![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)
Pulitzer-winning novelist Diaz speaks in Multicultural Center event
Junot Díaz, whose novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, signs books for students after offering a lecture in the Benjamin Mays Center. Part of the Arturo Schomburg Afro-Latino Speaker Series at Bates, the talk was sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs.[intlink id=”2641″ type=”post”] More.[/intlink]