Join the party as we celebrate the college’s birthday — and this year’s Great Day giving celebration — on March 16, 2023.
The festivities start at noon EDT, with our GREAT DAY TO BE A BOBCAT LIVESTREAM. Tune in for this Great Day tradition featuring familiar campus faces and current students!
Help make this birthday the best ever. Your Great Day gift to Bates and your participation is the BEST birthday present of all!
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 1,435 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
Offered by A Bates Family
Donation Challenge
$12,500 if 40 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Parents (2023)
Offered by A group of 2023 Families
Donation Challenge
$10,000 if 50 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Parents (2025)
Offered by A 2025 Bates Family
Donation Challenge
$1,000 if 20 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 2015
Offered by Haley Keegan and Graeme Welds
Donation Challenge
$1,000 if 30 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 2018
Offered by Quintin Pollart
Donation Challenge
$550 if 10 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 1968
Offered by Maureen E Bartlett
Donation Challenge
$500 if 50 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 1986
Offered by John P. Howard
Donation Match
$375 per donor up to $15,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1996
Offered by An anonymous '96 classmate
Donation Match
$250 per donor up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1972
Offered by John Sninsky
Donation Match
$250 per donor up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 2000
Offered by Jeff Snyder
Donation Challenge
$250 if 25 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 1997
Offered by Todd Zinn
Donation Challenge
$250 if 10 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 1990
Offered by Bob Deininger
Donation Challenge
$200 if 10 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 2006
Offered by Grace Liu
Donation Match
$125 per donor up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1991
Offered by Scott Higgins '91, P'27
Donation Match
$100 per donor up to $6,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1985
Offered by Heather Beebe, David Flash, Allison Webster Matlack, Atea Martin, Sean Ryan, and Mike Hogan
Donation Match
$100 per donor up to $6,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 2008
Offered by Two anonymous 2008 classmates
Donation Match
$100 per donor up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1995
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
$100 per donor up to $4,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 2003
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
$100 per donor up to $2,600
Match Complete!
For Class of 2002
Offered by Will Coghlan, Dan Driscoll, Al Haber, Liz Libre, Peter Ryan and Adam Stern
Donation Match
$100 per donor up to $2,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1973
Offered by Tom Carey '73
Donation Challenge
$100 if 10 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 2007
Offered by Molly and George Carr
Donation Challenge
$100 if 10 donors give in the next over 1 year
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 1986
Offered by Tracy Zordan
Donation Match
$89 per donor up to $3,649
Match Complete!
For Class of 1989
Offered by Win Brown, Sally Ehrenfried and Matt Schecter
Donation Match
$83 per donor up to $1,328
Match Complete!
For Class of 1983
Offered by 40th Reunion Committee
Donation Match
$80 per donor up to $2,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 2001
Offered by Jen Crawford and Ryan Bouchard
Donation Match
$50 per donor up to $1,855
Match Complete!
For Class of 2008
Offered by Leo Menard
Donation Match
$50 per donor up to $1,250
Match Complete!
For Class of 1999
Offered by Jenn Lemkin Bouchard '99
Donation Match
$50 per donor up to $250
Match Complete!
Offered by Angela Knox-Pyaesone
Donation Match
$40 per donor up to $3,520
Match Complete!
Offered by Mary Capaldi Gonzales
Donation Match
$40 per donor up to $2,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1994
Offered by Jennifer Lockhart Nespole '94, P'23
Donation Match
$40 per donor up to $400
Match Complete!
For Alumni (1983)
Offered by Nancy Blackburn Sparks and Terry Welch
Donation Match
$30 per donor up to $1,500
Match Complete!
For Class of 1993
Offered by Lauren Fine
Donation Match
$30 per donor up to $1,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 2010
Offered by Mike Nadler
Donation Match
$30 per donor up to $1,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 2011
Offered by Flora Rice-Chan, Meg Curran and Dan Naparstek
Donation Match
$25 per donor up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Classes between 2019 & 2022
Offered by Pam Batchelder Johnson '91
Donation Match
$25 per donor up to $1,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 2009
Offered by Anthony Timberman '09
Donation Match
$25 per donor up to $1,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1988
Offered by Lisa Romeo
Donation Match
$25 per donor up to $550
Match Complete!
