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‘Sometimes…dreams come true’ - cover photo

‘Sometimes…dreams come true’

Bates welcomes President-elect Garry W. Jenkins to campus

Bates College
By Bates College
March 10th, 2023
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Produced by the Bates Communications Office, photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo and text by Jay Burns.

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