Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.
(see more)Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.
Bates student interns for portable power company
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Eliot Chalfin-Smith teaches local youth bike repair
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Ben Lyons interns for Nasdaq
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Bella Stone participates in biomedical research
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Alexia Sahue interns at Analysis Group in Boston
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A tuna tournament helps Michaela Pinette get in tune with purposeful work
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Bates graduates 473 students
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Amelia Wilhelm nominated by NESCAC for NCAA Woman of the Year
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Students cultivate a growth mindset as Bates produce reaches diners
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Mount Vernon grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Simsbury grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Longmeadow native receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Los Altos grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Convent of the Sacred Heart grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Visitation School grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Walt Whitman grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Mainland Regional High School grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Visitation School grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Pingree School grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Concord High School grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student award
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Masters School grad receives offer of prestigious Fulbright Student Award
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Students named to dean's list at Bates College
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KIPP Academy grad creating social justice group for girls of color
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Park School grad partnering with Catholic Charities
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Park School grad building database for subsidized housing
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Governor's Academy grad works to support prisoner education
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Boothbay Region High School grad works to increase food access in public housing
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Mattituck High School grad seeks to improve urban housing
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Students Create a History of Nursing at Central Maine Medical Center
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Deering grad works to develop volunteer program for local women's shelter
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