{"id":6078,"date":"2023-01-24T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=6078"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:09:48","slug":"commencement-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/annual\/commencement-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<style id=\"bates-page-specific-css\/css\" class=\"wp-block-bates-page-specific-css-css\">#bates_related_content_widget-5 { display: none; }<\/style> \n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 has-dates has-author wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/06\/02\/video-ready-for-their-2023-bates-commencement-closeups\/\" aria-label=\"Video: Ready for their 2023 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Commencement closeups\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230528_Commencement-Video_Screen_Grab_WP-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230528_Commencement-Video_Screen_Grab_WP-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230528_Commencement-Video_Screen_Grab_WP-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230528_Commencement-Video_Screen_Grab_WP-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230528_Commencement-Video_Screen_Grab_WP-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230528_Commencement-Video_Screen_Grab_WP-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230528_Commencement-Video_Screen_Grab_WP-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230528_Commencement-Video_Screen_Grab_WP.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/06\/02\/video-ready-for-their-2023-bates-commencement-closeups\/\">Video: Ready for their 2023 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Commencement closeups<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Nicholas O&#8217;Brien<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-06-02T18:20:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 2, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">As bleary-eyed seniors slowly arrived on Commencement morning, we were there, inviting them to pose for slow-motion portraits. Slow no more!<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/06\/02\/video-do-you-drink-the-water-or-the-wave-asks-baccalaureate-speaker-chris-schiff\/\" aria-label=\"Video: \u2018Do you drink the water or the wave?\u2019 asks Baccalaureate speaker Chris Schiff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/original3-400x265.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/original3-400x265.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/original3-900x596.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/original3-768x508.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/original3-1536x1017.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/original3-200x132.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/original3-949x628.jpg 949w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/original3.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/06\/02\/video-do-you-drink-the-water-or-the-wave-asks-baccalaureate-speaker-chris-schiff\/\">Video: \u2018Do you drink the water or the wave?\u2019 asks Baccalaureate speaker Chris Schiff<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Nicholas O&#8217;Brien<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-06-02T15:49:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 2, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">It&#8217;s a line from a postmodern novel: \u201cWhich do you drink? The water or the wave?\u201d We plan to drink the water. But then the waves come crashing, says Chris Schiff in his Baccalaureate address.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/06\/01\/slideshow-hour-by-hour-with-the-bates-class-of-2023-on-commencement-day\/\" aria-label=\"Slideshow: Hour by hour with the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Class of 2023 on Commencement day\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/11-32-44-AM_230528_Commencement_2_1505-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/11-32-44-AM_230528_Commencement_2_1505-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/11-32-44-AM_230528_Commencement_2_1505-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/11-32-44-AM_230528_Commencement_2_1505-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/11-32-44-AM_230528_Commencement_2_1505-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/11-32-44-AM_230528_Commencement_2_1505-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/11-32-44-AM_230528_Commencement_2_1505-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/11-32-44-AM_230528_Commencement_2_1505.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/06\/01\/slideshow-hour-by-hour-with-the-bates-class-of-2023-on-commencement-day\/\">Slideshow: Hour by hour with the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Class of 2023 on Commencement day<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Nicholas O&#8217;Brien<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-06-01T20:18:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 1, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">&#8220;A great, unpretentious, family-style Commencement!&#8221; is how a livestream viewer from Santa Fe, N.M., described this year&#8217;s ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ graduation. Here&#8217;s how it went, hour by hour.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/05\/28\/be-better-do-better-be-an-arc-in-the-bigger-circle-graduates-told-at-bates-college-commencement\/\" aria-label=\"&#8216;Be better. Do better. Be an arc in the bigger circle,&#8217; graduates told at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Commencement\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/crop_230528_Commencement_2_1184-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/crop_230528_Commencement_2_1184-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/crop_230528_Commencement_2_1184-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/crop_230528_Commencement_2_1184-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/crop_230528_Commencement_2_1184-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/crop_230528_Commencement_2_1184-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/crop_230528_Commencement_2_1184-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/crop_230528_Commencement_2_1184.