Bates College

Bates College is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Bates is nationally recognized for the qualities of the educational experience it provides. Throughout the history of the College, Bates graduates have linked education with extraordinary service, leadership, and obligations beyond themselves. Bates confers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees. The College enrolls approximately 1,700 students. Bates is a nonsectarian institution.

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Liberal arts college - Lewiston, Maine - Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Science

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Bates is located on a 109 acre (441,000 m²) traditional New England campus. Primary academic resources on campus include the George and Helen Ladd Library; the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, which holds the papers of the former Maine Governor, U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State and member of the Class of 1936; and the Olin Arts Center, which houses a concert hall and the Bates College Museum of Art. The College also holds access to the 574 acre (2.32 km²) Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area, in Phippsburg, Maine, which preserves one of the few remaining undeveloped barrier beaches on the Atlantic coast; and the neighboring Bates College Coastal Center at Shortridge, which includes an 80 acre (324,000 m²) woodland and freshwater habitat, scientific field station, and retreat center.

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New England - Edmund S. Muskie - Maine - Governor - U.S. Senator - U.S. Secretary of State - 1936 - Phippsburg, Maine - Atlantic

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