Bonner Leader Program Application

Welcome to Bates, incoming first-years! I hope you will consider applying for this program. Applications are due by 4:30pm on the third Monday in July for the following academic year. For more information, please email Ellen Alcorn (ealcorn@bates.edu) and/or visit the Bonner page on the Harward Center’s website.

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