Dan Demeritt '94 is becoming a familiar voice in Maine. As communications director for Governor Paul LePage, he speaks for the state's new Republican administration.
As students scatter for spring break, some have chosen service. An Alternative Spring Break trip takes one group of volunteers to New York, and the Colby Christian Fellowship takes another to New Orleans.
Colby's comprehensive fee covers operations during the school year up to March 10, after which philanthropic dollars take over for the remainder of the academic calendar, the Colby Fund office explains.
For many years Colby was among the colleges that sent the most graduates to the Peace Corps. Tonight, March 10, Peace Corps alumnus Ambassador Robert Gelbard '64 moderates a panel on national service in the Corps and elsewhere.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz kicked off S.H.O.U.T. Weekend, which celebrates multiculturalism, with a talk on activism in Lorimer Chapel, the Morning Sentinel reports.
On Saturday men's ice hockey had a NESCAC semifinal match vs. rival Bowdoin in Williamstown, Mass., and women's basketball moved to the second round of the NCAA tourney in New Jersey against William Paterson University.
Applications for admission to the Class of 2015 broke all records this year. They're up 23 percent from a year ago, and the Admissions Office is poring over them to meet the April 1 notification deadline.
History Professor John Turner, who specializes in the history of Islam and the Middle East, shared insights into the situation in Egypt in a Goldfarb Center panel discussion Tuesday. The Morning Sentinel covered the event.
When Molly Bennett '11 returned from Vietnam and wanted to continue studying the language, Colby's independent self-directed Modern Languages 111 provided the framework and Khoa Nguyen '11 and Hieu Phan '14 were the experts, theEcho reports.
The fourth annual S.H.O.U.T! Weekend of student-organized events focused on multiculturalism begins Thursday, March 3, with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz and continues into Sunday.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage's comments about bisphenol A prompted a response from Environmental Studies Professor Gail Carlson, who explains the science on the Environmental Health Strategy Center's blog.
Women's basketball will play in the NCAA national tournament beginning Friday, March 4, in New Jersey. A 21-5 record earned an at-large bid to the tournament for the Mules and first-year head coach Christine Clancy.
What do you do with an English major? Marshall Dostal '93 ended up in Entrepreneur magazine for starting a company that turns a byproduct of biodiesel production into high-end soaps.
Winter Carnival arrived with almost a foot of new snow Friday, and the football team, one of several teams participating in the polar bear dip for charity Saturday, showed up on the front page of the Morning Sentinel.
The men's hockey team set up a Colby-Bowdoin NESCAC semifinal match next Saturday at Williams by upsetting Middlebury 2-1 in the quarterfinal round Feb. 26.
Swimming, men's squash, indoor track, ice hockey, and women's basketball teams are all in postseason competition Friday and Saturday, with three games to be webcast Saturday. Follow the Mules online.
Seniors Caitlyn Fleming and Ann Norris presented their research Tuesday on the effectiveness of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program in Maine as part of a panel that included U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud. See Morning Sentinel story.
Seniors Caitlyn Fleming and Ann Norris worked on the Trade Assistance Adjustment program, which helps workers displaced by globalization. Tuesday they'll sit on a panel with U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud to discuss the program's recent demise.
The women's basketball team held off Middlebury Saturday to advance to the final four in the NESCAC tournament. Next Saturday: Colby vs. Bowdoin at Amherst in the semifinals.
Winter sports seasons are winding down, and five teams enter tournament or championship competition this weekend, including women's basketball, seeded second in NESCAC and playing Middlebury at home Saturday.