Bates College
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Bates, as one of the finest liberal arts colleges in the nation, is a welcoming community whose members care deeply about the rigorous, challenging, and rewarding life of ideas and principles, and value their exchange and examination. Bates College, widely regarded as one of the finest liberal arts colleges in the nation, is dedicated to the principle of active engagement. A 10-1 student-faculty ratio makes possible close collaborations in classroom and laboratory, and the Bates learning experience is honed through seminars, research, service-learning, and the capstone of senior thesis. Typically, two-thirds of Bates' 1,700 students study abroad. Co-curricular life is rich: most students participate in club and varsity sports; many participate in performing arts; and almost all students participate in one of more than 90 student-run clubs or organizations. Alumni frequently cite the capacities they developed at Bates for critical assessment, analysis, expression, aesthetic sensibility and independent thought. About 40 percent of students participate in career internships, and more than two-thirds of recent graduates enroll in graduate study within 10 years after graduation. Bates was founded in 1855 by Maine abolitionists, and Bates graduates have always included men and women from diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
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facebook.comWhat do you get when you add more than 1,000 alumni and family members, beautiful weather, fantastic food and amazing arts? A Back to Bates weekend we'll never forget. Whether you couldn't make it or just want to relive it, jump into our Picture Story today:
When studying = sweat. In the latest #BatesAtNight, see students from the Bates Dance Company come together after two weeks of intense rehearsal in preparation for last weekend's #BacktoBates performance of a new dance work.
Just as first-year students are finding their groove at Bates, first-year faculty are forging new friendships and bonds with their colleagues. #FacultyFriday
Happy #NationalCoffeeDay from Bates! Where do you like to get your cup on campus: Commons, The Den, or Le Ronj Coffeehouse? (📷:Phyllis Graber Jensen / Bates College)
In a joint statement, U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Senator Angus S. King, Jr. applauded Bates College for garnering a $250,000 grant in support of the Diverse BookFinder project. "The Diverse BookFinder will help improve our understanding of the world and prepare students to live and thrive in today’s global society. We commend Bates for their effort to advance this educational tool," wrote Collins and King.
In honor of #BannedBooksWeek and our brand-new Diverse BookFinder, let's #TBT to this study scene in Ladd Library from the 1980s! See anyone you know? What's a banned book that profoundly impacted you? Share in the comments!
In her remarks to the Class of 2021 during Convocation, President Spencer argued it's time to go back to school and reaffirm our commitment to liberal arts values. Read the full address: http://bit.ly/2fqnU5Q
Find out how Associate Professor of Psychology Krista Aronson and her Bates team invented a better way to find diverse children's books — and why it matters for children, families, libraries, and scholars.
With our brand-new Diverse BookFinder, Bates debuts a one-of-a-kind search engine for diverse children's books. Find a book to read today:
There’s nothing quite like the afternoon sun illuminating the Historic Quad through the trees. #BatesIsBeautiful
They’ve arrived with impressive research, thoughtful teaching philosophies and ready to engage with their new students. Meet the 10 tenure-track faculty Bates welcomed earlier this fall.
"We weren't friends until we took her course. She is our favorite professor ever!" Molly Chisholm '17 and Honor Moshay '17 reunite at #BacktoBates Weekend with rhetoric professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano (center), who taught them in "Presidential Campaign Rhetoric." (📷: Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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