Harward Center Blog

November 3, 2024

Visual Explorations: Voter Suppression, Then and Now

In this semester’s “Visual Meaning: Process, Material, Format” course, professor Michel Droge is inviting students who are serious about making…

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October 19, 2024

Ka Bogso (Be Healed)

In this week’s blog post we lift up a recent article in the Bates student newspaper about an exciting community-engaged…

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October 5, 2024

Bates is ALL IN!

In light of the upcoming election in November, we are pleased to share that the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge…

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September 22, 2024

From Participant to CEO

As a Bates student, Rodney Galvao, class of 2014, majored in Rhetoric and minored in Religious Studies and Education. His…

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September 2, 2024

Happy New (school) Year!

Bates people tend to do a double-take when I greet them at this time of year with a peppy “Happy…

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August 18, 2024

Putting Veterans on the Map

Located on the banks of the Androscoggin River in Lewiston, Riverside Cemetery was incorporated in 1855 after a group of…

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August 4, 2024

A Bittersweet Send-Off

Last week, we gave a bittersweet send-off to our colleague Ronan Goulden. After four years as a Bates student, and…

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June 16, 2024

Addressing Body Image and Mindful Eating with Students at Hebron Academy

When I spoke with Camillia Ghavami, a Bates junior majoring in Psychology and Gender and Sexuality Studies, about her community…

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June 1, 2024

A Human Voice that Speaks to Local Issues

In the past few blog posts, I shared Bates students’ experiences participating in various Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) and Community-Engaged Research…

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May 19, 2024

Forging Deep and Meaningful Connections

The Harward Center’s Community-Engaged Research Fellowship offers mentoring, peer support, and funding for promising student research projects that address public…

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