Stories about "Civic engagement"
Free panel discussion Nov. 11 at Bates demystifies college search process
Friday, November 5, 2010 2:06 pm
Topics include "Interviewing Tips" and "Financial Aid Basics."
Some free tickets available; LePage drops out of MPBN debate
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 10:19 am
Tickets for the Oct. 28 gubernatorial debate are free and a limited number of them are still available on a first-come, first-served basis, via e-mail at .
Activist revisits civil rights work in autobiographical play
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 4:14 pm
During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, John Perdew dropped out of Harvard in order to fight for the equal rights of all Americans. Some 40 years later, he turned his story into The Education of a Harvard Guy, a play that he performs at Bates College at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Video: Garrand '79 analyzes TV ads in Maine's 2nd Congressional race
Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:10 pm
Maine Public Broadcasting’s Morning Edition radio program invited Brenda Garrand ’79, president…
Bates sponsors Lewiston High’s 11th annual Science Fair
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:35 pm
The 11th annual Lewiston High School Science Fair takes place in the high school gymnasium, 156 East Ave., starting at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 13. Continuing a long relationship between Bates and the high school, the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates sponsors this year's event, and two Bates students are helping to coordinate the fair.
Mellon Foundation awards $150,000 grant to support ‘Choices for Bates’ initiatives
Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:23 pm
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Bates College a $150,000 grant…
Bates College student, Outright L/A receive justice and peace award
Friday, March 12, 2010 9:25 am
This year's William Stringfellow Awards for Justice and Peace will be presented to Kate Doria, a Bates College senior active in community service, and Outright L/A, a sex and gender support group. An awards ceremony and potluck supper will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 14, in the Benjamin Mays Center, Bates College, 95 Russell St.
Bates named to presidential honor roll for community service
Friday, February 26, 2010 4:06 pm
Bates College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction.
Bates' Harward Center holds annual community celebration
Friday, January 29, 2010 11:15 am
The Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates College holds its fifth annual community celebration, featuring the Deansmen, Bates Step Team, Bald Hill Trio, Hillview Girls Aspirations Program and the Androscoggin Valley Education Collaborative Writing Program.
Like a Good Neighbor
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:31 am
Craig Saddlemire '05 went from observer to activist as he chronicled a Lewiston neighborhood fighting to be heard.