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International Numbers

65: Countries represented in student body

10.5: Percentage of international students

75: Countries where Colby alumni live

67: Percentage of students who study abroad while enrolled at Colby

144: Colby-approved study-abroad programs

Inspired World Citizenship

Colby is international—in its outlook, in its curriculum, in its extraordinary study-abroad opportunities, in its student body and faculty, and in the impact of its graduates. A Colby student develops a mature curiosity about other cultures and an appetite for engaged global citizenship.


Stories

  • Class Project Creates Life-Altering Experience

    Class Project Creates Life-Altering Experience

    In 10 years, Colby Cares About Kids has become a model mentoring program.


  • Homelessness: Raising Money and Awareness

    Homelessness: Raising Money and Awareness

    As director of the Colby Volunteer Center (CVC), Dana Roberts ’12 had three goals for November: improve student appreciation of the...More »


  • Alums Walk for Charity

    Sam Rouleau, ready for volunteer duty in Texas. When Nick Tucker ’10 and Sam Rouleau ’10 set out to walk across the country, volunteering along the way, the distance seemed vast. But they’re measuring the trip not in miles but in...


  • Empowered in Kabul

    Empowered in Kabul

    Sulaiman Nasseri helps Afghan women gain independence through embroidery


  • The Lesson of David Kato

    The Lesson of David Kato

    Gay activist in Uganda had applied for an Oak Fellowship at Colby; his murder should serve as a warning of the sometimes dangerous power of Americans abroad


  • Innocents Abroad

    Innocents Abroad

    Gary Newton '72 manages global efforts to help the world’s most vulnerable children


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