{"id":162561,"date":"2024-05-10T09:48:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=162561"},"modified":"2024-05-14T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:27:10","slug":"video-10-cheerful-tearful-and-inspirational-moments-from-president-garry-w-jenkins-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/10\/video-10-cheerful-tearful-and-inspirational-moments-from-president-garry-w-jenkins-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: 10 cheerful, tearful, and inspirational moments from President Jenkins\u2019 inaugural address"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before a crowd of nearly 1,000 guests in Merrill Gymnasium \u2014 and many more watching via livestream \u2014 President Garry W. Jenkins delivered his inaugural address on May 4, 2024, taking his audience through a range of shared emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the many moments that moved us, here are 10:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Here, diversity and differences are embraced\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere, diversity and differences are embraced, even as we acknowledge that we are not yet as equitable or inclusive as we need to be, as we want to be; even as we acknowledge a college may not always get it right,\u201d said Jenkins.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"-IgUPf9GF00\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Diversity and Differences Are Embraced&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Diversity and Differences Are Embraced&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018To my parents\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis wouldn&#8217;t be possible without them,\u201d said Jenkins, close to tears.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"9OkAeyhmbC0\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;To My Parents&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;To My Parents&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Accept the baton and embrace the work\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur predecessors have carried us far. But they did not complete the journey. In any perpetual institution like a great college or university, you never do. But what we can do is accept \u2014 or grab \u2014 the baton that is passed to us, and embrace the work, the challenges that await us, run as fast and as hard as we can during our leg of the race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"IVL8DRd3YaY\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Accept the Baton&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Accept the Baton&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Step forward with confidence\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe step forward with confidence, grounded in, and buoyed by our commitments to innovation, to opportunity, to leadership and well-being, and civic engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"XyzfGGqMNkg\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Step Forward with Confidence&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Step Forward with Confidence&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Open to a Black president?\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI remember a time, not too long ago, asking, &#8216;Would our nation\u2019s most selective colleges ever be open to a Black president? To an openly gay president? Would that be possible? Was that a dream too big?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"ZY7nYaJkiQc\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Open to a Black President?&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Open to a Black President?&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018A lived commitment\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Bates I see the lived commitment to equity \u2014 to access \u2014 to belonging. Our founding story and history shouldn\u2019t and doesn\u2019t leave us complacent or self-satisfied; it should inspire us to continue to pursue and advance those ideals, so that everyone feels supported, feels included, feel empowered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"__qIW1MM60E\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;A Lived Commitment&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;A Lived Commitment&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Bates is a gift\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBates, like any great and durable institution, is truly a gift. It&#8217;s a gift from one generation to the next. But we can\u2019t take it for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"bcygDwHxlQE\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Bates Is a Gift&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Bates Is a Gift&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Rising together\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI chose &#8216;rising together&#8217; as the theme for this address because I believe deeply in the power of collaboration and teamwork.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"be_z4-yEBww\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Rising Together&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Rising Together&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Bates is improbable\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBates, specifically, is improbable because it was a radical notion from its very founding in 1855, six years before the Civil War, founded with a distinct vision of higher education: women and men, people of all races, learning together, steadfast in an idea of what it meant to be fully human \u2014 but an outlier.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"hqyGpsSiXqE\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Bates Is Improbable&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: &quot;Bates Is Improbable&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018A greater good for all\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are all its temporary stewards and guardians. We nurture and support this place and the education that occurs here because, ultimately, it advances a greater good for all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"lty5W2AQRuc\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: \u201cA Greater Good for All&quot;\" title=\"President Jenkins Inaugural Address: \u201cA Greater Good for All&quot;\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Garry W. Jenkins&#8217; inaugural address took his audience through a range of shared emotions. 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