The Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity captures the life and times of the early-American artist and inventor who was known as both a Renaissance man and a 'terrible businessman.'
Nearly 60 Bates students have volunteered to tutor Lewiston High School students since the fall.
The tutoring was organized by the high school’s Aspirations Program, which this week was named the 2021 Community Partner of the Year by the Maine Campus Compact.
The compact, housed on the University of Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College, is a statewide coalition of 17 college campuses including Bates whose purpose is to “reinvigorate the civic mission of higher education.”
The Community Partner of the Year Award recognizes “distinguished contributions and dedication to strengthening campuses and communities in Maine,” Maine Campus Compact Executive Director Sally Slovenski said in an email interview.