The grants award up to $10,000 to fund creative sustainability solutions proposed by Bates students, faculty, and staff.

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college. We are proud to offer a highly personalized education that centers on deep and sustained interactions ...

Dear Members of the Bates Community, I am delighted to share with you the Bates College Sustainability Roadmap, developed by Bates’ Committee on Environmental Responsibility — a team of people from ...

On June 6 during Reunion Weekend, the Bates College Alumni Association honored six alumni for their outstanding contributions ...

We asked 14 Bates seniors, in their waning hours as resident experts on all things Bates, to tell us what the Class of 2029 ...

DCS provides an advising document to help students learn more about DCS courses to be offered in ST2025 and Fall 2025. DCS @ Bates welcomes our newest tenure-track faculty member, Dr. Andy Ricci, who ...

Marsden Hartley, Paris Days Pre-War Pageant, 1913, oil on canvas, 39 ½ x 31 7/8 inches, Deborah and Ed Shein Collection Marsden Hartley, End of Storm, Vinalhaven, Maine, ca. 1938, oil on masonite, 22 ...

Short Term at Bates — four weeks at the height of Maine’s spring, from late April through May — is a time for intense, focused work. You’ll live and breathe one class, and one class only. It’s an ...

The Olin Art Center offers sunny classrooms, an ample number of practice and rehearsal rooms, a computer music studio, and the Olin Concert Hall. The Department of Music gives students the opportunity ...

Purposeful Work at Bates is about helping students discover the joy and power that arise from aligning who they are with what they do. It helps students identify and cultivate their interests and ...

Bates announces inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame class Selected from more than 350 nominations, the first Hall of Fame class comprises 10 inductees and eight legacy honorees, who will be honored on ...

60% of the junior class studies off-campus. Off-campus programs complement the Bates curriculum, providing on-site experiences – from Morocco to Mongolia, China to Czechia, Greece… The Center for ...