Four Colby students sponsored two proposals that were awarded $10,000 each by this year's Davis Projects for Peace program.
Qiamuddin Amiry ’09 and
John Campbell ’09 will work to expand a scholarship program to bring Afghanistani students to private U.S. high schools.
Nancy McDermott ’08 and
Emily Goodnow ’09 will work to empower girls in Bamako, Mali, and to promote gender equality. The Projects for Peace program, in its second year, encourages and supports young people's ideas for building peace throughout the world, funding 100 projects each year. Find more about the
Projects for Peace program online.
A state Department of Transportation plan to address deteriorating roads in Waterville by giving full control of Mayflower Hill Drive through campus to Colby was aired in City Council chambers March 12. If the plan is approved by the city, Colby will own the road, and the cost of rebuilding it (estimated at $5 million or more). President
William Adams assured residents at the hearing that he expects the road will remain open as a through route indefinitely. The
Morning Sentinel wrote about the proposal.
As
MSNBC recently reported, "Not every student's head is focused on booze and beaches during spring break." That story singled out
Emily Wilson ’08, who is part of a Colby trip visiting Abenaki Native American reservations in Maine as part of an exchange program with the Maine tribes. Other trips organized by Colby students: a Colby Christian Fellowship trip to work at the Romero Center in Camden, N.J.; six outdoor recreation trips planned by the Colby Outing Club; and a Colby Eight trip to Charleston, S.C., with a half dozen singing gigs at colleges and at a synagogue.
Named for the reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-1901, the Victorian era saw enormous social change, and the influence of Victorian people and events is still felt into the 21st century. Alumni College 2008 will examine the Victorian world from a number of perspectives across the disciplines, including history; economics; science, technology, and society; philosophy; literature; art; and music. Please join us for an in-depth and multifaceted look at this crucial and momentous period in Britain. For more, or to register online, visit the
Alumni College Web site.
Psychologist
Alice Domar ’80 says women put too much pressure to be perfect on themselves. In both her daily work and her new book,
Be Happy Without Being Perfect: How to Break Free from the Perception Deception, Domar encourages women not to impose this stress on themselves. "Look in the mirror, and instead of focusing on what's wrong, find something you like. It will make you healthier and happier," she said. Read more in the
Boston Globe.
Men's hockey ended the regular season in first place in NESCAC, women's hockey beat Middlebury in overtime to reach the conference championship game, both basketball teams played Amherst in the NESCAC tournament, and men's Nordic skiing saw unprecedented success, sending a full complement to the Div. I national tournament in Montana. In addition nine individual athletes earned All-America honors at national tournaments: one alpine skier, four women runners, and four women swimmers. Among the latter,
Kelly Norsworthy ’08 made All-American in the 100-yard breaststroke for the fourth straight year. See all
athletics news online.
Tragic school shootings around the country have prompted colleges and universities nationwide to reassess and bolster their emergency response plans. This winter Colby installed a siren and public-address loudspeaker (acquired from a town adjacent to the decommissioned Maine Yankee nuclear power plant) and subscribed to a telephone messaging service (Connect-ED) that allows students and employees to receive emergency information and instructions on cell phones or landlines if there were an imminent threat on campus. Tests of the new systems are planned in coming weeks.
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