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Commencement 2025 - cover photo

Commencement 2025

The Class of 2025 displays grit and perseverance

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By Bates College
May 30th, 2025
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Produced by the Bates Communications and Marketing Office, with photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen, drone photography by Theophil Syslo, and text by Jay Burns

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