Strong Response from Admitted Students

After receiving a record number of applications for the Class of 2016, Colby saw an increase in the number of admitted students accepting the College’s offer of admission this year—and qualifications of matriculating students are as strong as ever.

 

 

Natural Colby

In Perkins Arboretum there are birds of all feathers, trees that tell a story, and even romance (especially if you’re a frog)

 

 

Commencement Honorees Named

Sam Deeran '12 of Falmouth, Maine, will address about 470 classmates at Colby's 191st Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20. Nicole Sintetos '12, a Winslow, Maine, resident, will be recognized for receiving the Condon Medal for constructive citizenship, and five influential individuals will receive honorary doctoral degrees.

 

  Academics

 

2012 Student Awards Presented

An awards ceremony May 1 in Lorimer Chapel recognized students, faculty, and staff with College-wide and departmental awards for contributions to Colby and for outstanding academic achievement. The full list is online.

 

  Academics, Awards/Recognition

 

Finding Home Amid Myth and Mystery

The Pink Nectar Café: Myths and Mysteries James Bishop Jr. ’58 Wildcat Publishing (2011) Three decades ago James Bishop Jr. ’58 sat at the bedside of his mother, model and artist Lucile Brokaw, and received her...

 

 

Recent Releases

  We Won’t Get Fooled AgainHow the Christian Right Went Wrong, and How to Make America Right AgainGregg Jackson ’90JAJ Publishing (2011) In this political season the Christian Right often lambasts...

 

 

Class: Act

Every new semester reminds me how awkward it is introducing myself.    The first day of class is efficiently predictable since the players know the rules of the game by heart: professors know to distribute a syllabus, offer a course synopsis,...

 

 

Marketing Experts Say Plain Talk Beats Social Media

The Face-to-Face Book: Why Real Relationships Rule in a Digital Marketplace Ed Keller and Brad Fay ’87 Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster (May 2012) That social media and online shopping generate buzz around a...

 

 

Q&A: Tashia Bradley

Tashia Bradley on Kentucky, Tortola, the Pugh Center mission, and the mild winter she brought with her to Maine

 

  Campus Life, Multicultural