margaret V. B. and C. Angus Wurtele in loving memory of their son, Philip, Class of 1995, who died attempting to rescue an injured climber on Mt. Rainier, the Philip ...