Fall 2012
Features
Finding a Life on the Edge
Two decades after mountaineer Bill Holland was lost in a fall, his daughter revisits his days on Mayflower Hill.
Reconstructing Violet Paget
Professor Phyllis Mannocchi has spent 35 years reconstructing the life of the enigmatic and forward-thinking British writer who used the pen name Vernon Lee.
In Their Footsteps
The Maine Theological and Literary Institution, soon renamed Waterville College, was a very different place from the Colby College of today. Or was it?
From the Hill
A School for Leaders
Colby College is the first NCAA Division III school to conduct a leadership academy for athletes through the Janssen Sports Leadership Center. The Colby Leadership Academy develops and supports Colby student-athletes and coaches in their effort to become leaders in athletics, academics, and life, said Harold Alfond Director of Athletics Marcella Zalot. Said Zalot, […]
D-I Vet MacDonald Takes Over Men’s Hockey
An NCAA Division I veteran who has won national championships as a coach and player takes over the Colby’s men’s ice hockey program this year. Blaise MacDonald, former head coach at Niagara University and University of Massachusetts at Lowell, takes over the team from longtime head coach Jim Tortorella, who left to become assistant coach […]
Old Glories
Catherine Courtenaye ’79, Modernism gallery, San Francisco (Sept. 13-Oct. 27, 2012) Courtenaye’s work is inspired by and incorporates handwritten artifacts of the 19th century. Her oil paintings recontextualize the handwriting in documents she has examined in museums, libraries, and in her own collection. I am especially interested in ferreting out instances of deviation from Victorian […]
Ravens Assistant GM DeCosta Prepares for Future Role
by David Driver Eric DeCosta is ready. Prior to the 2012 season Eric DeCosta ’93 was in demand as a possible general manager for several National Football League teams, according to Sports Illustrated. He had spent 15 years with the Baltimore Ravens, but his path to the GM post with that team appeared blocked […]
Q&A: Zandile Nhlengetwa
Personal loss leads to role as leading advocate of nonviolence in South Africa
Remembering Hugh Gourley
by Gabriella De Ferrari, L.H.D. ’08, and Bree Jeppson ’93 It was our summer to visit colleges, and as we walked around the beautiful Colby campus we arrived at the museum. Standing at the door was Hugh Gourley. He was wearing his characteristic impeccably pressed kakis and a colorful tailored shirt. A slight, very proper […]
Scouting in the NFL
by David Driver Mark Azevedo ’04 had finished his career as a tight end at Colby, but with his playing days behind him, he spent spring 2004 with an eye on his football future. “Coach [Ed Mestieri] gave me some work with coordinating possible recruits,” Azevedo said. “I got my feet wet a little bit.” […]
Ravens Assistant GM DeCosta Prepares for Future Role
by David Driver Eric DeCosta is ready. Prior to the 2012 season Eric DeCosta ’93 was in demand as a possible general manager for several National Football League teams, according to Sports Illustrated. He had spent 15 years with the Baltimore Ravens, but his path to the GM post with that team appeared blocked […]
Colby News
- Brunetaux Elected to Academic Council of the Holocaust Education Foundation
- Rabbi Isaacs Acknowledges King’s Unfinished Work at Annual Waterville Event
- Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Nicholas Rohrman Dies at 83
- Millones Named Associate Editor of CLAR
- Huffman Coauthors Paper on Body-based Cues
- Therapist Presley ’97 Interviewed on Peak Northwest Podcast
- Portland Press Herald Taps Gilkes for MLK Reflections
- Gilkes Recalls Hearing “I Have a Dream” Speech, Reflects on Words Today
- Research by Goh Receives Media Attention from UPI and Others
- Visionary Professor and Leader of Education Program Marilyn Mavrinac Dies at 93
- Maisel on Maine Calling Talks About Second Impeachment, Trump’s Final Days
- Robinson Invited to Guest-edit Journal Special Issue on “Transformations for a Sustainable Future”
- Colby’s Leadership in Testing in January Evident in Maine Public Story
- NewsCenter Maine Interviews Proto for Story on Applying to College
- More Than 15,700 Students Apply to Colby Amidst the Global Pandemic
- Media Covers Tsiaras Photography Gift Announcement
- Nicholson Baker to Kick Off Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-in-Residence Program in Creative Writing
- Colby College Museum of Art Receives Collection of More Than 500 Photographs
- Shea Comments in Globe and Mail Article on Capitol Hill Assault
- Robinson Coauthors Paper on Role of Litigation in Delivering Climate Justice
- Colby Mourns the Death of Linda K. Cotter, Wife of Former President William R. Cotter and Tireless Advocate for Students
- Dean Burrell-McRae Discusses Spring Semester on Cheddar
- Fleming’s “Digital Projects in History” Course in History of Science Society Newsletter
- Howard Coauthors Paper Published in British Journal of Sociology of Education
- Plesch Contributes to Maine Arts Journal Winter 2021 Issue
- Terrassa Leads Press Herald Article on New Art Museum Leaders
- Josh Kim ’22 Named Emerging Leader of the Year
- Pay It Northward Success Called Out in NH Union Leader Article
- Washington Post Op-Ed on Black Churches Quotes Asch
- New Role for Actor Will Hochman ’14 Highlighted on IAG Site
- White Adds Poet’s Perspective to “Year that Warped Time” Article
- Colby Loans Maine CDC Freezers for COVID-19 Vaccine Storage
- Mainebiz Interviews Nick Rimsa ’13 on Startup, Mentoring
- Landscape Stories Interviews Green About Photography
- Colby Economic Outlook Report Covered Statewide
- White’s Who’s Your Daddy? Subject of Literary Blog Post
- Museum’s Lawrence Acquisition Receives International Attention
- NPR Asks Braverman ’11 How to Stay Warm
- O’Brien Publishes Paper in Journal of Nursing Measurement
- Gastaldo Coauthors Paper on South Africa’s Karoo Basin
- Maisel Quoted in The Globe and Mail Article on Electoral College
- Rabbi Isaacs Featured in “Power of Faith” Series in Central Maine Newspapers
- Spark Q&A on New Book, Writing in Portland Press Herald
- Colby Ensembles Ready for Virtual Performance
- Colby Biology Department Loans Ultra-Cold Freezer for Vaccine Storage
- The Art Newspaper Covers Student’s Art History Discovery
- Trustee and Meteorologist Epstein Featured in Boston Magazine
- Scheck Publishes New Paper in War in History
- Robinson Calls for Definition of Climate Finance in Nature Correspondence
- USA Today References Colby’s COVID-19 Testing Approach
- Colby Covers the Campaign
- Digging Deep
- Shea Is New Goldfarb Center Director
- New Storage Facility To Be Boon to Colby Libraries
- Student Affairs Adds Deans for Spiritual Life, Sexual Diversity
- Let the Celebration Begin
- Two Hundred Years Young
- Belgrade Lakes EPSCoR Research Has Impact
- Colby Volunteers Boost SAT Scores for Local Students
- Tobacco Banned on Most of Campus
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Alumni Profiles
Editorial & Opinion
The Joys of Lives Well Lived
by Ira Sadoff A little while ago I received a Facebook message from a former student who was returning to Maine to visit family (all the way from Finland), and she wanted to know if she could show me some poems over coffee. Last week another former student wrote to tell me that her […]
