Garry W. Jenkins is a scholar and educator widely recognized for his contributions to law, policy, and education. Throughout a cross-sector career, he has held senior leadership roles in law, business ...

Welcome to the Bates College campus tour. This tour website provides a detailed overview of our academic buildings, administrative offices, athletic facilities, campus features, residential buildings, ...

The Alfred Williams Anthony Collection consists of a variety of materials pertaining to his research for the book Bates College and Its Background, which was published in 1936. Included is an ...

Bates is proud to recognize the achievements and volunteer contributions of our alumni, parents, and friends through a program of awards and honors. Below you can learn about these awards and about ...

Gain the experience you need for the field you want. At Bates, we actively support alumni fellowship applications. Michael Jensen ’01 (pictured) is a Fulbright Professional Scholarship in Climate ...

Benjamin Mays ’20 and the Rev. Martin Luther King promised each other: He who outlived the other would deliver his friend’s last eulogy. On April 9, 1968, Mays made good on the promise. Benjamin Mays ...

Benjamin Elijah Mays was born in South Carolina in 1894 to former slaves. The youngest of eight children, he grew up in a segregated, Jim Crow society (Mays first earned the right to vote in 1945 when ...