Student Affairs Division

Student life at Colby is centered on the notion that learning extends beyond the classroom into all aspects of the college experience. As shaped by the College’s mission and precepts, a Colby education is characterized by academic rigor, a strong community, a friendly campus atmosphere, global reach, and active engagement with diversity of thought and human difference.

Student Affairs Mission Statement

Colby’s Student Affairs Division exists to support and enhance the College’s mission to provide students a broad acquaintance with human knowledge designed to enable each student to fulfill his or her own unique potential. The student affairs staff provides instruction, advice, and support to help students become critical thinkers, effective communicators, ethical leaders, engaged citizens, and creators of knowledge with broad exposure to and understanding of human difference and diversity.

• Dr. Tashia Bradley has joined the Colby staff as Associate Dean of Students/Director of the Pugh Center.  Under Dean Bradley's leadership the Pugh Center will expand its programmatic, student development, social justice, and advocacy efforts while continuing to provide guidance and support to student organizations and the Pugh Community Board.
• Print publications and information on the Colby website about policies, procedures, and support services regarding sexual assault,sexual  harassment, and other sexual misconduct have been updated.
• Additional funding has been provided by the College to support educational and awareness programming around issues of gender and sexual diversity. Also, I will be convening a committee made up of students, faculty, and administrators to consider additional steps the College can take to support gender and sexual diversity education on campus including questions of physical space, staffing, and budgetary support.
• Work has progressed on the revised Bias Incident Response and Prevention protocol that the College Affairs Committee (CAC), Multicultural Affairs  Committee (MAC), and the Committee on Race and Racism were developing at the end of last year. We expect that CAC will formally approve the new protocol and it will go into effect early in the fall.
• Expanded and enhanced leadership development programs including partnering with  LeaderShape Inc. to provide you with access to more and better leadership education activities.
• Rachel Isaacs  and Alice Anderman will be back for another year as Jewish Chaplain and Protestant Chaplain respectively. Rabbi Isaacs will also be teaching  Hebrew and offering a Jan Plan course in Jewish Studies. Also, Father Jack  Dickinson will be serving as Catholic Chaplain and Laura McCown will be      Campus Minister to Catholic students.
• We will begin a  national search in September to hire a full-time Dean for Student Spiritual and Religious Life. This critically important position will  bring experienced leadership and add meaningful support to enhance the work being done by the Chaplains and the many active student religious  groups.

• Terry Cowdrey has joined the Colby family and assumed her duties as Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid taking over for Parker Beverage who retired in June after 26 years of outstanding service to the College.
• College Drive (the road between Roberts and the athletics facilities) has been completely rebuilt. The new road looks terrific and the small-house sized craters the wrought havoc on bikes and automobiles for the last several years have been eradicated!
• Treworgy has been completely renovated and now features upgraded student rooms, more appealing common areas, and improved access within the building.  Thework has progressed on schedule and Treworgy will be ready for the start  of the academic year.    
• A minor renovation project in AMS was also completed.  The project adds 14 outstanding new student residential spaces in eight rooms.
• The Office of Campus Life and the Student Government Association have taken the first steps towards moving to an online housing selection process to be  implemented in the spring of 2012.
• Preliminary site work is underway and construction is set to begin in the fall on the museum expansion project.