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 women's distance medley relay team wins All-America honors
The Bates indoor track and field women's distance medley relay team won All-America honors for their school-record time at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships on Friday, March 14, 2014.
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2014 Mar 24
Zoe Seaman-Grant is the top-ranked novice collegiate debater in the nation
Seaman-Grant's best-in-the-nation standing follows first-place novice speaker awards at the Stanford University tournament on March 8, the Wellesley College tournament on Feb. 8 and the Providence College tournament on Jan. 31.
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2014 Mar 19
Bates student Matt Kahn achieves top-10 national ranking in collegiate debate
Matt Kahn, a member of the Brooks Quimby Debate Council at Bates College, has been ranked among the top-10 U.S. collegiate novice debaters this year.
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2014 Mar 11
Bates student Jack Stewart wins collegiate debate tournaments, achieves international ranking
In early January 2014, Jack Stewart and his teammate Taylor Blackburn competed in the World Universities Debate Championships in Chennai, India, where they were ranked 21st in the world.
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2014 Mar 5
Taylor Blackburn is nationally ranked debater at Bates
Taylor Blackburn, a member of the Brooks Quimby Debate Council at Bates College, has been ranked among the top-10 U.S. collegiate debaters in 2013-14.
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2014 Mar 5
Alyssa Morgosh elected president of Bates College Student Government
As president, Morgosh chairs the college's Executive Council, which has the authority to write the Bates College Student Government budget, to make appointments to student-faculty and student committees, and to act as liason between the student body, student clubs and the Representative Assembly.
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2014 Feb 14
Paul-Alexis Fourgous elected to serve as vice president of clubs at Bates
Fourgous has oversight authority for all student clubs at Bates and for all changes to club constitutions. In addition to assisting the president of Bates College Student Government in his or her duties, Fourgous chairs the Organizational Review Board, the direct link between the college's Representative Assembly and all student clubs at Bates.
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2014 Feb 14
Bates students receive fall 2013 NESCAC All-Academic honors
The following Bates students have received All-Academic honors from the New England Small College Athletic Conference. To receive NESCAC All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must have reached sophomore academic standing and be a varsity letter winner with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.35.
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2014 Jan 27
Bates students receive NESCAC All-Academic honors
The New England Small College Athletic Conference All-Academic honor is awarded to Bates varsity letter winners who have reached sophomore academic standing with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.35.
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2014 Jan 27
Bates College students named to fall 2013 dean's list
The following students were named to the dean's list at Bates College during the first semester of the 2013-2014 academic year -- a distinction earned by students whose cumulative grade point average is 3.71 or higher.
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2014 Jan 22
Bates College students named to the fall 2013 dean's list
The following students were named to the dean's list at Bates College during the first semester of the 2013-2014 academic year -- a distinction earned by students whose cumulative grade point average is 3.71 or higher.
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2014 Jan 22
Bates students named to fall 2013 dean's list
The following students were named to the dean's list at Bates College during the first semester of the 2013-2014 academic year -- a distinction earned by students whose cumulative grade point average is 3.71 or higher.
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2014 Jan 22
Bates students receive dean's list honors in fall 2013
At Bates, dean's list distinction is earned by students whose cumulative grade point average is 3.71 or higher.
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2014 Jan 22
Bates students named 2013-14 Dana Scholars
Each year, 20 Bates College sophomores with exemplary academic achievement and demonstrated leadership ability are honored as Dana Scholars, a distinction they hold throughout their Bates careers. Bates faculty and coaches nominate Dana Scholar candidates, and finalists are selected based on their academic performance as well as participation in college activities, community service and leadership.
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2014 Jan 16
Bates student participates in fall 2013 Junior Semester Abroad program
About 60 percent of Bates students study abroad, and Bates offers access to academically rigorous and culturally enriching study-abroad programs in more than 80 countries.
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2014 Jan 9
Bates students participate in Fall Semester in St. Petersburg program
The Bates Fall Semester in St. Petersburg, Russia, program offers students an opportunity to live for a semester among St. Petersburg's people and discover their city, its history and its cultural life, while studying the Russian language.
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2014 Jan 2
Bates students named 2013-14 Dana Scholars
Each year, 20 Bates College sophomores with exemplary academic achievement and demonstrated leadership ability are honored as Dana Scholars, a distinction they hold throughout their Bates careers. Bates faculty and coaches nominate Dana Scholar candidates, and finalists are selected based on their academic performance as well as participation in college activities, community service and leadership.
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2013 Dec 19
Bates students named 2013-14 Dana Scholars
Each year, 20 Bates College sophomores with exemplary academic achievement and demonstrated leadership ability are honored as Dana Scholars, a distinction they hold throughout their Bates careers. Bates faculty and coaches nominate Dana Scholar candidates, and finalists are selected based on their academic performance as well as participation in college activities, community service and leadership.
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2013 Dec 19
Bates students named 2013-14 Dana Scholars
Each year, 20 Bates College sophomores with exemplary academic achievement and demonstrated leadership ability are honored as Dana Scholars, a distinction they hold throughout their Bates careers. Bates faculty and coaches nominate Dana Scholar candidates, and finalists are selected based on their academic performance as well as participation in college activities, community service and leadership.
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2013 Dec 19
Bates students participate in fall 2013 Junior Year Abroad program
About 60 percent of Bates students study abroad, and Bates offers access to study-abroad programs in more than 80 countries. Through academically rigorous and culturally enriching study-abroad experiences, Bates students engage the transformative power of our differences and develop a commitment to responsible stewardship of the wider world.
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2013 Dec 18
Bates students participate in 2013-14 Junior Year Abroad program
About 60 percent of Bates students study abroad, and Bates offers access to study-abroad programs in more than 80 countries. Through academically rigorous and culturally enriching study-abroad experiences, Bates students engage the transformative power of our differences and develop a commitment to responsible stewardship of the wider world.
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2013 Dec 18
Bates students participate in 2013 Junior Semester Abroad program
About 60 percent of Bates students study abroad, and Bates offers access to academically rigorous and culturally enriching study-abroad programs in more than 80 countries.
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2013 Dec 18
Bates students participate in fall 2013 Junior Semester Abroad program
About 60 percent of Bates students study abroad, and Bates offers access to academically rigorous and culturally enriching study-abroad programs in more than 80 countries.
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2013 Dec 18
Bates students participate in fall 2013 Junior Semester Abroad program
About 60 percent of Bates students study abroad, and Bates offers access to academically rigorous and culturally enriching study-abroad programs in more than 80 countries.
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2013 Dec 18
Bates students participate in 2013 Fall Semester in St. Petersburg program
The Bates Fall Semester in St. Petersburg, Russia, program offers students an opportunity to live for a semester among St. Petersburg's people and discover their city, its history and its cultural life, while studying the Russian language.
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2013 Dec 18
Bates students participate in Fall Semester in St. Petersburg program
The Bates Fall Semester in St. Petersburg, Russia, program offers students an opportunity to live for a semester among St. Petersburg's people and discover their city, its history and its cultural life, while studying the Russian language.
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2013 Dec 18