{"id":463,"date":"2022-09-15T23:45:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T23:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-stage.bates.edu\/presidential-search\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:40:52","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/presidential-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-510\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/presidential-search\/files\/2022\/09\/220413_B1st_Banquet_0028.jpg\" style=\"object-position:100% 83%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"100% 83%\" 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class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\">The perspectives of all members of the Bates community will be very important to the success of this search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-white-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/presidential-search\/community-input\/\">Ways to get involved<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-511\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/presidential-search\/files\/2022\/09\/220811_Course_Design_Institute_0131.jpg\" style=\"object-position:67% 69%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"67% 69%\" 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has-white-color has-text-color\">Search Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Learn more about the committee, its charge, and the timeline for its work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-white-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/presidential-search\/search-details\/\">Learn more here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-blue-bg has-dark-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 has-dates has-author has-link-color alignleft 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Jenkins as next president<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Presidential Search Committee<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-03-01T07:16:11-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 1, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/presidential-search\/2023\/01\/26\/presidential-search-update\/\">Bates Presidential Search Update<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Presidential Search Committee<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-01-26T12:41:33-05:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 26, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Dear Members of the Bates Community, We write to offer another update on the search for Bates\u2019 next president. 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