Harward Center Blog
Come As You Are
Through the course-based community-engaged learning (CEL) program facilitated by the Harward Center, more than 1,000 Bates students annually spend time…
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…
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…
Bates is ALL IN!
In light of the upcoming election in November, we are pleased to share that the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge…
From Participant to CEO
As a Bates student, Rodney Galvao, class of 2014, majored in Rhetoric and minored in Religious Studies and Education. His…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…