Harward Center Blog
Mutual Benefit, Long-Term Impact: A Story from Fall 2020
Feedback from community partners is essential to our work at the Harward Center. As a staff, we spend much of…
I’ll Take “What is Rhetoric?” for $400
Although the oldest discipline, rhetoric may be the least understood. Aristotle defined rhetoric as “the faculty of observing in any…
Planning for New Trails at the Katherine Breton Memorial Preserve
The Androscoggin Land Trust (ALT) has been an outstanding partner for Bates over the years, and this year was no…
Changing with the Times: Bates Book Buddies Get Creative
Bates Book Buddies is a tutoring and enrichment program designed to help elementary school students with their reading comprehension. I…
Laying the Groundwork for a Community Food Center for Lewiston-Auburn
A few short weeks ago, the Lewiston/Auburn area Local Foods Local Places (LFLP) network unveiled their action plan for improving…
Our Civic Duty
Bates Votes is a nonpartisan, campus-wide, student-led voter education and mobilization effort. Overseen by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships,…
Adopt-A-Tenant
Blake Street Towers is a Lewiston Housing Authority community located in downtown Lewiston and has had consistent connections to the…
Chatter and Deep Connection: Reflections on Virtual Art Programming
Art programming provides an environment for young Lewiston students to express themselves creatively through weekly art projects. My first three…
Bobcats Share in Community Responsibility
For many years, Bates College has prided itself on its community engagement within the Lewiston-Auburn area. This effort, spearheaded by…
BatesConnect: Linking Bates-created Resources with Local Educators
In the midst of all the COVID educational transitions of the past months, we have been delighted to roll out…