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Facts, firsts, and fictions from 150 (or more?) Commencements
The first Bates Commencement was in 1867, making this year’s event the 150th in college history. Or have there been more? In the spirit of trying to make things count, here are 15-plus facts and...
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Commencement 2016: Some basics for the 150th edition
(Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) If you do something 150 times, you’re bound to get pretty good at it. Accordingly, the May 29 ceremony marking Bates’ 150th Commencement is something special,...
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From alumni and other experts, tips and tricks to avoid rookie adult mistakes
(Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) The job offer not explored. The raise not asked for. The lease you sign but don’t read. The renter’s insurance that seems like such a good idea — after the...
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Video: Commencement 2016 livestream
Video clips of the college’s entire 150th Commencement on May 29, 2016, from the Processional to the Benediction and Recessional. Table of Contents Processional Welcome by President Spencer Senior...
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Civil rights hero John Lewis to Class of ’16: ‘Get in trouble — good trouble’
Civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John R. Lewis delivers the keynote address at Bates’ 150th Commencement on May 29. (Josh Kuckens/Bates College) When U.S. Rep. John R. Lewis was a child in Alabama, he...
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Multimedia: 33 powerful moments from Commencement 2016
Moments from Commencement Day 2016, from the diplomas emerging from the Registrar’s safekeeping to the serving of lobster rolls and other celebratory edibles at lunchtime. 7:53 a.m. Held by the...
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Video: The many happy hugs of Commencement
Need a hug? We got ’em. In a great Bates tradition, professors greet the graduates during the Commencement Recessional on May 29, 2016. Here’s a montage:
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Video: a rookie mace bearer’s first carry at Commencement
The mace bearer is an attention-grabber at Commencement, so when the mace gets a new bearer, as happened this year, it’s like getting a new James Bond. With the retirement of Professor of Sociology...
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Bates in the News: June 10, 2016
John Lewis, L.H.D. ’16 Bates’ far-reaching effect on the civil rights movement — Huffington Post Civil rights icon John Lewis’ Commencement address was widely covered by the news media, with...
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‘Together we harness the power of questions’— Senior Address
Shannon Griffin ’16, a Chinese and psychology major from Philadelphia, gave this year’s Senior Address at Commencement and offered hopeful words about the value and power of a Bates education: Together...
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Facts, firsts, and fictions from 150 (or more?) Commencements
The first Bates Commencement was in 1867, which makes the 2016 edition the 150th in college history. Or have there been more? In the spirit of trying to make things count, here are 15-plus facts and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Commencement 2016: Some basics for the 150th edition
(Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) If you do something 150 times, you’re bound to get pretty good at it. Accordingly, the May 29 ceremony marking Bates’ 150th Commencement is something special,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From alumni and other experts, tips and tricks to avoid rookie adult mistakes
(Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) The job offer not explored. The raise not asked for. The lease you sign but don’t read. The renter’s insurance that seems like such a good idea — after the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video: Commencement 2016 livestream
Video clips of the college’s entire 150th Commencement on May 29, 2016, from the Processional to the Benediction and Recessional. Table of Contents Processional Welcome by President Spencer Senior...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Civil rights hero John Lewis to Class of ’16: ‘Get in trouble — good trouble’
Civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John R. Lewis delivers the keynote address at Bates’ 150th Commencement on May 29. (Josh Kuckens/Bates College) When U.S. Rep. John R. Lewis was a child in Alabama, he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Multimedia: 33 powerful moments from Commencement 2016
Moments from Commencement Day 2016, from the diplomas emerging from the Registrar’s safekeeping to the serving of lobster rolls and other celebratory edibles at lunchtime. 7:53 a.m. Held by the...
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Video: The many happy hugs of Commencement
Need a hug? We got ’em. In a great Bates tradition, professors greet the graduates during the Commencement Recessional on May 29, 2016. Here’s a montage:
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video: a rookie mace bearer’s first carry at Commencement
The mace bearer is an attention-grabber at Commencement, so when the mace gets a new bearer, as happened this year, it’s like getting a new James Bond. With the retirement of Professor of Sociology...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bates in the News: June 10, 2016
John Lewis, L.H.D. ’16 Bates’ far-reaching effect on the civil rights movement — Huffington Post Civil rights icon John Lewis’ Commencement address was widely covered by the news media, with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Together we harness the power of questions’— Senior Address
Shannon Griffin ’16, a Chinese and psychology major from Philadelphia, gave this year’s Senior Address at Commencement and offered hopeful words about the value and power of a Bates education: Together...
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