Harward Center Blog

February 11, 2022

From Hesitation to the ‘Full Nine Yards’

In this week’s blog post, we share a brief story (and video!) from a recent edition of BatesNews featuring Maya…

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January 29, 2022

The Community Engagement Ripple Effect

About a year ago, I took a class with Emily Kane, Professor of Sociology, titled: Power, Privilege and Inequality (SOC…

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January 15, 2022

Omelet anyone?

In this week’s edition of the BatesNews, our colleagues in Communications included a story about Assistant Professor of Biology Lori Banks’…

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December 5, 2021

A Best Kept Secret

As the nation has gradually taken steps towards normalcy, including pastimes like attending live performances and engaging with other forms…

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November 21, 2021

A Single Conversation

One of the most rewarding parts of our job at the Harward Center is developing new partnerships and watching them…

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November 7, 2021

The Right Move

When Hamza Abdi accepted the position as the Harward Center’s new Assistant Director of Volunteer Programs and Community Partnerships, he…

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October 24, 2021

We Made It! America’s Best Colleges for Student Voting

Thanks to a campus-wide effort and with strategic leadership from the Harward Center’s Peggy Rotundo and students Amalia Herren-Lage ’22…

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October 2, 2021

Backyard Reflections

On several evenings this past summer, I found myself surrounded by other Batesies in the backyard of the Harward Center…

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September 19, 2021

Celebrating 10 Years of Community with Tree Street Youth

My name is Ellie Wolfe and I’m a junior at Bates. This summer I was fortunate enough to receive Purposeful…

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September 6, 2021

A Homecoming to Bates and Lewiston

Hey Bobcats! I’m Sacha and I’ll be working at the Harward Center as the Social Media Intern for the 2021-22…

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