Opening Convocation 2024 | Bates College

Watch as we celebrate the opening of the 2024-25 academic year and welcome the Class of 2028 during our Opening Convocation ceremony, held on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

President Garry W. Jenkins delivers welcome remarks and Clark A. Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies Sonja K. Pieck delivers the convocation address entitled, “Mind the Gap.”

00:00 -- Processional

12:24 -- Welcome | Garry W. Jenkins, President

31:22 -- Greetings | Sivani Arvapalli ’26 and Ethan Chan ’25, Co-Presidents, Bates College Student Government

36:39 -- Convocation Address | “Mind the Gap,” Sonja K. Pieck, Clark A. Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies

52:47 -- Benediction | Brittany A. Longsdorf, Multifaith Chaplain

54:40 -- Recessional


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