Harward Center Archives
New Facility, Old Partnership, Fresh Connections
The college’s Community Work-Study program allows Bates students to earn their work-study pay by working for local nonprofit organizations. Most…
Partnership Perspectives with Gather to Grow
As a Bates Community Outreach Fellow, I coordinate the Food Security Program at the Harward Center in partnership with Gather…
Challenge Accepted!
In this week’s blog post, we direct your attention to the Bates College Facebook page, which features a wonderful post…
Another Successful Launch
With the new school year underway, we’re sharing a few photos from the Harward Center’s opening events. While the launch…
Empathy and Action: Gwendolyn Anderson ’27 & Sam Skinner ’26 at Trinity Jubilee Center
This summer, amid the vibrant rhythms of the collegiate off-season, Bates students Gwendolyn Anderson ’27 and Sam Skinner ’26 immersed…
A Peace-full Summer
One of the things I love most about my job at the Harward Center is the opportunity to serve as…
Community Capital
An innovative new Economics course called “Finance and Society,” led by Dr. Anamika Sen, completed its first semester this past…
Gardens, Goats, and Growth
This May, students in professor Christine Martinez’s Environmental Studies Short Term course saw the spring season through the lens of…
Robots, Spongebob, and Bubbles, Oh My!
The promise of summer at Bates looks like flowers in abundance, hammocks strung between trees on the quad, and local…
Trust and Reciprocity in Research on Somali Daughterhood: A Conversation with Maggie Kornfeind ’25
Maggie Kornfeind ’25 of Ringoes, New Jersey was one of two Bates seniors recognized recently for outstanding community-engaged academic work.…