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/05\/28\/be-better-do-better-be-an-arc-in-the-bigger-circle-graduates-told-at-bates-college-commencement\/\">&#8216;Be better. Do better. Be an arc in the bigger circle,&#8217; graduates told at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Commencement<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Nicholas O&#8217;Brien<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-05-28T16:41:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 28, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The 157th ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Commencement saw degrees conferred on 439 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ seniors and an address by author and scholar J. Drew Lanham \u2014 a self-described &#8220;bird-loving Black kid&#8221; from South Carolina \u2014 who spoke about freedom and Benjamin Mays, and called on the graduates &#8220;to be better, to do better&#8221; and &#8220;to be an arc in the bigger circle&#8221; that gives power to our freedom. \n <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/05\/25\/bates-class-of-2023-ivy-stone-points-to-the-future\/\" aria-label=\"ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Class of 2023 ivy stone points to the future\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230517_Ivy_Stone_Installation_0092-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230517_Ivy_Stone_Installation_0092-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230517_Ivy_Stone_Installation_0092-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230517_Ivy_Stone_Installation_0092-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230517_Ivy_Stone_Installation_0092-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230517_Ivy_Stone_Installation_0092-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230517_Ivy_Stone_Installation_0092-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/06\/230517_Ivy_Stone_Installation_0092.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/05\/25\/bates-class-of-2023-ivy-stone-points-to-the-future\/\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Class of 2023 ivy stone points to the future<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Nicholas O&#8217;Brien<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-05-25T19:03:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 25, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The Class of 2023 ivy stone was designed by Abby Segal, who is a professional magician. But there\u2019s no dazzling illusion in the design, just simple storytelling about a class navigating COVID.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/05\/25\/qa-bates-commencement-senior-speaker-rishi-madnani-discovered-a-big-part-of-who-i-am-at-bates\/\" aria-label=\"Q&amp;A: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Commencement senior speaker Rishi Madnani discovered a &#8216;big part of who I am&#8217; at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/230515_Rishi_Madnani_Senior_Commencement_Speaker_2264-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/230515_Rishi_Madnani_Senior_Commencement_Speaker_2264-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/230515_Rishi_Madnani_Senior_Commencement_Speaker_2264-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/230515_Rishi_Madnani_Senior_Commencement_Speaker_2264-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/230515_Rishi_Madnani_Senior_Commencement_Speaker_2264-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/230515_Rishi_Madnani_Senior_Commencement_Speaker_2264-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/230515_Rishi_Madnani_Senior_Commencement_Speaker_2264-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/230515_Rishi_Madnani_Senior_Commencement_Speaker_2264.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/05\/25\/qa-bates-commencement-senior-speaker-rishi-madnani-discovered-a-big-part-of-who-i-am-at-bates\/\">Q&amp;A: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Commencement senior speaker Rishi Madnani discovered a &#8216;big part of who I am&#8217; at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Nicholas O&#8217;Brien<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-05-25T17:10:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 25, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This year&#8217;s Senior Address at Commencement will be offered by Rishi Madnani \u201823 of Langhorne, Pa., who came to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ with two major expectations about his path forward. And both were upended.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/05\/19\/picture-story-the-thesis-ritual-that-binds-the-class-of-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Picture Story: The thesis ritual that binds the Class of 2023\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/original-thesis-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/original-thesis-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/original-thesis-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/original-thesis-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/original-thesis-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/original-thesis-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/original-thesis-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/05\/original-thesis.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/05\/19\/picture-story-the-thesis-ritual-that-binds-the-class-of-2023\/\">Picture Story: The thesis ritual that binds the Class of 2023<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Phyllis Graber Jensen<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-05-19T18:34:00-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 19, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Thesis binding by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ seniors \u2014 with lots of friends! \u2014 is a college ritual like none other. (Trust us: We&#8217;ve checked.)\n\n<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/04\/14\/j-drew-lanham-to-deliver-2023-bates-college-commencement-address-joined-by-fellow-honorands-michael-lewis-julieanna-richardson-and-shankar-vedantam\/\" aria-label=\"J. Drew Lanham to deliver 2023 Commencement address\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/04\/square-honorands-2023-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/04\/square-honorands-2023-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/04\/square-honorands-2023-900x900.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/04\/square-honorands-2023-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/04\/square-honorands-2023-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/04\/square-honorands-2023-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/04\/square-honorands-2023-200x200.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/04\/square-honorands-2023-628x628.