Presidential Search 2022 Updates
March 1, 2023
Bates selects Garry W. Jenkins as next president
The Bates College Board of Trustees has unanimously elected Garry W. Jenkins, dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota School of Law, to become president of Bates, effective July 1, 2023. Jenkins is a nationally respected legal scholar, proven higher education leader, and a longtime champion of the liberal arts.