Bicentennial Events
- Apr8
- Bicentennial Distinguished Lecture | Chaos and Creativity: Liberal Education for the 21st Century | David W. Oxtoby
- Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building
- 7:00 p.m.
- Apr17
- Colby Warriors, Colby Missionaries: History Lecture Series
- Robinson Room, Miller Library
- 7:00 p.m.
- May2
- Colby, Napoleon, and the Lion of Lucerne
- Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center
- 7:00 p.m.
Colby History Exam
In what year did Colby become the first college in the country to assign e-mail addresses to all its students?
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This week from Echo history
1960More than 150 students attend SGA meeting to support anti-segregationalists in the South
More than 150 students crowded Lovejoy Auditorium Monday evening at the Student Government meeting. Stu-G, forced out of its regular quarters due to the unexpected attendance, dropped its planned agenda and devoted the two and one-half hour session to a detail discussion of... more
1986Eli Wiesel gives Lipman Lecture
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1997First Annual Mr. Colby Pageant
President of Lovejoy Commons, Ben Langille '99, and President of Johnson Commons, Chad Pimentel '98, along with the rest of the commons presidents have worked to develop the first Mr. Colby pageant. This contest is designed as a spoof on the famous Miss America contest, to be... more