{"id":7239,"date":"2010-04-30T16:43:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T16:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/magazine\/?page_id=7239"},"modified":"2017-09-06T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:43:30","slug":"alumni-council-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/magazine\/back-issues\/y1997\/summer97\/departments\/alumni-council-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Your Alumni Connection<\/h3>\n<p>Four new members joined the Alumni Council this summer &#8212; Melissa Meigs Barbeau &#8217;51, Nancy Flynn Bass &#8217;92, Bruce A. Campbell &#8217;76, and Jennifer E. Gibbons &#8217;89 &#8212; each had a chance to answer a simple question: Why volunteer for Bates?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enriching Students&#8217; Lives: As one-half of a very active husband-and-wife Bates volunteer team, Melissa Meigs Barbeau &#8217;51 volunteers because &#8220;my life has been enriched in many ways by the experiences of my years at Bates. By staying involved, I have been able to keep up with the College&#8217;s growth and participate as Bates enriches the lives of students into the next century.&#8221;With husband Wilfred Barbeau &#8217;51 (a former Council member), Melissa Barbeau has served as a Rhode Island Club leader, a fund-raising and career services volunteer, and college inauguration representative for Bates. The Barbeaus, co-presidents of their class and 1991 recipients of the Alumni Distinguished Service Award, are retired from their own public relations firm.<\/li>\n<li>Expanding the Bates Experience:\u00a0Nancy Flynn Bass &#8217;92 initially volunteered for Bates &#8220;to give back to the place that gave me so much: friends, a career, self-confidence &#8212; and a husband! [David &#8217;91].&#8221; She added: &#8220;Since then, I&#8217;ve learned that Bates is more than just what you did prior to graduation. I get to work with fun people who have a common interest and similar experiences, which continually expands my definition of `the Bates experience.'&#8221;Bass, a senior underwriter at UNUM in Portland, is lead class agent for the Annual Alumni Fund. She co-chaired her Reunion Gift Committe in 1996.<\/li>\n<li>Helping Meet New Needs:\u00a0When discussing his volunteer involvement, Bruce Campbell &#8217;76 reflects on his Bates years. &#8220;Some of my fondest memories and strongest friendships are rooted in Bates College,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The College&#8217;s learning environment helped shape my family, career, community involvement, and appreciation for life. I volunteer to help Bates meet the changing needs of students, so they can reap similar benefits.&#8221;Campbell, a Portland resident and holder of an M.B.A. from Thomas College, is vice president of payer relations and clinical business development at NHC Inc. in Lowell, Massachusetts.<\/li>\n<li>Belief in the Mission:\u00a0&#8220;I volunteer for Bates for the same re to attend Bates: I believe in the College&#8217;s mission, its goals, and its vision for the future,&#8221; said Jennifer Gibbons &#8217;89 of New York City. &#8220;We can all help Bates continue to be one of the country&#8217;s finest learning communities. As Bates has given me much, College volunteer opportunities let me give back to Bates.&#8221;Gibbons is a class agent and has been a leader in the New York City Bates Club. A holder of master&#8217;s degrees in art and architectural history from Columbia University, she works at Gallery Systems, a designer of cataloguing software used by museums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your Alumni Council President: Nancy Higgins &#8217;81Nancy Higgins &#8217;81 has done it all as a Bates volunteer, and now she&#8217;ll use that experience as the new president of the Alumni Council, succeeding Geri FitzGerald &#8217;75.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Council since 1993, Higgins is a past winner of the College&#8217;s Distinguished Young Alumni Award, joining three other current Council members who are past winners: Susan Peillet Yule &#8217;78 (1990), Jennifer Gibbons &#8217;89 (1995), and Nancy Flynn Bass &#8217;92 (1996, co-winner with husband David &#8217;91).<\/p>\n<p>A former Annual Alumni Fund Committee member, Nancy has served as class agent and class president and as a member of her Reunion Gift Committee. As a club leader, she&#8217;s helped the Boston Bates Club win club-of-the-year honors in 1988 and 1991. She&#8217;s also hosted several Bates students through the Ladd Internship Program. A certified financial planner, Nancy is a sales associate in investment services group at Donaldson, Lufkin &amp; Jenrette in Boston. 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