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MLK 2025

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

By Bates College

January 24^th, 2025

Footnotes Produced by Bates Communications and Marketing, with images by Phyllis Graber Jensen, Theophil Syslo, Avery Lehman ‘27, Carly Philpott ‘27, and Sammy Weidenthal ‘27, and text and editing by Jay Burns.

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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‘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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‘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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