Harward Center Archives

October 23, 2020

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,…

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October 16, 2020

Adopt-A-Tenant

Blake Street Towers is a Lewiston Housing Authority community located in downtown Lewiston and has had consistent connections to the…

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October 9, 2020

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…

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October 2, 2020

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…

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September 25, 2020

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…

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September 18, 2020

Bonner Leaders Adapt

In a typical year, Bonner Leader students like me return to campus excited to get back to work with their…

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September 4, 2020

Building and Strengthening Communities Through Access to Healthful Food

Food has always been a deeply meaningful and important part of my life — not only is it a basic…

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August 21, 2020

“This Experience A Gift”

Hannah McKenzie ’21Stevenson, MD “I knew I wanted to spend my summer before my senior year living in Lewiston and…

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August 14, 2020

Harnessing an Entrepreneurial Spirit

As a Bates student, Allen Kendunga ’18 was deeply involved in the off-campus community as a Bonner Leader, working at…

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August 7, 2020

Let the Students Do the Talking

Here at the Harward Center, we love to talk about our work. We love to share stories of students who…

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