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LEWISTON Bates College seniors are to graduate Thursday in a commencement ceremony that echoes the past, but diverts sharply from some traditions as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt on campus.
This year’s version is set to take place, as tradition dictates, on the steps of the old Coram Library building, facing the Historic Quad.
But instead of single ceremony, the senior class will be divided into two groups, one graduating in the morning and the other in the afternoon, with each version closely matching the other.
Instead of a traditional commencement speaker, there will be four of them including Lewiston native Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia and they will appear via recorded video.
Bates College to hold commencement Thursday — twice!
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Bates College to hold commencement Thursday — twice!
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