Expansion of the Colby Art Museum

In this video, faculty and staff come together to discuss the Colby Museum of Art's new wing and its anticpiated impact on the Colby community.

 

 

2012 Bassett Award Last Lecture: Prof. Lisa Arellano

Professor Lisa Arellano received the 2012 Charles Bassett Senior Class. Teaching Award and was invited to deliver the "Last Lecture" to the Class of 2012. On May 14, 2012, Arellano, assistant professor of American studies and of women's, gender, and sexuality studies, kicked off Senior Week events addressing students in Ostrove Auditorium.

 

 

Following the Making of Tartuffe

Here's a video following the making of Colby's Theater and Dance Department's spring show, Tartuffe. Enjoy!

 

 

Mule Mob

Colby's Mule Mob rallies to foster school spirit and support athletic teams.

 

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Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched an Obsessive Quest to Save the Oceans

Oceanographic research vessel captain Charles Moore discusses the impact that plastic and other disposable items are having on the world's oceans and sea life, in particular in the area now commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

 

 

The Long Christmas Ride Home

Luke Martin '14, who composed this original music for Theater and Dance Department's production The Long Christmas Ride Home, won a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region I best original music award.

 

 

Selecting Our Nation's Judges: Are Judicial Elections Conducive to a System of Fair Justice?

In combination with the Brody Award Convocation, a distinguished panel moderated by Hon. John Woodcock (U.S. District Court, Maine) discussed questions focused on electing, as opposed to appointing, judges. Panelists included: Hon. Barbara Lynn (U.S. District Court, North District of Texas), Prof.... Read more »

 

 

Morton A. Brody Judicial Service Award Convocation Address: Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson

Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson, the first African-American to sit on the Texas Supreme Court and the first to serve as that Court?s Chief Justice, became the seventh recipient of the Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award. In his convocation address, he continued with the theme from... Read more »

 

 

America's Energy Future: A View from the Producers

Kristen Lingley, manager of government relations for the Independent Petroleum Producers of America, discusses the nation's energy needs and ways they can be met from the perspective of the independent crude oil and natural gas explorers/producers in the U.S.