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Community Engagement at Bates 2006-2007 Year-End Summary Table of Contents Letter from the Directors 3 Statistics 6 Projects, Partnerships and Collaboratories 8 Academic Initiatives and Course-Based Service-Learning 11 American Cultural Studies 12 Anthropology 13 Art and Visual Culture 14 Biology 14 Dance 15 Economics 16 Education 16 English 19 Environmental Studies 20 First-Year Seminars 22 French………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….22 Geology…………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………23 History…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24 Mathematics…………………………………………………………………………………………………………24 Physical Education……….……………………………………………………………………………………….24 Politics………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………….25 Psychology 25 Sociology 28 Community Volunteerism and Student Leadership Development 29 Americorps/VISTA 29 Student Volunteer Fellows Program 30 Mentoring 32 Other Volunteer Activities 33 Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area and Shortridge Coastal Center 34 Bates’ Educational Work in Morse Mountain and Phippsburg 35 Bates’ Community Service on the Phippsburg Peninsula 36 Non-Bates Educational Use 36 Research and Conservation Projects 36 Public Use of the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Areas 37 The Bates-Phippsburg Forum 37 Events Management 38 Other Harward Center Programs and Activities 39 Strategic Planning Process 39 Adopt-a-School Partnership 39 Federal Programs 40 Grants Awarded by the Harward Center 41 Grants Administered by the Harward Center 49 Public Works in Progress Series 50 Working Knowledge: A Harward Center Forum 51 National, Regional and State Affiliations and Recognitions 51 Presentations, Publications and Consultations 52 Campus-Wide Initiatives 55 Appendix 1: Community Agency and Institutional Partners 60 Appendix 2: Department of Education’s Partners 63 Appendix 3: Community Work-Study Awards 64  Fall 2007 Dear Friends, Civic Engagement at Bates: Year-End Summary 2006-07 attempts to illustrate the for