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Students and attendees cheer as Bates College senior Nathaniel Zuckerberg walks off the stage as the last person to receive a diploma Sunday morning at the Lewiston campus. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Bates College Graduation 2026: Photos from commencement day
Graduates, families and faculty gathered in Lewiston to celebrate the class of 2026 during Bates College’s commencement ceremony.
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Bates College students march Sunday morning into the quad for the 2026 commencement exercises on the Lewiston campus. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageFamily and friends of Bates College graduating senior Jacqueline Coraci cheer for her Sunday morning as she receives her diploma at the Lewiston campus. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageA Bates College senior touches the sun dial Sunday morning in the quad after receiving a diploma in Lewiston. Touching the sun dial is a tradition that is said to be a sign of good fortune. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageDeborah E. Harkness is bestowed Graduati Honoris Causa Sunday morning where she also gave the commencement address at Bates College in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageGeetha Ghai came from New York to watch her granddaughter graduate Sunday morning at Bates College in Lewiston. She is wearing temporary tattoos in honor of her granddaughter, Tamrin Gellert Ghai, left, and her friend Simon Klompus, right, as she sits in the quad, waiting to watch them walk across the stage. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSupporters of a Bates College graduate celebrate Sunday during during the commencement at the Lewiston campus. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageA Bates College senior looks at herself in the mirror Sunday before walking across the stage to receive her diploma at hte Lewiston campus. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
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Bates College senior Peace Ekechukwu, from Nigeria, fixes her mortarboard Sunday morning as she and her classmates lined up in the quad before the start of commencement in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
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Bates College President Garry W. Jenkins, center, leads the procession into the quad Sunday morning for commencement exercises in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageBates College students and well-wishers sit in the sun Sunday during the 2026 commencement exercises at Bates College in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageReid Newman, left, plays hacky sack with his brother, Grey Hostetter-Newman, center, and his father, Anthony Newman, as they wait Sunday morning to watch their sister/daughter graduate with from Bates College in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageBates College senior, Zoe Ash, foreground, with her decorated mortarboard, talks with classmates Sunday morning as they enter the historic quad at the start of commencement in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSebenele G. Lukhele gives the Bates College senior address Sunday morning at commencement. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageStudents and attendees cheer as Bates College senior Nathaniel Zuckerberg walks off the stage as the last person to receive a diploma Sunday morning at the Lewiston campus. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageBates College students fling their mortarboards into the air Sunday at the conclusion of the 2026 commencement in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
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A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...
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