Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

  • The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a $10,000 stipend for a graduating college senior to pursue one year of public service anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career.

    The deadline to apply for the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award is February 15, 2010.  Please click here for more information and to obtain an application.

At A Glance: Engaging Students with the Community

  • The Harward Center for Community Partnerships offers students the opportunity to engage with community partners through:

    Community-Based Learning: Academically connected community-based work that includes courses, research, thesis, and independent study;

    Fellowships/Community Work-Study: Paid employment that includes work with non-profit agencies;

    Volunteerism: Student-led community engagement activities that are not tied to a course and are unpaid. These are one-time, short-term or ongoing activities supported by the Student Volunteer Fellows.

Kudos

  • A plan by three Bates College students to offer Tanzanian street children a survival alternative to a pervasive sex-for-food trade has won a $10,000 award from the 100 Projects for Peace program.

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Faculty Profile

  • In April 2007, Lee Abrahamsen was one of three Maine college educators to receive the consortium's Donald Harward Faculty Award for Service-Learning Excellence (named for Bates President Emeritus Harward).

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National Recognition

  • The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recently selected Bates College for its new Community Engagement Classification, created to recognize colleges and universities that have institutionalized community engagement in their endeavors.

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Summer Student Opportunities

 

HARWARD SUMMER STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, which are funded through the Vincent Mulford Fund, the Class of 2000 Fund, and the Harward Center, provide support for academically-related community-based learning projects.  Students interested in applying for this fellowship are encouraged to meet with the Harward Center staff to discuss the application process.  Working with a supervisor at a service agency site, the student designs an eight- to ten-week project, outlines job responsibilities, and identifies some of the social issues that the work will address.  Grant applications must include a written endorsement from both the host agency and a faculty member.  Students are encouraged to develop projects that address wide-ranging social issues while having a local impact.  Funding of up to $3700 is awarded for the eight to ten weeks of full-time work.  These grants are highly competitive.  For more information, contact the Harward Center for Community Partnerships (207-786-6202) or download an application in PDF format by clicking on the hyperlink above.
DEADLINE: March 15, 2010

SUMMER COMMUNITY WORK-STUDY FELLOWSHIPS provide federal work-study funds for summer academically-related community-based learning projects.  Funds are available on a competitive basis.  Students can design projects in non-profit agencies or apply for jobs already listed for local organizations.  Funds can be used locally or in other parts of the country with preference being given to local projects.  Students MUST qualify for federal work-study funds in both the current academic year and the following academic year.  Compensation is at a rate of $10/hour and students can earn up to $3700 for the summer.  Host agencies must agree to reimburse Bates College for 25% of the student's total earnings.  Applicants must also submit a strong letter of support from the agency supervisor and from a faculty member.  Summer work cannot begin until June 1st.  For more information, contact the Harward Center for Community Partnerships (207-786-6202) or click on the hyperlink above to download an application in PDF format.
DEADLINE: March 15, 2010