![Nuns from Jangchub Choeling Nunnery in Mundgod, South India, begin the creation of the Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala at the Peter J. Gomes Chapel in Lewiston, Maine, as part of the Jangchub Jamtse Tour, on June 24, 2024. The mandala is part of the Jangchub Jamtse Tour and aims to generate positive energy and mend physical, emotional, spiritual, and environmental ailments.The event is open to the public until June 28, 2024. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College)](https://www.bates.edu/news/wp-content/blogs.dir/174/files/2024/06/4x6_-400x267.webp)
In Gomes Chapel, a Buddhist healing ritual grows, one grain o…
Created in Gomes Chapel this week by Tibetan nuns, the colorful, exquisite sand mandala will be dissolved into Lake Andrews, but its healing energy will remain.
(renovation)
Architect: Facility Services
General Contractor: Bates College
Year Complete: 2014
Total Square Feet: 2,740 (Renovations)
Programmatic Drivers:
Enabling move. Canham house, an underutilized building, was renovated to house the Bates College Career Development Center because their existing facility was to be demolished making way for the new Campus Avenue Housing Project.
The main Reception area received a facelift by opening up the area and adding new lighting to make it more inviting. All of the offices had the original wood floors refinished and new paint.
The building received all new windows, a new electrical service and completely new data and phone wiring. The front porch was renovated to match the nearby residential dorm buildings.