Stories about "Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation"
Bates hosts community forum for labor leaders, Latino immigrants
Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:44 am
Bates presents a community forum for local labor leaders and Latino immigrants…
Fulbright scholar examines Muslim world during Bates residency
Wednesday, October 5, 2005 3:52 pm
Ijaz Shafi Gilani, an expert on Pakistani public opinion and international relations, visits Bates College from Oct. 3 through Nov. 11. A Fulbright visiting specialist with the "Direct Access to the Muslim World" program, Gilani is professor and dean of the faculty of social sciences at International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan. He also heads Gallup Pakistan, an opinion and marketing research firm.
Pakistani writer to read from her work
Tuesday, March 4, 2003 3:47 pm
Fiction writer and translator Tahira Naqvi will read from her recent work and answer questions about her writing at 8 p.m. Monday, March 17, in the Benjamin E. Mays Center, 95 Russell Street. Sponsored by the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, the public is invited to attend the reading free of charge.
Wesleyan professors presents two evenings of Indonesian shadow puppetry
Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:17 pm
Sumarsam, a Wesleyan University professor who had his first experience with Indonesian performing arts as a boy in his East Javanese village, devotes two evenings to Indonesian shadow puppetry this week.
Harris Wofford to speak at dedication of Harward Center for Community Partnerships
Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:53 am
Harris Wofford, chairman of America's Promise, will be the keynote speaker at the dedication of the Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Center for Community Partnerships at 1:30 p.m. Friday May 24 on the historic Bates College Quad in front of Coram Library. In the event of rain, the dedication ceremony will be moved to Merrill Gymnasium.
Bates creates center for community partnerships
Friday, November 2, 2001 3:13 pm
To assure that the valuable relationships forged between Bates College and the community endure and grow, a new Center for Community Partnerships has been created, Bates President Donald W. Harward announced Friday, Nov. 2.
Faculty members awarded professorships
Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:41 am
Bates College has awarded newly endowed professorships to faculty members Jane Costlow and James Parakilas, announced Donald W. Harward, president of Bates College. Costlow, professor of Russian and East Asian languages and literature, is the inaugural Christian A. Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies. Parakilas, professor of music, is the inaugural James L. Moody Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts.
Bates holds "Refugees, Displacement and Diaspora" series
Tuesday, October 26, 1999 12:00 am
In response to the plight of refugees throughout the world, Bates College will present a series of films and talks focused on "Refugees, Displacement and Diaspora" Wednesday, Nov. 3; Thursday, Nov. 4; Monday, Nov. 8; Wednesday, Nov. 10; and Thursday, Nov. 11 at various times and places on the Bates campus. "Refugees, Displacement and Diaspora" is made possible by generous support from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation in New York. The public is invited to attend all events of the series free of charge.
Bates awarded grant to support interdisciplinary teaching
Monday, March 30, 1998 4:19 pm
Bates has received a $1.2-million grant from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation of New York City to establish a professorship in interdisciplinary studies, Bates' president Donald W. Harward announced.