For Class of 1976
Offered by Norm Wentworth
Donation Match
$25 per donor up to $500
Match Complete!
For Class of 1990
Offered by Sarah Stone
Donation Match
$25 per donor up to $500
Match Complete!
For Class of 1975
Offered by An Anonymous Classmate '75
Donation Match
$25 per donor up to $250
Match Complete!
For Class of 2007
Offered by Katy Corrado
Donation Match
$24 per donor up to $2,000
Match Complete!
For Parents (2024)
Offered by A Class of 2024 Family
Donation Match
$21 per donor up to $21
Match Complete!
For Alumni (2021)
Offered by David Akinyemi
Donation Match
$15 per donor up to $250
Match Complete!
For Alumni (2017)
Offered by Clarke Shipley
Donation Match
$10 per donor up to $800
Match Complete!
For Class of 2013
Offered by Cat Djang
Donation Match
$10 per donor up to $200
Match Complete!
For Class of 2005
Offered by Larry Handerhan
Donation Match
$10 per donor up to $150
Match Complete!
For Financial Aid
Offered by Evan Bagley
Donation Match
$10 per donor up to $100
Match Complete!
For Class of 2005
Offered by Melissa Geissler
Donation Match
$10 per donor up to $100
Match Complete!
For Faculty/Staff
Offered by Erin Brown
Donation Match
$2 per donor up to $200
Match Complete!
For Class of 1986
Offered by Erica Seifert Plunkett
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1978
Offered by Anonymous '78 Classmate
Donation Match
$1 per donor up to $4,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 2004
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
$25 per donor up to $250
Match Complete!
For Class of 2004
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
$100 per donor up to $9,800
Match Complete!
For Class of 1998
Offered by An anonymous '98 couple
Great Day to be a Bobcat has come to an incredible end. Thank you to our amazing community for driving past our goal of 1,855 donors and generating additional funds for the college. Your gifts honor the Bates of yesterday and today and ensure the college can look to a dynamic and transformative future. Thank YOU!
597 days ago by Nina EmmiWe did it! With Andrew Seaton '15’s gift, we have surpassed our 1,855 donor goal - and received a matching gift of $100,000 from a generous Bates family!
With only a few hours left, why stop at 1,855 donors? There are still several class-based challenges for alumni and parents, so don’t miss out on these amazing opportunities to amplify your gift.
Let’s keep the momentum going!
598 days ago by Sarah TiedemannJoin the party as we celebrate Bates’ birthday and this year’s Great Day to be a Bobcat celebration. Let’s come together as a community to celebrate the many reasons that Bates is special to all of us. Make sure to tune into the livestream starting at noon EDT.
Help make this birthday the best ever. Your Great Day gift to Bates and your participation is the BEST birthday present of all!
When we reach our goal of 1,855 gifts from alumni, parents, and friends, an anonymous Bates family will add $100,000 to our Great Day giving total. What a fantastic way to celebrate the 168th birthday of Bates - and of the Bobcat!
605 days ago by Nina EmmiJoin us at noon on March 16 for the Great Day livestream!
