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Reshaping The Hill: Construction Begins For The Colby Green, Centerpiece Of The College's Most Significant Expansion In A Half-Century, Stephen Collins

Colby Magazine

With a strategic plan that calls for four new buildings over the next 10 years, all of them across Mayflower Hill Drive from the academic quadrangle and Mary Low Commons, Colby will start literally laying the groundwork in September for the most ambitious campus expansion since the move to Mayflower Hill more than a half-century ago.

A Liberal Arts Résumé: Colby Alumni Find Their Education Invaluable In The Business World, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

Who’s found success in the business world? Colby alumni from disciplines that have nothing to do with business. Or do they?

A School Across The Bay: Kristine Davidson Young ’87 Is Moored To Her Island Students, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

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A Global Forum: Davis-United World College Program Brings The World’S Students To Colby

Colby Magazine

The Davis-United World College program is bringing the world to Colby, and everyone stands to gain; a Q&A with Shelby Davis.

Earl: Dean, Mentor, Friend, Confessor, Sage, Judge, Advisor And "Professor Of Nothing," Earl Smith Leaves Colby A Better Place, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

And to think he didn’t even plan to go to college. This was 1957 and Earl Smith, who would eventually become the first and thus far only dean of the college at Colby, was three days from graduation from Waterville High School. No one in his family had a college degree and Smith entertained no notion of being the first. So when a vocational teacher at the high school told him of a job working nights in the mechanical department at the Morning Sentinel, Smith thought about it.

A Strategic Plan: Two-Year Effort Reaffirms Colby's Priorities And Sets Future Course, Stephen Collins

Colby Magazine

Individuals need to do it, and so do institutions. It is critically important, every once in a while, to pause and take stock. What are we doing? Is it the right thing? Does it still make sense, or has something fundamental changed? What are others doing? Is there a better way?

As Colby approached the 21st century, other transitions loomed for the institution as well, not least among them the first new president in more than 20 years. It was a perfect opportunity, trustees recognized, to assess what the College is all about and to think about its future.

From The President, William D. Adams

Colby Magazine

The Annual Report of the President, 2007-2008.

Finding Home: International Students Face Different Choices As They Consider Life After Colby, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

International students have their own decisions to make when they graduate. Do they stay in United States? Do they return home? If they return, has home changed? Have they changed, too? Students and alumni reflect on life beyond Colby.

Gender Gap: Colleges See Demand For Qualified Male Applicants Grow As Young Women Excel In High School, David Treadwell

Colby Magazine

Increasingly, selective colleges are seeing applicant pools with more and better-qualified women than men. This raises questions for admissions offices—and for experts who study why male students as a group aren’t performing as well in high schools.

Can Students Still Write? In Writing, Colby Students Juggle Multiple Voices In Different Environments, Stephen Collins

Colby Magazine

In the age of texting and instant messages, some worry that students let text-speak creep into formal prose. Not so, say Colby professors and tutors.

Jeronimo Maradiaga's Journey, Colby College

Colby Magazine

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship winner Jeronimo Maradiaga ’09J was a smart kid from a single-parent home in the South Bronx. Few people knew his responsibilities included more than his studies at Colby.

More Than Mentors: Begun In The Classroom, Relationships Between Professors And Students Thrive Beyond Mayflower Hill, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

Faculty-student friendships that begin in the classroom often endure for decades. Professors and alumni agree: they’re one of Colby’s cherished and lasting benefits.

From The President: The Higher Education Cost "Bubble" May Not Burst, But It May Be Time For A New Model, William D. Adams

Colby Magazine

We have, in some ways, reduced the focus on our educational mission in order to concentrate more attention on competing with other, similar institutions…The new model, despite its basis in contraction, will give leaders of higher education institutions a chance to return some of our focus to our mission and to de-emphasize the consumerist dynamic under which we have been operating.

Reaching The World: A Campaign For Colby, William D. Adams, Robert E. Diamond Jr.

Colby Magazine

The success of the historic capital campaign has already allowed for important changes, from campus to curriculum. Contents:

The campaign by the numbers

Mapping the changing campus

Change has come, from community centers and teaching spaces to the museum of art and athletic facilities

President William D. Adams and Chair of the Board of Trustees Robert E. Diamond Jr. ’73 on big things to come

Point Of View: In A Perfect World, Christina Feng

Colby Magazine

Teach for America’s Christina Feng ’08 on the power of thinking that anything’s possible.

Campus Kids: Faculty Residents' Children Enjoy And Contribute To College Life, Alexandra Desaulniers

Colby Magazine

Children of faculty living on campus create a family atmosphere on Mayflower Hill.

The Magic Of Kalimpong: In This Indian School, Borders And Boundaries Are Dissolved, Tarini Manchanda

Colby Magazine

In a Jan Plan in India called Contact Zone, West meets East and Colby students teach in order to learn.

Class Act: Dean Of Admissions Parker Beverage Retires After Helping To Enroll More Than 11,000 Colby Students, Earl Smith

Colby Magazine

Over a quarter century of hard work, retiring Dean of Admissions Parker Beverage had a hand in Colby’s steady rise.

From The President: On The Liberal Arts And The Lesson Of Steve Jobs, William D. Adams

Colby Magazine

Colby President Bro Adams on Steve Jobs and the liberal arts.

Class Action: Homeless In High School, Jessica Boyle Fought To Make Colby A Place Where Students From All Backgrounds Can Thrive, Ruth Jacobs

Colby Magazine

Once a homeless teen, Jessica Boyle ’12 worked to make Colby a place where students like her can thrive.

Mighty Impressive: After 38 Years As Dean, Vice President, Dancer, And Friend, Janice Kassman Retires. But Her Legacy Lives On, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

After 38 years, longtime dean Janice Kassman has retired. She leaves a legacy of accomplishment and countless Colby friends.

In Their Footsteps, In Their Words: Special Section, 1813-1863

Colby Magazine

In Their Footsteps and In Their Words: Colby explores the first 50 years, from Jeremiah Chaplin to the Civil War.