NEWS
Udall Scholarships Awarded
Blair Braverman '11 and Sarah Sorenson '11 both won scholarships from the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation on April 8. The juniors, both majoring in environmental policy, are two of 80 students out of a pool of 537 to receive the scholarships based on their commitment to careers in the environment, health care or tribal public policy.
Low Response Rate on Class Surveys
After spring break, the College solicited juniors and seniors to complete respective class surveys in which they answer questions about their experience on the Hill. "In recent years we've struggled to get to a 50 percent response rate," William Wilson said in an e-mail.
Green Challenge
For the third year in a row, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Green Power Challenge recognized the College as the largest single purchaser of green power in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
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FEATURES
Community Service: from India to Waterville
If you ask students on the Hill about their contributions to community service, you are likely to hear about their involvement in Colby Cares About Kids (CCAK) or the Colby Volunteer Center (CVC)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Students to Showcase Japanese Art of Taiko Drumming
The Colby Taiko Club and students from this spring's music course titled, Taiko: Music, Movement, and Meaning will give a joint outdoor taiko performance on Thursday, May 6 at 4:30 p.m. on the Schupf Sculpture Court in front of the Colby Museum of Art.
OPINION
Letter to the Editor
Parker Beverage and I have been colleagues throughout his admirable Colby career. In fact, in the early years, when he was the newly anointed Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid and I was the Dean of Students, we were the "junior members" of the Colby President's senior staff.
SPORTS
Men's Varsity Crew Comes in Second at Event
The men's and women's crew teams competed in a regatta on Oyster River in Durham, NH this past Saturday, April 24.