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Commencement 2025

The Class of 2025 displays grit and perseverance

By Bates College

May 30^th, 2025

Footnotes Produced by the Bates Communications and Marketing Office, with photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen, drone photography by Theophil Syslo, and text by Jay Burns

BACCALAUREATE 2025

Graduating seniors pause for reflection and celebration, recognizing that how we love is how we heal — and that to be seen is to be loved.

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THE ORDINARY AND THE POETIC

Bates theater stages Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull”

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Founders Dip

Celebrating the 50th anniversary edition of the long-running Bates tradition

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PLAY WHAT YOU LOVE!

Bates athletes and coaches work with community children on National Girls & Women in Sports Day

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MLK 2025

This year's theme: Bending Toward Justice: Peace and Nonviolence

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‘It fills my heart’

For alumni, parents, and families, the magic of Back to Bates is ‘to grow young once more’

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