In an editorial posted on the Mass Live website, Pay it Northward, Colby’s new initiative to find postgraduate opportunities for its graduating seniors, is praised for its innovative, compassionate approach. “As many graduates struggle with the weight of college tuition, and student debt … aggressive assistance in job placement can make a huge difference, not...
An article by Daisy Desrosiers, director of artist programs at the Lunder Institute for American Art, originally published in the Brooklyn Rail was republished on the website Repeating Islands. The article is titled “Made of linguistic forms and failures: Inquiry in times of isolation.”
Colby’s Pay it Forward campaign, launched May 7, is receiving wide media coverage. Among the outlets making note of this powerful, innovate initiative include: WMTW TV-8 University Business Maine Public
In its article titled “What Colleges And Graduating Seniors Need To Do To Find Jobs During These Tough COVID-19 Times,” Forbes holds up Colby’s new Pay It Northward campaign as an initiative others should emulate. “At this time, every university and college should follow Colby’s lead. There should be an immediate all-hands-on-deck approach to helping graduates find...
A story about physician assistant Nathaniel “Than” Moore ’12 ran in the New York Times (via Reuters) May 6 highlighting his “Gowns 4 Good” initiative, which asks graduates to donate their gowns to front-line responders. “The image of my colleagues on the front line and at other medical facilities that lack the appropriate PPE and wearing trash bags...
Professor of Government Dan Shea was tapped to comment on a Politico story titled “The Women of Maine vs. Susan Collins,” which wonders if Collins, who has gone from “most beloved” to “most reviled” in recent years, has changed or if her voters have changed. “Every decision she makes seems to align her more closely with...
The new book When Midnight Comes Around by photographer Gary Green, associate professor of art, was reviewed in the UK publication The Review. “This new book presents a unique vantage point on a place and time whose impact on music and culture cannot be overestimated,” the review said of Green’s book, which contains photos taken by Green of...
Andrew Lizotte ’04 was certified as a judge advocate in December after graduating from a nine-week judge advocate staff officer course in Montgomery, Ala., where he also received the Lowry Award, given by the U.S. Air Force to the officer demonstrating the highest standards of leadership, academic excellence, esprit de corps, and service amongst all students....
Reena Chandra Rajpal ’93 has been named executive director of Combat Blindness International, and Madison magazine told her story, which began in 1983 when her father founded the foundation following a trip to India. Rajpal follows her father in this new role. “I’m so proud my dad has entrusted this — his legacy — to me,” she told Madison Magazine. “I want...
Cartoonist Lincoln Peirce ’85 was listed as one of the 10 most intriguing people in Maine in Portland Monthly magazine. As the creator of the popular comic series Big Nate, Peirce has also drawn eight Big Nate books. “These hybrids of text and pictures held down a top ten slot on the New York Times bestseller list for...
Marine toxicologist Riki Ott ’76, director of the nonprofit ALERT, discussed the lasting effects of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on an NBC News feature. “ALERT and its allies filed a lawsuit on Jan. 30, 2020, to force the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize its rules on the use of chemical dispersants in...
Following the announcement of Colby’s bold initiative, Pay in Northward, President Greene was interviewed on NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report program to discuss the College’s plan to find postgraduate opportunities for members of the Class of 2020. The show’s host, David Brancaccio, asked about what types of jobs Colby hopes to secure for its graduates. “It’s important...
Neil Gross, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology, was a guest on New Hampshire Public Radio’s show Lifelines discussing collective trauma in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. When asked what can help heal collective trauma, Gross responded, “I think a big part of it has to do with leadership and what people, from politicians, to faith...
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the shootings at Kent State, Down East magazine released the article “The Moment That Presaged a Maine Senator’s Downfall,” which recalls a May 10, 1970, event with the senator at Colby, six days after Kent State. “Shocked by the horror of it all, Colby junior and student government president...
A Reuters story picked up by the New York Times titled “Tents and Immunity Testing: U.S. Colleges Weigh Return to Campus Life,” included a comment made by President Greene, who said that “he expected some residential facilities would be set aside for infected students” when classes resume on campus. Other outlets that ran this story include US...
Associate Professor of Psychology Christopher Soto, an expert on personality psychology, was quoted in an April 30 article in Forbes to help explain the counterintuitive notion that extroverts are less affected by the quarantine than are introverts. “Compared with introverts, extroverts tend to experience more frequent and intense positive emotions,” Soto told Forbes. “This makes it...
In an April 28 Maine Public story titled “Maine Colleges Wrestle With How To Reopen In The Fall As Coronavirus Ravages Budgets,” President David Greene shares his thoughts on reopening campus this fall, expressing his preference for a delayed opening. “We’re really trying to focus on those two things, on how we have that great...
The Morning Sentinel provided a roundup of the postponement of in-person graduation ceremonies for Central Maine colleges. President David Greene was quoted from his note to seniors telling them commencement ceremonies would not be held as scheduled: “I want you to know that I am not going to let your commencement be anything but the celebration you...
A live Instagram conversation with Senator Susan Collins, hosted by the Goldfarb Center, was mentioned in an Associated Press story that was in turn published in the New York Times, the Seattle Times. and other outlets. The story “Virus, stalled economy raise Democratic hopes to take Senate.” looks at Republican candidates’ approach to President Trump, reporting, “Asked about...
The Colby Museum of Art’s new online program Museum @ Home was the lead item in a Portland Press Herald article titled “From puzzles to podcasts, Maine museums are finding ways to engage online.” The article highlighted activities the Colby Museum has made available online, including a digital puzzle of famous paintings from the collection and the...
