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Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on March 10, 2021
The email went out at 10:07 a.m. on Friday, March 13, 2020, from President Clayton Spencer.
Due to the surging pandemic, Spencer announced, Bates would immediately suspend in-person classes, asking all 1,700 students except those granted waivers through petition to move off campus in preparation for remote learning to begin in 10 days.
“My heart goes out to all of our students,” Spencer said. But, “we are at a pivotal moment with respect to both the spread of the COVID-19 virus and our ability as a college to take proactive, rather than reactive, steps.”
Thus began a year filled to the brim with reactions, proactions, and a lot of Bates teamwork, culminating in a return to campus in August and a successful so far in-person academic year.
Joe Gromelski 74 Published on December 10, 2020
The top 13 Bates College Facebook posts during an unprecedented year put into sharp relief what the Bates community stands for: care for one another; respect for knowledge and science as embodied by Dr. Anthony Fauci and love and admiration for those whose work has made our lives and country better. (You also respond to beautiful Bates photography!)
As of today, the Bates Facebook page has 19,244 likes. So far in 2020, we’ve created 328 Facebook posts, many linking to Bates News stories. The posts have garnered 25,890 likes, prompted 1,270 shares, and attracted 1,331 comments. A total of 71,719 engaged users have performed some action on our posts.