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Since 1855, Bates College has been dedicated to the emancipating potential of the liberal arts. #GoBates Admission news @BatesAdmission.
- “We have two foundational principles of the rule of law: that we are a country of laws, not men, and that no man is above those laws.” - @JoyceWhiteVance
- .@ClaytonAtBates and honorands (L to R) @PatrickDempsey, Wanda Corn '62, @SenatorCollins and Geoffrey Canada. #Bates2017 #BatesCommencement
- “Some conduct is ‘awful but lawful’ – it’s not a crime, or even impeachment worthy. But we don’t like it and don’t want it from a president. In that case, the remedy is voting.” – @JoyceWhiteVance on potential next steps after Mueller files his report.
- Notice to all #Batesies: These flyers are fake. Your dorm address is a valid legal address. You can register in person on Election Day.Somebody spread this fake "legal advisory" around at #batescollege to try to keep students from heading to the polls Tuesday. #mepolitics
- .@chasestrangio, a prominent @ACLU lawyer and advocate whose involvement in landmark legal cases is rooting out harmful policies and debunking inaccurate beliefs about transgender people, will receive a Doctor of Laws degree: fal.cn/3fCKp (📷: Molly Kaplan/ACLU)
- Bates remains in lockdown and we continue to follow Lewiston Police Department guidance to shelter in place. Campus Safety continues to patrol and monitor campus, and we remain in touch with LPD and Lewiston city officials. See emergency.bates.edu for the latest updates.
- The Bates College Board of Trustees has unanimously elected Garry W. Jenkins, dean and professor at the University of Minnesota School of Law, to become the next president of Bates, effective July 1, 2023. (📷: © Caroline Yang)
- Meet Our Honorands: @PatrickDempsey, an actor who has translated Hollywood success into hope and healing in Lewiston, the city of his birth.
- Each and every day here at Bates, the inspiring life of Benjamin Elijah Mays, Bates Class of 1920, offers us undeniable proof of the emancipating power of education.
- In case anyone is interested, founded in 1855, Bates College is a small residential New England college in Lewiston, Maine, dedicated to the emancipating potential of the liberal arts. Learn more: bates.edu #MareOfEasttown
- Please read this important message from Dean of @BatesAdmission and Financial Aid, Leigh Weisenburger.
- Never more important. Never to be forgotten. In 2016, John Lewis brought his fearless spirit, powerful message, and generous humanity to Bates as the college's Commencement speaker. RIP, John R. Lewis.
- Jared Golden ’11, D-Maine, wins the ranked-choice vote in #Maine’s 2nd Congressional District; he’ll join fellow alum Ben Cline ’94, R-Va., as newly elected members of Congress. #mepolitics #Election2018#BREAKING: Jarden Golden declared the winner in #Maine's 2nd Congressional district race after ranked-choice vote count is completed. #mepolitics #Election2018 SunJournal.com











