Colby Cares Day
The Colby Volunteer Center (CVC) recruited 283 student volunteers to participate in Colby Cares Day, an annual outreach event during which various groups of students volunteer off-campus.
Cole Yaverbaum
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GREEN
Time to “Take Back the Tap”
In honor of Earth Week, Take Back the Tap, an EnviroCo campaign on the Hill, has been working actively to spread awareness about its efforts to remove bottled water from campus.
GREEN
College's biomass plant expected to save millions
The biomass plant currently under construction will hopefully save money in the future as oil prices continue to rise.
ALUMNI PROFILE
Gossip Girl author ‘92 holds reading
Cecily Von Ziegaser ’92, acclaimed author of the popular series Gossip Girl—now a CW network television show—visited the Hill on April 12 to give a reading from her new book Cum Laude.
VOLUNTEERING
LuziCare's Hunger Banquet provides food for thought
LuziCare, a campus club founded in 2009, recently sponsored a well-attended Hunger Banquet to raise awareness about poverty.
VOLUNTEERING
Volunteers experience NYC
Over spring break, a group of 11 students, in conjunction with the Colby Volunteer Center (CVC), participated in an alternative spring break trip volunteering at various food pantries and soup kitchens in New York City.
VOLUNTEERING
CVC to volunteer in NYC
Eleven students will participate in a Colby Volunteer Center (CVC) organized alternative spring break trip. This year, the group will travel to New York City to volunteer in various soup kitchens and food pantries throughout the week.
SGA
Cole Yaverbaum and Wayne Kim, class of 2014 presidents
Dear Class of 2014, as you may have heard, Student Government Association (SGA) elections for the 2011-2012 term are fast approaching!
Polar Bear Dip for charity
Despite the below-freezing temperatures, students at the College and members of the community donned their shorts, t-shirts and bathing suits this past Saturday as part of the 18th annual Polar Bear Dip.
Warner goes on Research Cruise
Though her peers from the class of 2011 have just begun their final semester on the Hill, Annie Warner ‘11J spent the past six and a half weeks on the Great Belt Research Cruise, before returning home February 19.
Haiti: one year later
Shortly over a year ago, on January 12, 2010, Jessica Frick ’10 and her roommate, Yanica Faustin ’10 were driving to a friend’s pool in Haiti, when they heard what Frick described as a “loud rumbling noise,” followed by the shaking of the car. Moments later, Frick and Faustin were experiencing the major earthquake.
A letter from the Class of 2014 reps
Each year, every class at Colby College elects two class presidents to represent them on the Student Government Association (SGA). But what does it actually mean to be class president? Unless you’re involved in SGA yourself, it’s often unclear what the role of class president actually entails.