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As the year ticks to a close, here’s a top-10 countdown of the 10 BatesNews stories, from Jan. 1, 2021, to now, with the most views.

Read Article Bates College seniors gathered Thursday for a commencement ceremony that wasn’t quite the same as in pre-COVID times but came close. Screenshot from video LEWISTON — Wearing black robes and a lot of maroon masks, Bates College seniors lined up on a lovely May Thursday to the tolling of the bell atop Hathorn Hall for a commencement ceremony that seemed almost normal after a college experience that was anything but. Overcoming the “pretty high hurdles” imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, “there will always be something extra special of the class of 2021,” said Bates Pr...

Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on May 18, 2021 The month of May represents the end of the academic year. As the beauty of spring emerges, we experience bittersweet acknowledgments: of the work that remains to be done, the sudden anticipation of goodbyes, and contemplation of life after graduation. Congratulations and thanks to all for the strength and determination you modeled during the challenging year of 2020–21. Footwork Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College Adelaide Armah ’23 of Accra, Ghana, gains control of the ball during the Bates women’s soccer team’s scrimmage again...

Guest seating opens: 1pm no guests seated after 2:15pm Ceremony starts: 3pm Seniors will only be allowed access to the ceremony for which they are scheduled. Seniors may not change their ceremony time. After their ceremony, seniors have until 7 p.m. to move out of their campus rooms — but we encourage all seniors to move out as soon as your ceremony is over.  Guests and Ticket Update Each graduating senior who is on campus for Commencement and participating in-person may invite two guests to attend in person. Guests must have tickets in order to be admitted to the ceremony on May 27.

Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on March 30, 2021 “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade,” wrote Charles Dickens in Great Expectations. Yes, we saw exactly what Dickens meant as March 2021 came in cold, became warm, and departed with some chill winds (all in all, a benign month, weather-wise).  But whatever the weather, our forward-looking faculty, students, and staff took it in stride, as you’ll notice in these campus scenes from This Month at Bates. Finding Photos Phyllis Graber...