![Nuns from Jangchub Choeling Nunnery in Mundgod, South India, begin the creation of the Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala at the Peter J. Gomes Chapel in Lewiston, Maine, as part of the Jangchub Jamtse Tour, on June 24, 2024. The mandala is part of the Jangchub Jamtse Tour and aims to generate positive energy and mend physical, emotional, spiritual, and environmental ailments.The event is open to the public until June 28, 2024. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College)](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2024/06/4x6_-200x133.webp)
Community Fabric
![This 1920 photograph shows millworker Elizabeth Gagne amidst the Bates Mill spindles. Photograph courtesy of Museum L-A.](https://www.bates.edu/Images/Bates_Magazine/2008-summer/features/Harward-MuseumLA-1080QMILL.jpg)
This 1920 photograph shows millworker Elizabeth Gagne amidst the Bates Mill spindles. Photograph courtesy of Museum L-A.
“The Harward Center and a fledgling Lewiston museum weave a working partnership. … ‘Responsive and willing’ is how curator Dumas describes faculty interest in Museum L-A projects, while Scobey notes that faculty engages about half of Bates’ 1,700 students in ‘significant community-based learning,’ from internships to research.” [More…]