
Spring 2013
Features

For Lunder Collection: A New Home
Extraordinary works of American art to be centerpiece for Colby and state of Maine

Game Changer
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Todd McGovern played on

In Their Footsteps, 1914-1963
Three wars, a devastating economic depression, and creation of a new campus from scratch: during the years 1914-1963 Colby was up to the challenge.
From the Hill

The Secret Is Out
More Chinese students choose Colby—and the liberal arts—over big American universities

Where There Now is a Campus, There Once Were Farms
by Charles Ferguson Editor’s note: Professor Charles Ferguson (Associate Professor of French, emeritus) spent 28 years in classrooms on the Colby campus before retiring in 1995. In 2008 he took a very different look at Mayflower Hill—the pastoral land that preceded Colby’s move from downtown Waterville. What was there? Who farmed the fields that […]

Into the Forests of Gondar
Colby researchers plumb the secrets of Ethiopia's ancient "church forests"
Colby News
- Lectures Look to the Future of the Liberal Arts
- Relay Team Wins New England Championship
- Library Renovation To Restore Reading Room
- Terrell Looks at Activism at Colby, Encourages Speaking Out
- Colby Volunteer Center Puts Service in Spring Break
- Men’s Lacrosse Alumni Competing in Pro Leagues
- Deveau Best in NESCAC Men’s Lacrosse
- Capitol Hill to Mayflower Hill
- Colby Leads Way to Net Zero Emissions
- Steinem Connects With Activism at Colby