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Meeting All The Challenges: These Five Colby Alumnae Are Reshaping The World Of Business, Finance, And Technology With Their Liberal Arts Education, Kayla Voigt Aug 2022

Meeting All The Challenges: These Five Colby Alumnae Are Reshaping The World Of Business, Finance, And Technology With Their Liberal Arts Education, Kayla Voigt

Colby Magazine

Five high-achieving alumnae talk about their lives, careers, and Colby.


Full Circle: Former Posse Scholar Jia Chen Connects To Her Native China, Eric Butterman Oct 2017

Full Circle: Former Posse Scholar Jia Chen Connects To Her Native China, Eric Butterman

Colby Magazine

"I've connected with thousands of people since coming to China. You have to remember—you never know when a connection can lead to great things." - Jia Chen '06


Deal Maker: Robyn Glaser '89 Makes It Happen For The Kraft Group And New England Patriots, Gerry Boyle Oct 2017

Deal Maker: Robyn Glaser '89 Makes It Happen For The Kraft Group And New England Patriots, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

"If there are any impediments to my success, I really don't notice because I don't care. Im just going to blaze on and do it." - Robyn Glaser '89


Snap, Crackle, Crunch: For This Team Of Food Visionaries, Insects Are The Key To Feeding The World, Susan Abram Oct 2017

Snap, Crackle, Crunch: For This Team Of Food Visionaries, Insects Are The Key To Feeding The World, Susan Abram

Colby Magazine

For most people, a cricket's chirp is the song of summer. But for a multidisciplinary team of Colby alumni, the uninhibited chorus that comes from the insects marks a leap towards the future of sustainable food systems.


Making Seconds Count, Kate Carlisle Mar 2017

Making Seconds Count, Kate Carlisle

Colby Magazine

After narrowly missing the Olympics, Steve Whelpley '05 returns to Mayflower Hill ready to help train the next generation of Colby rowers.


Shaping The New World Order, Gerry Boyle Mar 2017

Shaping The New World Order, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

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From Cuba With Love, Jenny Chen Sep 2016

From Cuba With Love, Jenny Chen

Colby Magazine

It’s the city that Carey Powers ’14 fell in love with when she was just 9 years old, when she was visiting the city with her family while her dad studied the Cuban medical system. Thirteen years later Powers is back, working with Cuba Educational Travel at one of the most exciting moments in Cuban history.


Change Of Direction: Haolu "Lulu" Wang Traded Finance For The Lens Of Filmmaking, Claire Sykes Mar 2016

Change Of Direction: Haolu "Lulu" Wang Traded Finance For The Lens Of Filmmaking, Claire Sykes

Colby Magazine

After only two years with an investment bank in Hong Kong, her first job straight out of Colby with a degree in government and economics, the Chinese-born-and-raised Wang left and took off for Florence, Italy, to become a filmmaker. Before the eight-week, hands-on introductory course there had ended, she realized “this was something I could do for the rest of my life,” she said in an interview via Skype.


Tapping New Markets: With Drinkmaple, Kate Weiler '04 Makes Sap The Latest Health Drink, Elaine K. Howley Jan 2016

Tapping New Markets: With Drinkmaple, Kate Weiler '04 Makes Sap The Latest Health Drink, Elaine K. Howley

Colby Magazine

Tapping New Markets: With DRINKmaple, Kate Weiler '04 makes sap the latest health drink. Maple sap, it turns out, is a nutritious, tasty, and hydrating drink that’s gaining a foothold in the beverage industry thanks, in part, to Kate Weiler ’04. Weiler tapped into this new market with her company, DRINKmaple, launched in January 2014.


Flying Past, Present, And Future, Gerry Boyle Jan 2016

Flying Past, Present, And Future, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

The story is about Peter Agelasto ’96 and his groundbreaking digital-archiving work for Bob Dylan and others. Peter Agelasto thinks like an archaeologist to help Bob Dylan and others preserve their legacies.


From The Classroom To The Bigs: Dan Meyer's Analytical Skills Are In Demand In Major League Baseball, Gerry Boyle Jan 2016

From The Classroom To The Bigs: Dan Meyer's Analytical Skills Are In Demand In Major League Baseball, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

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Go Big: With Inventiveness, Hard Work, And Moxie, Colby Entrepreneurs Are Creating Viable And Even Booming Businesses, David Mckay Wilson Jul 2014

Go Big: With Inventiveness, Hard Work, And Moxie, Colby Entrepreneurs Are Creating Viable And Even Booming Businesses, David Mckay Wilson

Colby Magazine

HomeAway cofounder Brian Sharples ’82 and other alumni entrepreneurs turn ideas into business success.


Made In China, Hannah Beech Jul 2014

Made In China, Hannah Beech

Colby Magazine

For toymaker Dennis Ting '60, the challenge of running a giant factory in China isn't always kids' stuff.


Made In The Usa? You Bet: In Tough Times For American Manufacturing, These Companies Have Flourished, Gerry Boyle Jul 2014

Made In The Usa? You Bet: In Tough Times For American Manufacturing, These Companies Have Flourished, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

As manufacturing struggles, three Colbians show how they succeed in a global marketplace.


A Liberal Arts Résumé: Colby Alumni Find Their Education Invaluable In The Business World, Gerry Boyle Mar 2013

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?


All Business: At The University Of Chicago, Ted Snyder Adds Value To The Graduate School Of Business, Grant Pick Mar 2013

All Business: At The University Of Chicago, Ted Snyder Adds Value To The Graduate School Of Business, Grant Pick

Colby Magazine

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