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!
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!
We 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!
1251 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 $100,000 to our Great Day giving total. What a fantastic way to celebrate the 168th birthday of Bates - and of the Bobcat!
1258 days ago by Nina Emmi
Join us at noon on March 16 for the Great Day livestream!
12:00 pm EDT
Clayton Spencer, President
Eric Foushee P’22, P’26, Vice President for College Advancement
Erin Brown P’25, Assistant Vice President for College Advancement
12:50 pm
Kirk Read, Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Christine Schwartz, Associate Vice President for Dining, Conferences and Campus Events
1:40 pm
Tonya Bailey-Curry LMSW-cc, Director for Special Projects
Darby Ray, Director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Professor of Civic Engagement
2:30 pm
Cary Gemmer Blake ‘07, Senior Leadership Gifts Officer
Richard McNeil ‘10, Leadership Gifts Officer
Mike Rocque, Associate Professor of Sociology
3:20 pm
The Bobcast with Aaron Morse
4:10 pm
Audrey Burns '17, Associate Dean of Admission
Jay Burns P'17, P'19, Editorial Director and Bates Magazine Editor
Johie Seltzer '03, Senior Associate Dean of Admission and Director of Communications and Outreach
5:00 pm
Purposeful Work Fireside Chat
Allen Delong, Senior Associate Dean Center for Purposeful Work
Christopher Euston ‘23
Caitlin Chan ‘24
5:35 pm
Pam Batchelder Johnson ‘91, Chair, Bates Fund Executive Committee
Elizah Laurenceau ‘19, Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement, Identity, and Affinity Programs
6:25 pm
Bates Students!
Salma Ali ‘24
Madison Jandreau ‘23
Sardar Mohammad Ruhan ’26
7:00 pm
Clayton Spencer, President
Eric Foushee P’22, P’26, Vice President for College Advancement
7:55 pm
James Reese, Associate Dean for International Student Programs
Casey Andersen ‘12, Assistant Director of Annual Giving and Reunion
8:50 pm
Birthday Celebration for the Bobcat!
and so much more!
1259 days ago by Nina EmmiDonors
View All Donors
| Class | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 29 | $10,152 |
| 2013 | 32 | $7,582 |
| 1955 | 6 | $12,850 |
| 2005 | 38 | $2,958 |
| 2002 | 32 | $7,443 |
| 1964 | 13 | $3,955 |
| 1973 | 24 | $8,028 |
| 2010 | 39 | $3,303 |
| 1982 | 14 | $2,685 |
| 2016 | 22 | $1,253 |
| 2008 | 51 | $13,502 |
| 1983 | 38 | $18,518 |
| 1975 | 37 | $16,556 |
| 1989 | 55 | $11,395 |
| 1997 | 56 | $15,285 |
| 2015 | 39 | $3,791 |
| 2017 | 22 | $1,305 |
| 1974 | 23 | $14,649 |
| 2004 | 35 | $9,885 |
| 2000 | 36 | $12,215 |
| 1994 | 51 | $18,317 |
| 2012 | 23 | $1,196 |
| 1988 | 63 | $21,684 |
| 1991 | 43 | $126,093 |
| 1950 | 1 | $25 |
| 2007 | 48 | $3,927 |
| 1969 | 8 | $6,085 |
| 1953 | 6 | $2,378 |
| 1959 | 5 | $535 |
| 1961 | 9 | $3,705 |
| 1992 | 42 | $16,512 |
| 1999 | 25 | $6,427 |
| 2021 | 7 | $126 |
| 1968 | 14 | $2,615 |
| 1963 | 10 | $5,825 |
| 1996 | 38 | $23,700 |
| 1981 | 30 | $9,621 |
| 1984 | 14 | $9,518 |
| 2001 | 33 | $5,073 |
| 1995 | 36 | $14,808 |
| 1990 | 26 | $10,755 |
| 1977 | 23 | $33,266 |
| 2011 | 27 | $3,478 |
| 1965 | 10 | $3,300 |
| 2003 | 35 | $8,743 |
| 1993 | 53 | $15,987 |
| 2022 | 17 | $907 |
| 2018 | 34 | $3,635 |
| 1987 | 31 | $4,957 |
| 1985 | 31 | $15,698 |
| 1971 | 10 | $16,931 |
| 1979 | 17 | $12,200 |
| 2009 | 45 | $4,217 |
| 1998 | 35 | $14,893 |
| 2020 | 33 | $960 |
| 1972 | 26 | $12,845 |
| 2006 | 25 | $1,456 |
| 1978 | 26 | $28,827 |
| 1980 | 15 | $2,915 |
| 1970 | 8 | $1,715 |
| 2014 | 26 | $1,340 |
| 2019 | 23 | $855 |
| 1956 | 1 | $15 |
| 1962 | 8 | $3,900 |
| 1967 | 10 | $4,556 |
| 1966 | 11 | $2,845 |
| 1960 | 5 | $1,300 |
| 1986 | 86 | $17,871 |
| 1957 | 5 | $10,675 |
| 1951 | 1 | $300 |
| 1952 | 3 | $400 |
| 1958 | 2 | $300 |
| 1954 | 3 | $450 |
