Harward Center Blog

June 13, 2021

Bates Students Become Tax Preparers

When Bates extended its winter break, seven Bates students seized the opportunity to make a difference in the Lewiston-Auburn community…

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May 31, 2021

ArtVan: A Community-Based Non-Profit in the Time of COVID-19

Over the years, many Bates students have loved their work with ArtVan, which offers therapeutic arts to encourage youth with…

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May 24, 2021

Bates Named ‘Voter Friendly Campus’

Following up on the hard work this year of Amalia Herren-Lage ’22, Ashka Jhaveri ’22, and our own Peggy Rotundo,…

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May 17, 2021

A Bond the Pandemic Can’t Break

Last week, Bates Athletics featured a story about a partnership between some of the College’s student athletes and the Navigators…

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May 9, 2021

Lewiston High School tutoring program wins statewide award

The partnership with Bates College was recognized this week by the Maine Campus Compact.By Karen Kreworuka, Sun Journal LEWISTON —…

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May 2, 2021

Documenting a Pandemic

Few of us will forget the experience of living through a pandemic, but as time progresses we may lose track…

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April 26, 2021

Funding Environmental and Social Empowerment Projects Around the World

Did you know that Bates will have three Davis Projects for Peace running concurrently around the world this summer?  Get…

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April 18, 2021

Grappling with Being a Humanitarian

We are celebrating the terrific news that Hannah McKenzie ’21 was recently awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. Hannah has…

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April 11, 2021

A Less-Is-More Approach to Community-Engaged Work

As part of a fabulous series highlighting the great work of Bates staff members during COVID, our colleagues in Communications…

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April 4, 2021

The Shared Goal of Solving a Homework Problem

“MS. MARTHAAAA!!”  “AHH, It’s you!!” “Can I please work with you?!!!” were some of the uplifting, heartwarming, and rewarding comments…

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