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Bates College plans to renovate historic Chase Hall

Displaced offices and student groups will move temporarily to the former convent the college bought last year from St. Mary’s

National Labor Relations Board must decide who is eligible to unionize.

As Bates College shifts back to in-person classes, it mandates mask upgrades to help thwart COVID-19.

College reports 106 cases at its Waterville campus, including 90 students.

Bates denounces union complaints as ‘the very essence of misinformation’ after organizers say college is violating its own COVID-19 protocols.

College seeks to keep faculty separate from other staff in any proposed union.

Bates College closes campus buildings to outsiders, shuts down in-person dining hall and more to limit threat from new variant

As many as 630 educators and staff members will get the chance to decide if they want to join a union

Bates aims to avoid the campus closures that have hit other colleges as omicron variant takes hold.

The Lewiston college says more COVID-19 restrictions may be needed next semester, but not yet and maybe never.