{"id":9297,"date":"2025-04-24T11:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/?page_id=9297"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:36:45","slug":"congratulations-to-the-2025-harward-center-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/congratulations-to-the-2025-harward-center-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the 2026 Harward Center Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are delighted to honor and recognize the following 2026 Harward Center Award recipients, who join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2025\/07\/WebsiteAwardeeList.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2025\/07\/WebsiteAwardeeList.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a growing list<\/a> of exceptional community-engaged people, projects, and partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were overjoyed to celebrate their accomplishments at our Annual Awards Celebration on <strong>May 11, 2026 from 4:30-6:00pm<\/strong> in the Mays Center, 95 Russell Street in Lewiston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Said Mohamud <br>&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Recipient of the 2026 James and Sally Carignan Career Achievement Award<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natalie Gersen \u201928<\/strong><br>Recipient of the <em>Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellowship<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sivani Arvapalli \u201926,<\/strong> <strong>Quinn Hughes \u201926, Kate Rentzepis \u201926, and Aleisha Martinez Sandoval \u201926,<\/strong><br><em>Recipients of the 2026 Award for Outstanding Community Volunteerism and Student Leadership<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Molly Allison \u201926, <strong><strong>Paige Bilich \u201926,<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> <strong><strong>Catalina Passino \u201926,  <\/strong>and Nathaniel Zuckerberg \u201926<\/strong><br><em>Recipients of the 2026 Award for Outstanding Academic Community Engagement<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hannah Stein \u201929 and Elianna Umana Kimura \u201929<\/strong><br><em>Recipients of the 2026 Award for Outstanding Community Engagement by a First-Year Student (&#8220;Rookie of the Year&#8221; 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