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This Summer at Bates

Images feature campus life

By Bates College

August 27^th, 2025

As Green As It Gets

Walking paths extend from Hathorn Hall under a sea of green summer leaves. From above, historic Campus Avenue buildings resemble doll houses on the south side of the Quad. (Theophil Syslo / Bates College)

Cheers to 50 Years

The Class of 1975 proudly celebrates the half a century since graduation from Bates during the Reunion weekend parade in Merrill Gymnasium in June. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Bates Stars — students and recent graduates serving as ambassadors and supporting Advancement staff — help Reunion weekend run smoothly. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

The annual Reunion fireworks display gets off the ground one day late after a weather delay, lighting up the sky above campus with iridescent hues. (Theophil Syslo / Bates College)

Getting Rich

Caitlin Lampman, an education and engagement archivist with Muskie Archives, and Christine Murray, a social science librarian and Maine Master Naturalist, lead a tour of Bates’ trees during Enrichment Week. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

During Enrichment Week, Marc Muro, an area coordinator for Student Affairs, joins the Student Center for Belonging and Community’s annual Progress Pride Flag raising with twirling rainbow ribbon wands. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

A speckled leaf in the greenhouse above Carnegie Hall soaks up the summer weather. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

It’s Go Time

Campus and community members get a move on during the annual BWell 5K Run and Walk. At center on wheels are Jeremy Caron, left, and Tyrone Fulgham, right, who was the first athlete to cross the finish line. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Associate Professor of Sociology and avid runner Heidi Taylor triumphantly approaches the 5K finish line after removing her shirt to reveal her double mastectomy; Taylor was treated for breast cancer in 2021. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Professor Emerita of Mathematics Bonnie Shulman crosses the 5K finish line. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Benoît Vallée, who was an assistant visiting professor at Bates during the 2024–25 academic year, heads down Alumni Walk with family during the 5K. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

On Wheels

Cyclists whiz around campus during the annual three-day Trek Across Maine bike trip. More than 600 cyclists and volunteers spent the night at Bates, dining in Commons and sleeping in on-campus housing or tents near Leahey Field. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

This Summer at Bates

This Summer at Bates

This Summer at Bates

Alive in the Summertime

Even between class sessions, Bates blooms. At top, Admission tour guide Mary DeWitt ’26, an American studies major from Litchfield, Maine, leads a group on a campus tour. (Theophil Syslo / Bates College)

Paloma Rodriguez Thorne ’26 of Lima, Peru, works on summer research studying molecular spectroscopy, laser heterodyne radiometry, and optical frequency combs in Assistant Professor of Physics Ryan Cole’s laboratory. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

Hannah Kothari ’26, a politics and religious studies double major from Houston, Texas, heads to the shipyard during her summer communications internship at Bath Iron Works. (Photo by Jared Morneau / Bath Iron Works)

Brandon Villalta Lopez ’25 grins in a Carnegie Science Hall classroom while conducting summer research on galactic winds and star formation in galaxies with Associate Professor of Physics Aleks Diamond-Stanic. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

Sam Scola ’26, a double major in economics and biochemistry from San Mateo, Calif., in New York City for his Purposeful Work summer internship as an analyst at Nasdaq Private Market. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Gomes Chapel, framed by trees on the Historic Quad, offers the perfect backdrop for a summer outdoor study session. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

A campus tour group meanders around Lake Andrews. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Ron Tardif, a Bates Facility Services mason, applies mortar in the gaps between steps outside of Carnegie Science Hall. (Theophil Syslo / Bates College)

Amanda Power ’26 of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Sophie Leight ’26 of Easton, Md., search for blue mussels at Cape Neddick as part of their summer research with Justin Baumann, an assistant professor of environmental studies. (Theophil Syslo / Bates College)

Celebrate, Relax, Stroll

Bates President Garry W. Jenkins receives the 2025 Maine Black Excellence Compass Career Award from The Third Place Maine. At right is Adilah Muhammad, The Third Place’s founder , who emceed the award ceremony. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Hussein Kulow, a custodian with Facility Services, on the job in Lane Hall. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Visiting Lecturer in Education Stacy Smith relaxing on an Adirondack chair beneath the shade of a tree on the Historic Quad. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Physics major Paul Adutwum ’27 of Accra, Ghana, cycles on the Quad between summer research sessions with Colony Family Professor of Digital and Computational Studies Barry Lawson. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Leadership Gifts Officer John Harvey ’09 cruises down Alumni Walk toward Commons on a bright, sunny day. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Hoi Ning Ngai, director of employer engagement and business advising at the Center for Purposeful Work, emerges from Commons Dining with a cup of soft serve and a side of cornflakes. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Jennifer Koviach-Côté and Thomas Hedley Reynolds Professor of History Karen Melvin stroll down Alumni Walk with Melvin’s two-year old dog Lucy. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Floating Away

The annual Lewiston–Auburn Balloon Festival returns on a crisp August morning. A paddleboarder on the Androscoggin River gets a world-class view of the neon inflatables taking on the sky. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Early a.m. onlookers gather to observe and photograph balloons drifting over the L–A skyline. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

A balloon floats past the historic Lewiston City Hall building, its colorful hues even brighter alongside the cool red brick. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

AESOP's Staples

AESOP starts this weekend, with a major lift from these senior coordinators. From left are Ty Stearns of Walpole, Mass.; Sivani Arvapalli of South Windsor, Conn.; and Sam Rice of Chapel Hill, N.C. (Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)

Footnotes

Produced by the Bates Communications and Marketing with photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo

FootNotes

Produced by the Bates Communications and Marketing with photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo

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