The Grand Opening was a great success!

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The Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Center for Community Partnerships was created to assure that the valuable relationships forged between Bates College and the Lewiston-Auburn community during the tenure of President Emeritus Donald W. Harward and his wife, Ann M. Harward, endure and grow.  The Center links the College’s academic mission to its commitment to service and partnerships.  It enhances the College’s focus on and support of service-learning by integrating community service into academic coursework.  The Harward Center for Community Partnerships provides an institutional structure and resource for collaborations with the community. 

David M. Scobey is the first director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and the Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Professor of Community Partnerships at Bates College.  Scobey comes to Bates from the University of Michigan, where he was an Associate Professor of Architecture in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and director of the Arts of Citizenship program.

All events are open to the Bates College and Lewiston-Auburn communities.

Schedule of Events:

Wednesday, January 25, 2006
3:30-5:30 pm
Welcome gathering and exhibit featuring the past and present of community involvement at Bates.
The Harward Center for Community Partnerships, 161-163 Wood Street

7:30 pm
Keynote address:  “Going Down from the Hill:  The Educational Value of Community Engagement,” by Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, Syracuse University.
Reception to follow.
Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Avenue

Thursday, January 26, 2006
4:15 pm
Alumni panel discussion, “Community Engagement and the Bates Education.”
Keck Classroom, G52 Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road

7:30 pm
Performance, “the51st (dream) state,” by poet and composer Sekou Sundiata, New School University.
Reception to follow.
Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College Street

Friday, January 27, 2006
6-8 pm
Community party, cosponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and the Lewiston Public Library.
Marsden Hartley Cultural Center, Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon Street