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/04\/square-honorands-2023.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/04\/14\/j-drew-lanham-to-deliver-2023-bates-college-commencement-address-joined-by-fellow-honorands-michael-lewis-julieanna-richardson-and-shankar-vedantam\/\">J. Drew Lanham to deliver 2023 Commencement address<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ News<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-04-14T14:18:23-04:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 14, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Author of <em>The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man\u2019s Love Affair with Nature<\/em>, Lanham is a MacArthur Fellowship\u2013winning ecologist, ornithologist, and inclusive wilderness advocate.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/02\/23\/baccalaureate-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Baccalaureate 2023\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/220528_Baccalaureate_1454-1-900x600-1-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/220528_Baccalaureate_1454-1-900x600-1-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/220528_Baccalaureate_1454-1-900x600-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/220528_Baccalaureate_1454-1-900x600-1-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/220528_Baccalaureate_1454-1-900x600-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/02\/23\/baccalaureate-2023\/\">Baccalaureate 2023<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Raymond Clothier<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-02-23T18:53:00-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 23, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Baccalaureate is a reflective ceremony planned and led by members of the graduating Class of 2023 in collaboration with the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Multifaith Chaplaincy. The ceremony is designed to celebrate the graduates\u2019 journey through ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and beyond, and the event speaks from the languages of those from many religions, spiritualities and traditions and combines poetry, music, dance, and reflection.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/02\/10\/celebrate-with-bobcat-lawn-signs-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Celebrate With Bobcat Lawn Signs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/23-082-lawn-posters_2023_18x24-2-copy-400x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/23-082-lawn-posters_2023_18x24-2-copy-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/23-082-lawn-posters_2023_18x24-2-copy-900x675.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/23-082-lawn-posters_2023_18x24-2-copy-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/23-082-lawn-posters_2023_18x24-2-copy-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/23-082-lawn-posters_2023_18x24-2-copy-200x150.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/23-082-lawn-posters_2023_18x24-2-copy-837x628.jpg 837w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2023\/02\/23-082-lawn-posters_2023_18x24-2-copy.webp 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/02\/10\/celebrate-with-bobcat-lawn-signs-2023\/\">Celebrate With Bobcat Lawn Signs<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Nicholas O&#8217;Brien<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-02-10T14:23:49-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 10, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Want to show your Bobcat pride? Download one of our printable PDFs.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/01\/26\/faqs-what-to-expect-for-commencement-2023\/\" aria-label=\"FAQs: What to expect for Commencement 2023\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220529_Commencement_4671A-crop-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220529_Commencement_4671A-crop-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220529_Commencement_4671A-crop-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220529_Commencement_4671A-crop-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220529_Commencement_4671A-crop-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220529_Commencement_4671A-crop-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220529_Commencement_4671A-crop-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220529_Commencement_4671A-crop.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/01\/26\/faqs-what-to-expect-for-commencement-2023\/\">FAQs: What to expect for Commencement 2023<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Christine Schwartz<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-01-26T12:37:37-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 26, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We are looking forward to welcoming ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ families and friends to campus in May to celebrate the Class of 2023. We will update the website as more details are confirmed.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/01\/24\/commencement-2023-schedule\/\" aria-label=\"Commencement 2023 Schedule\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220528_Baccalaureate_1266-400x267.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220528_Baccalaureate_1266-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220528_Baccalaureate_1266-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220528_Baccalaureate_1266-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220528_Baccalaureate_1266-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220528_Baccalaureate_1266-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220528_Baccalaureate_1266-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/files\/2022\/06\/220528_Baccalaureate_1266.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/2023\/01\/24\/commencement-2023-schedule\/\">Commencement 2023 Schedule<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Christine Schwartz<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-01-24T10:16:44-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 24, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Commencement 2023 is on Sunday, May 28 at 10am on the Historic Quad.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_page-specific-tagline":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-6078","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6078"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6817,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6078\/revisions\/6817"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}