Harward Center Blog
Youth Activism in Action
Students in Psychology professor Elena Maker-Castro’s Youth Sociopolitical Development course (PSYC 379) are putting theory into action this semester through…
Not All Sunshine and Roses: A Bates Journey
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Amanda Brea, a former Harward Center Bonner Leader who graduated from Bates in…
A Pedagogy of Love
Last year, Bates faculty member Brian J. Evans (Theater and Dance, Africana Studies) taught a First Year Seminar entitled “Embodied…
MLK Day at Bates: Learning, Connection, and Dialogue Across Difference
MLK Day at Bates is a community-wide opportunity to discuss, teach, and reflect on the legacy of civil rights in…
Bates Students Can Hack It!
Amidst the last week of classes in December, fifteen students committed their unscheduled time for 48 hours to the final…
Bobcats Studying Bobcats
This fall, Biology professor Eric LeFlore integrated community-engaged learning into both his BIO 195 and BIO 470 classes to get…
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…