LEWISTON — More than 60 Bates College students are serving as Junior Advisors, Resident Coordinators and Resident Coordinator Team Leaders for the 2015-16 academic year, acting as both leaders and role models for students settling into residential life at Bates.

These students are advising first-year students on academic and social issues, while also facilitating student engagement through programs and volunteer opportunities, both on- and off-campus.

The following students have been appointed for the 2015-16 school year:

Andrew Lachance, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David M. LaChance, of Manchester, is serving as residence soordinator and is a 2013 graduate of Maranacook Community School. He is majoring in biological chemistry.

Riley Hopkins, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David P. Hopkins, of Augusta, is serving as junior advisor and is a 2014 graduate of Cony High School. He is majoring in dance.

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community.

With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world.