Colby College

(Waterville, ME)

Colby is a four-year liberal arts college located in Waterville, Maine. The college believes that every activity, in and out of the classroom, is an essential part of a student’s intellectual, personal, and creative growth. Students participate in undergraduate research, hundreds of student organizations, and pursue countless leadership opportunities within their active and civic-minded community.

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  • "Rediscoveries 2: New Perspectives on the Permanent Collection," an...
  • "Rediscoveries 2: New Perspectives on the Permanent Collection," an exhibition curated by President reopened at the Colby College Museum of Art yesterday and will run through June 24, 2012. On Feb. 29, President Adams delivered an art talk describing the process and thinking behind the exhibition he curated.
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Armed with $10,000 from a Projects for Peace (P4P Global) grant, three Colby alums--Armand Tufenkian '10, Tamer Hassan '11, and Thomas Bollier '11--headed to Rutledge, Missouri to make a documentary film about Intentional communities. The film, "The Rhythm of Rutledge," is still a work in progress, as is the impact on the lives of these three filmmakers.

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  • From Twitter to Fleet Street, we have seen continuing media coverage...
  • From Twitter to Fleet Street, we have seen continuing media coverage of Sunday's commencement stray from the facts. Some outlets reported that the May 20 commencement, featuring former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, was disrupted by protesters, that they "stormed in on" the speech, and that students booed. To set the record straight: At no point was Mr. Blair's speech interrupted by the protests, and the reported disruption went unnoticed by many in attendance. Some students and professo
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Commencement is currently being webcast - join us.

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This year's Bassett teaching award went to Lisa Arellano (American studies and women's gender, and sexuality studies). In her "Last Lecture" to the senior class, she discussed the value of being "undone" by each other. Video is online.

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Headed to Colby for commencement this weekend? Planning to tweet about it? Include the #ColbyGrad hashtag to share your commencement-related updates and photos. (And if you can't be here, follow #ColbyGrad on Twitter to keep up with what's going on.)

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