Colby students, faculty, and staff can propose an event related either to public affairs (such as political, social, economic, or environmental issues), or civic engagement. Click here to learn more about our events. Please contact the team at the Goldfarb Center (goldfarb@colby.edu) with ideas for future events. |
 This program is designed for Colby faculty to invite colleagues and experts to campus to examine important public issues related to public affairs and civic engagement. Conferences should approach the topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. Additionally, Colby students must be involved in the conference, ideally in planning, as active participants (such as in a workshop), as guests at small meals, or as lecture attendees. Please click here to view and download the application for Faculty Sponsored Conferences funding. |
 This progarm is open to Colby students, faculty, and staff and is designed to allow a group of people to come together to either explore a topic that is not found in the curriculum or to delve into greater detail in an area of interest. The program intentionally provides maximum flexibility; there is no set format for how often or when the seminar will meet. The only criteria are that the topic must be related to either public affairs or civic engagement and must be interdisciplinary in nature (the seminar must include faculty from at least 2 disciplines and students from a variety of disciplines.) Seminars usually last for one semester but can extend into a subsequent semester, or might evolve into another college project. Please click here to view and download the Mealtime Seminar program application. |
The Goldfarb Center invites proposals from Colby students, regardless of major, for funding of original research projects (including collaborative research) on topics related to public affairs or civic engagement. A wide range of student research projects may qualify for funding under this program, however preference will be given to students working on honors projects or independent studies or on extended class-related paper for which no other adequate funding sources are available. Please click here to view and download the Student Research Grant application. |
 The Goldfarb Center invites proposals from Colby faculty for funding for collaborative research on topics related to public affairs or civic engagement. To qualify for funding under this program, research projects must be undertaken by two or more members of the Colby faculty from more than one discipline or interdisciplinary program. Colby students must play a role in the research enterprise. Non-Colby faculty may, but need not be, involved in the research project. Please click here to view and download the Faculty Research Grant application. |
 The Visiting Fellows Program gives faculty members the possibility to invite a scholar, politician, activist or social entrepreneur to spend a week or more at Colby. The program is designed to provide faculty members the opportunity to start or complete a project with a colleague from another state or country, and to allow the fellow a chance to work with a colleague, access Colby's library resources, and experience life in a small liberal arts campus. Please click here to view and download the Visiting Fellows program application. |
The Goldfarb Center organizes the William R. and Linda K. Cotter Debate Series, bringing to campus experts who debate pressing contemporary issues such as the privatization of social security, anti-terrorism tactics, and immigration policy. Please click here for further information on the Cotter Debate Series. |
Brings a prominent foreign policy leader to campus each fall for a lecture and a dinner designed to foster interaction with students, faculty, and members of the greater Waterville community. For additional information on the Lecture Series, please click here. |
The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award of Colby, established in 1952, honors a member of the newspaper profession who continues the Lovejoy heritage of fearlessness and freedom. The recipient may be an editor, reporter, or publisher who, in the opinion of the judges, has contributed to the nation's journalistic achievement. The selection committee makes its decision on the basis of integrity, craftsmanship, character, intelligence, and courage. Additional information is available at the Lovejoy website. |
The Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award was established to recognize a federal or state judge who demonstrates the qualities of integrity, compassion, humanity, and judicial excellence -- all qualities exhibited by the Honorable Morton Brody, a U.S. District Court judge in Maine who died in 2000. A long-time Waterville resident, Brody taught courses at Colby on the judicial system and was a friend of the college for many years. Additional information is available at the Brody Award website. | |
