Your gift to the college’s annual fund, known as the Bates Fund, provides an immediate impact for Bates students and faculty in all areas of the Bates experience—including financial aid, research, ...

Since 1855, Bates College has been dedicated to the emancipating potential of the liberal arts. Bates educates the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential ...

Visual literacy and visual acuity – looking with awareness and intention – are fundamental to liberal arts education. The Art and Visual Culture Department offers courses in studio practice and in the ...

The Department of Art and Visual Culture balances creation and critique, providing foundations in studio practice and in contemporary and historical analysis. The major offers two tracks: one in ...

Join us on Sunday morning, May 31, for live coverage, beginning at 9:30 a.m., of the 160th Bates Commencement as we celebrate the Class of 2026 and welcome Commencement speaker Deborah Harkness and ...

Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human communication that focuses on the intersectional nature of meaning and knowledge. Courses offered by the ...

Join us for Bates in the City, a happy hour event. This event is designed to connect Bobcats who graduated within the last ten years. Come mingle with long-time friends, meet new faces, and raise a ...

Updates: Please consider checking the status of our parking lot at bmmparking.com before making your trip. Once our parking lot is full, we turn away additional vehicles as part of our management ...

At Bates, we believe performance is for everyone. In the Department of Theater and Dance, our curriculum explores performance theories, physical practice, creative processes, and culturally inclusive ...

No car? No problem. By working with local and regional partners, Bates is able to offer students, staff, and faculty a variety of sustainable transportation options to & from campus. Bates runs a ...

LaTeX is a system for high-quality technical typesetting. Most mathematicians and many other people use LaTeX to typeset papers, exams, books, and more. The LaTeX Project Home Page has additional ...

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