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Campus Life Numbers

1,846: Enrolled students

62: Countries represented in student body

46: States represented in student body

46/54: Male and female enrollment percentages

10: Percentage of international students

13.5: Percentage of minority students

57: Percentage of students who attended public high school

30: Residence halls on campus

3: Dining halls

94: Percentage of students living on campus

100+: Student clubs/organizations

32: Varsity teams

Inspired Growth

Learning isn't confined to classrooms at Colby. Activities outside of class are an essential part of students' intellectual, personal, and creative growth. With more than 100 student organizations, countless leadership opportunities, and a diverse, civic-minded community, Colby students are involved. They learn to embrace opportunities, to see connections in disparate lines of thought, and to regard education as a civic resource as well as a personal achievement.


Stories

  • Just Say 'Yes' to Creative Activism

    Filmmakers The Yes Men tell Colby students about their unusual and controversial approach to activism. By Hannah DeAngelis '12 and Nick Cunkelman......More »

  • A Jan Plan Week in the Life: Molly Rogers '13

    Ever wonder what Jan Plan is like at Colby? Carla Aronsohn '13 followed Molly Rogers '13 to find out what she does during a week in January. Run......More »

  • Q&A: Noel James

    New associate dean of students and director of the Pugh Center on bringing the community together and addressing things that can divide it

  • Health Minded

    Charlie Hale '06 aims to do for global health what Teach for America does for education

  • Silver Lining

    Economic woes can inspire positive life changes.

  • More Than Mentors

    Begun in the classroom, relationships between professors and students thrive beyond Mayflower Hill.
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News

  • Helping Haiti

    Colby's student-led fundraising initiative for victims of the earthquake in Haiti, which includes T-shirt sales and a benefit dinner later this month, is featured in the Feb. 7 Maine Sunday Telegram.


  • Metamorphoses Wins Merit Award

    Colby’s November production of Metamorphoses received a merit award for Outstanding Ensemble Excellence at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region I competitions Jan. 26-31.


  • Honoring MLK

    Students recited passages from writings and speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. to mark the national holiday in his honor.  


  • A Semester in Namibia

    InsideColby blogger Blair Braverman ’11 spent the fall semester in Namibia, where she “traveled through the bush, working with a number of researchers.” Braverman recounts her semester in recent posts at insideColby.com.


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