12:00 pm EDT
Clayton Spencer, President
Eric Foushee P’22, P’26, Vice President for College Advancement
Erin Brown P’25, Assistant Vice President for College Advancement
12:50 pm
Kirk Read, Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Christine Schwartz, Associate Vice President for Dining, Conferences and Campus Events
1:40 pm
Tonya Bailey-Curry LMSW-cc, Director for Special Projects
Darby Ray, Director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Professor of Civic Engagement
2:30 pm
Cary Gemmer Blake ‘07, Senior Leadership Gifts Officer
Richard McNeil ‘10, Leadership Gifts Officer
Mike Rocque, Associate Professor of Sociology
3:20 pm
The Bobcast with Aaron Morse
4:10 pm
Audrey Burns '17, Associate Dean of Admission
Jay Burns P'17, P'19, Editorial Director and Bates Magazine Editor
Johie Seltzer '03, Senior Associate Dean of Admission and Director of Communications and Outreach
5:00 pm
Purposeful Work Fireside Chat
Allen Delong, Senior Associate Dean Center for Purposeful Work
Christopher Euston ‘23
Caitlin Chan ‘24
5:35 pm
Pam Batchelder Johnson ‘91, Chair, Bates Fund Executive Committee
Elizah Laurenceau ‘19, Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement, Identity, and Affinity Programs
6:25 pm
Bates Students!
Salma Ali ‘24
Madison Jandreau ‘23
Sardar Mohammad Ruhan ’26
7:00 pm
Clayton Spencer, President
Eric Foushee P’22, P’26, Vice President for College Advancement
7:55 pm
James Reese, Associate Dean for International Student Programs
Casey Andersen ‘12, Assistant Director of Annual Giving and Reunion
8:50 pm
Birthday Celebration for the Bobcat!
and so much more!
606 days ago by Nina EmmiDonors
View All DonorsClass | Donors | Raised ($) |
---|---|---|
1975 | 37 | $16,556 |
2008 | 51 | $12,842 |
2007 | 48 | $3,927 |
1993 | 53 | $15,987 |
2022 | 17 | $697 |
2005 | 38 | $2,958 |
1973 | 24 | $8,028 |
1994 | 51 | $16,887 |
2004 | 35 | $9,885 |
2006 | 25 | $1,456 |
2017 | 22 | $1,195 |
1979 | 17 | $12,200 |
1974 | 23 | $14,649 |
1991 | 43 | $126,093 |
1972 | 26 | $12,845 |
2012 | 23 | $1,196 |
1965 | 10 | $3,300 |
1978 | 26 | $28,827 |
2001 | 33 | $5,073 |
1967 | 10 | $4,556 |
1966 | 11 | $2,845 |
1971 | 10 | $16,931 |
2003 | 35 | $8,533 |
1982 | 14 | $2,685 |
1987 | 31 | $4,957 |
1962 | 8 | $3,900 |
1995 | 36 | $14,808 |
1961 | 9 | $3,705 |
1983 | 38 | $18,518 |
1992 | 42 | $16,512 |
1998 | 35 | $14,343 |
1984 | 14 | $9,518 |
2009 | 45 | $4,217 |
2018 | 34 | $3,635 |
1964 | 13 | $3,955 |
2016 | 22 | $1,253 |
1988 | 63 | $19,484 |
1977 | 23 | $33,266 |
1985 | 31 | $15,698 |
1989 | 55 | $11,395 |
2013 | 32 | $7,582 |
1968 | 14 | $2,615 |
1997 | 56 | $15,285 |
1980 | 15 | $2,915 |
2000 | 36 | $12,215 |
1956 | 1 | $15 |
1959 | 5 | $535 |
1950 | 1 | $25 |
1960 | 5 | $1,300 |
1963 | 10 | $5,825 |
1969 | 8 | $6,085 |
1952 | 3 | $400 |
1953 | 6 | $2,378 |
2011 | 27 | $3,378 |
1970 | 8 | $1,715 |
2010 | 39 | $3,303 |
1996 | 38 | $23,700 |
2014 | 26 | $1,340 |
1990 | 26 | $10,555 |
2002 | 32 | $7,443 |
1999 | 25 | $6,427 |
1981 | 30 | $9,621 |
1976 | 29 | $10,152 |
2020 | 33 | $960 |
2019 | 23 | $855 |
2015 | 39 | $3,791 |
2021 | 7 | $126 |
1951 | 1 | $300 |
1954 | 3 | $450 |
1957 | 5 | $10,675 |
1955 | 6 | $12,850 |
1958 | 2 | $300 |
1986 | 86 | $17,871 |