{"id":1955,"date":"2011-06-06T16:40:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T16:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/?page_id=1955"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:59:42","slug":"cof","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/studentcivicleadership\/cof\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Outreach Fellowship Program 2026-2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Outreach Fellows serve as part-time members of the Harward Center staff, helping to connect the college to the off-campus community in mutually transformative ways. Each Fellow is responsible for collaborating with Harward Center staff and community partners to coordinate and\/or develop site- or issue-based volunteer programs. Fellows also meet regularly to plan programming, report back on their progress, and reflect on their experience. Fellows benefit from leadership training, exploration of community issues through immersive experiences, and hands-on opportunities to develop leadership and project management skills. Each Fellow has the chance to shape programming by contributing innovative ideas and problem-solving skills to community needs. Successful Fellows tend to be deeply committed to community engagement and have the energy and desire to develop and grow community programs in partnership with others.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Outreach Fellows will:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Represent the Harward Center as leaders on campus\u2014recruiting, training, and coordinating other students as volunteers in the community.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strive to meet the needs of the community and to maintain strong relationships with community partners.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engage individually and collaboratively to meet program expectations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fellows are paid $1208 per semester for one academic year and must meet the following expectations:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commit to an average of 6 hours per week of community\u2013engaged leadership. The time commitment may vary a little from week to week.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, attend bi-weekly meetings with the Fellows cohort and Harward Center staff, with additional meetings as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Report regularly on the progress of their program and on other program activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Examples of some of the community leadership positions can be found <\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2024\/02\/2024-2025CommunityOutreachFellowsPositionDescriptions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/meet-the-2026-27-community-outreach-fellows\/\">Meet the 2026-27 Community Outreach Fellows.<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/studentcivicleadership\/meet-the-2023-2024-community-outreach-fellows\/\">Check out last year&#8217;s Community Outreach Fellows.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-highlight highlight-box is-style-yellow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ready to Apply?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Each application must include the following:<\/strong><\/span><br>1. A <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">completed application form <strong>below<\/strong>;<\/span><br>2. A<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recommendation from a faculty or staff member (preferably pertinent to your interest in community engagement) using <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd04t1kWuD4acebds8tleXsGrZMIYIJ82LQO0uYKO9EcwJ_Fw\/viewform?usp=publish-editor\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd04t1kWuD4acebds8tleXsGrZMIYIJ82LQO0uYKO9EcwJ_Fw\/viewform?usp=publish-editor\"><strong>this form<\/strong><\/a>;<\/span><br>3. A<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recommendation from someone who can speak to your engagement as a volunteer, worker, or leader (e.g., a community partner or a former boss\/supervisor, scout leader, or coach) using <\/span><br><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScS9BYdAIfbMQsQG9pDMLriE6uFiv1VKOCj00vJ0LlxJAjbKA\/viewform?usp=publish-editor\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScS9BYdAIfbMQsQG9pDMLriE6uFiv1VKOCj00vJ0LlxJAjbKA\/viewform?usp=publish-editor\"><strong>this form.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Please contact <\/b><a href=\"mailto:ealcorn@bates.edu\"><b>Ellen Alcorn<\/b><\/a><b> (ealcorn@bates.edu) with questions about the Community Outreach Fellows Program.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The application form will be available in February, 2027.<\/p>\n\n<p><span id=\"m_-610508543412285631gmail-docs-internal-guid-dbb39a07-7fff-f7dc-e7af-db8bac1095c2\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Outreach Fellows serve as part-time members of the Harward Center staff,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":1882,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-1955","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11006,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1955\/revisions\/11006"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}