{"id":55310,"date":"2012-06-01T14:31:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T18:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=55310"},"modified":"2023-01-19T16:26:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T21:26:56","slug":"hccp-awards-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2012\/06\/01\/hccp-awards-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Harward Center honors individuals, groups for strengthening town-gown ties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of three ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students to receive 2012 Harward Center student awards for community-based academic work, Catherine Elliott ’12 first made a splash at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ by collecting enough yogurt lids to win a contest benefiting the local Boys & Girls Club.<\/p><\/div>\n

In a May 8 ceremony, the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College office responsible for sustaining relationships between the college and the community honored 15 persons and organizations for their efforts to strengthen college-community ties.<\/p>\n

The sixth annual presentation of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships Awards took place at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.<\/p>\n

Rooted in ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’ educational mission, the Harward Center is a focal point for connected learning that harmonizes the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ education with community interests. Award recipients have been especially successful at connecting ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ with the larger community through collaboration, research and service.<\/p>\n

Here are the 2012 award recipients:
\nThree ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ seniors received the Student Award for Outstanding Community-Based Academic Work<\/strong>: Jordan Conwell of Rocky River, Ohio; Catherine Elliott of Edina, Minn.; and Deborah Mack of Tarrytown, N.Y. The Award for Outstanding Community Volunteerism and Student Leadership<\/strong> went to three seniors: Alyse Bigger of Dorchester, Mass.; Allison Kamm of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Lucy O\u2019Keefe of Chicago.<\/p>\n

Two ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ faculty members were honored with Harward Center awards. Visiting Assistant Professor of English Mollie Godfrey received the Faculty Award for Outstanding New Community Partnership Initiative<\/strong>, in recognition of her work with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students on the documentary archives of the Portland branch of the NAACP.<\/p>\n

Associate Professor of Psychology Krista Aronson was given the Faculty Award for Sustained Commitment to Community Partnership<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One honor, the Award for Outstanding Community Project\/Partnership<\/strong>, went to all the participants (including community partners) in a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ course: Educating for Democracy, taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Education Jen Sandler.<\/p>\n

Named for the Phippsburg conservation area administered by the college, the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½-Morse Mountain Award for Environmental Stewardship<\/strong> went to Don Bruce, gatekeeper at the conservation area. Also recognizing service to the natural environment, Casco Baykeeper Joe Payne received the 2012 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½-Morse Mountain Award for Environmental Lifetime Achievement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Community Partner Awards for Outstanding New Initiative<\/strong> were presented to Robin Fleck of the Auburn school department’s Project SHIFA, which makes culturally appropriate mental health services available to local Somali youths and their families; and to Tree Street Youth, an organization founded by a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ alumna that supports local youth through academics, arts and athletics.<\/p>\n

The other community partners honored with Harward Center awards were:
\nMuseum L-A, which received the Community Partner Award for Sustained Commitment to Partnership<\/strong>; and Estelle Rubinstein, former executive director of Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care, who received the James and Sally Carignan Award for Career Achievement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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