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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’

By Bates College

October 11^th, 2024

Footnotes Produced by the Bates Communications and Marketing Office with photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen, Rene Roy, Theophil Syslo, and Eno Little '27. Text by Jay Burns.

‘Art is Empowering’

Colorful, surprising, and shared by all, a new wave of public art builds community in Lewiston.

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Welcome Home!

The Bates Class of 2028 arrives to join a community of learners

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Jumping into the Deep End

Shenandoah Waugh ’26 guides children in a Purposeful Work internship with a coastal Maine land trust

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Alumni Parade 2024

A Bates tradition since 1914, the Alumni Parade at Reunion proves that there’s joy in emotional contagion

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Commencement 2024

This graduating class was mightily tested, and they persevered and triumphed

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Baccalaureate 2024

A festive, spiritual celebration for a Bates class that sought, and ultimately found, their common humanity

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Colorful, surprising, and shared by all, a new wave of public art builds community in Lewiston.

The Bates Class of 2028 arrives to join a community of learners

Shenandoah Waugh ’26 guides children in a Purposeful Work internship with a coastal Maine land trust

A Bates tradition since 1914, the Alumni Parade at Reunion proves that there’s joy in emotional contagion

This graduating class was mightily tested, and they persevered and triumphed

A festive, spiritual celebration for a Bates class that sought, and ultimately found, their common humanity