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Bates College -LRB- -LSB- ˈbeɪts -RSB- legally incorporated as the President and Trustees of Bates College -RRB- is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston , Maine .. Lewiston. Lewiston, Maine. Maine. Maine. legally incorporated. Incorporated. liberal arts college. liberal arts college. It was founded by abolitionist statesmen and established with funds from industrialist and textile tycoon , Benjamin Bates .. abolitionist. Abolitionism. textile. textile. Benjamin Bates. Benjamin Bates IV. The college is the oldest coeducational college in New England , the third oldest in Maine , and the first to grant a degree to a woman in New England .. Maine. Maine. oldest coeducational college in New England. List of coeducational colleges and universities in the United States. third oldest in Maine. List of colleges and universities in Maine. New England. New England. At its foundation in 1855 as the Maine State Seminary , it was one of the only colleges in the U.S. to admit black students before the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment .. Maine State Seminary. History of Bates College. Maine. Maine. before. Slavery in the colonial United States. Emancipation Proclamation. Emancipation Proclamation. 13th Amendment. Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Its founder , Oren Burbank Cheney , established it as a Free Will Baptist institution , however , it has since secularized and established a liberal arts curriculum .. Oren Burbank Cheney. Oren Burbank Cheney. Free Will Baptist institution. Free Will Baptist. secularized. Secularization. liberal arts curriculum. Liberal arts education. It is located in a former mill town that has a large French Canadian ethnic presence due to migration from Quebec and Nova Scotia in the 19th and 20th centuries .. mill town. mill town. French Canadian. French Canadian. Quebec. Quebec. Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia. The 813 acres campus of Bates College is centered on the Historic Quad in downtown Lewiston near the Androscoggin River .. Lewiston. Lewiston, Maine. campus of Bates College. campus of Bates College. Historic Quad. Historic Quad. Androscoggin River. Androscoggin River. Aside from the 133 acres rural / suburban central campus , Bates maintains an 80 acres coastal center on Atkins Bay and a 600 acres nature preserve , the Bates-Morse Mountain near Campbell Island .. Atkins Bay. List of lakes in Maine. Bates-Morse Mountain. Bates-Morse Mountain. Campbell Island. List of islands of Maine. Bates provides undergraduate instruction in the humanities , social sciences , natural sciences , and engineering .. humanities. humanities. engineering. engineering. It currently enrolls 1,780 students , 200 of whom study abroad each semester , making it the smallest in its athletic conference .. smallest in its athletic conference. New England Small College Athletic Conference. The college offers joint undergraduate programs with Columbia University , Dartmouth College , and Washington University in St. Louis .. Columbia. Columbia University. Dartmouth College. Dartmouth College. Columbia University. Columbia University. Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University in St. Louis. Unlike typical liberal arts colleges , the undergraduate program requires that all students complete a thesis before graduation , and has a research enterprise that received $ 1.15 million in grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation in 2015 .. before. Slavery in the colonial United States. U.S. National Science Foundation. National Science Foundation. Bates College 's academic program is ranked 10th in the nation for undergraduate teaching , and has top-ten programs in political science , economics , and environmental science .. According to The Washington Post -- a paper that aggregates university rankings from six different publications -- the undergraduate program is the 17th best in the United States .. The Washington Post. The Washington Post. The college is a charter member of its athletic conference , the NCAA Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference -LRB- NESCAC -RRB- , and competes in the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium with Colby and Bowdoin College as the Bates Bobcats .. Division III. NCAA Division III. NESCAC. New England Small College Athletic Conference. Bobcats. Bates Bobcats. New England. New England. NCAA Division III. NCAA Division III. New England Small College Athletic Conference. New England Small College Athletic Conference. Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium. Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium. Colby. Colby College. Bowdoin College. Bowdoin College. Bates Bobcats. Bates Bobcats. NCAA. National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Tier 1 athletic program has graduated 11 Olympians , 209 All-Americans , and currently maintains 32 varsity sports , some of which compete in Division I of the NCAA .. Division I. NCAA Division I. Tier 1. Tier 1 Elite Hockey League. Olympians. Olympic Games. All-Americans. All-America. NCAA. National Collegiate Athletic Association. The students and alumni of Bates are well known for preserving a variety of strong campus traditions .. alumni of Bates. List of Bates College people. campus traditions. Bates College traditions. Bates alumni and affliates include 86 Fulbright Scholars ; 22 Watson Fellows ; 11 U.S. State Legislators as well as 10 State Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices ; 8 members of the U.S. Congress ; 7 Emmy Award winners ; 5 Pulitzer Prize winners ; 3 U.S. Cabinet Secretaries ; and numerous CEOs of Fortune 500 companies , civil rights leaders , university presidents .. Fulbright Scholars. Fulbright Program. Watson Fellows. Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. U.S. State Legislators. List of United States state legislatures. State Supreme Court. State supreme court. U.S. Congress. United States Congress. Emmy Award. Emmy Award. Pulitzer Prize. Pulitzer Prize. U.S. Cabinet Secretaries. Cabinet of the United States. Fortune 500. Fortune 500. The college is home to the Bates Dance Festival , the Mount David Summit , the Stephens Observatory , the Olin Arts Center and the Bates College Museum of Art -LRB- BCMoA -RRB- .. Bates Dance Festival. Bates Dance Festival. Mount David Summit. Bates College#Mount David Summit. Stephens Observatory. Stephens Observatory. Olin Arts Center. Campus of Bates College. Bates College Museum of Art. Bates College Museum of Art