{"id":33576,"date":"2024-08-12T09:46:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T13:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/?post_type=bates_events&p=33576"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:03:29","slug":"portland-presidential-welcome-reception","status":"publish","type":"bates_events","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/events\/portland-presidential-welcome-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Presidential Welcome Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Join us for an exciting opportunity to meet Bates College\u2019s ninth president, Garry W. Jenkins, alongside fellow alumni, parents, and friends in Portland, Maine! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served. All are welcome to attend. Please RSVP by November 6. If you have any questions, please contact us at r<\/a><\/span>svp@bates.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet the Host Committee<\/h3>
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  • Katy L. Corrado \u201907<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Shelly Davgun ’06<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Charles “Jerry” G. Davis \u201961<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gretchen Shorter Davis \u201961<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Karen A. Harris \u201974, P\u201907<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mary “Katie” Hawkins Vail \u201905<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    • Neil D. Jamieson Jr. \u201982, P\u201918, P\u201920<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Donald W. McDade \u201974<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Barbara M. Raths ’96<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • John T. Rossello Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • David M. Welbourn \u201971<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Lynn Bitzer Welbourn \u201971<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Laura L. Young \u201988<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Let us know if you can attend:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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      Portland area Bobcats join us\u00a0in welcoming the ninth president of Bates College, Garry W. Jenkins, to our community of alumni, parents, and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1045,"featured_media":33587,"template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_bates_event_start":"2024-11-12 18:30:00","_bates_event_end":"2024-11-12 20:30:00","_bates_event_allDay":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":30293,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"event-tag":[33,41,39],"class_list":["post-33576","bates_events","type-bates_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-tag-alumni-events","event-tag-family","event-tag-presidential"],"start":"2024-11-12T18:30:00","end":"2024-11-12T20:30:00","location":{"rendered":"

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      Portland<\/span>, ME<\/span> 04101<\/span><\/div>","simple":" Grace, Portland, ME, 04101"},"featured_image":{"url":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/files\/2024\/08\/portland-me-presidents-reception-900x506.webp","id":33587},"structureddata":"