{"id":1876,"date":"2011-06-06T16:06:35","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T16:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/?page_id=1876"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:42:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:42:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our home community of Lewiston, Maine, has long been a city of weavers \u2013 a place where bedspreads, woolens, and other textiles were made. Additional forms of industry and creative endeavor flourish here, but the weaving metaphor remains an inspiration  for our work here at the Harward Center.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our mission is to weave together campus and community for the enrichment of both student learning and public life. We seek to weave the resources and concerns of our community into the Bates educational experience and onto the Bates campus. And in the process, we seek to educate students who can themselves weave together their learning, personal growth, ethical values, and public action for the common good.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In pursuit of these goals, we work with students, faculty, staff, and community partners from both the local Lewiston Auburn community and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n