{"id":64999,"date":"2013-04-26T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=64999"},"modified":"2017-02-22T17:09:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T22:09:02","slug":"emily-kane-kimberly-sullivan-civic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/26\/emily-kane-kimberly-sullivan-civic-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Campus Compact honors two for civic involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor of Sociology Emily Kane. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College.<\/p><\/div>\n

Maine Campus Compact will honor two members of the Bates College community, a member of the sociology faculty and a senior from Brunswick, for their commitment to public involvement.<\/p>\n

A consortium of Maine schools dedicated to advancing the civic mission of higher education, MCC will present the Donald Harward Award for Faculty Service-Learning Excellence to Professor of Sociology Emily Kane of Auburn. Kane, who structures much of her coursework around community-engaged research, is one of three faculty members at Maine schools to receive this year’s award.<\/p>\n

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Kimberly Sullivan ’13. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kimberly Sullivan, a senior psychology major who co-founded the Tree Street Youth Center, a youth outreach program in Lewiston, is among six students at Maine colleges honored with the Heart and Soul Award, recognizing exemplary civic engagement.<\/p>\n

Kane, Sullivan and the other recipients will receive their awards in an April 30 ceremony in the Hall of Flags at the Maine State House, in Augusta.<\/p>\n