Qin wins Watson
Yiyuan Qin ’12 will be graduating from Colby this spring, and will spend next year traveling around the world, as a result of winning a prestigious Watson Fellowship.
Kylie VanBuren
News Staff
- Class year: 2015
CLUBS
CSIA holds investment workshop
The Colby Student Investment Association (CSIA) brought Harvard Professor Stefan Thomke to the College on Friday, March 9, to conduct the IDEO Product Development case study.
CLUBS
Conflict-free campus initiative begins
STAND President Katharine Lindquist ’14 began the Conflict Free Campus Initiative this semester to get the College administration to stop buying electronics from companies that use minerals from mines run by armed military groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
STARTUPS
Qponify launched
Qponify, a student-run business on the Hill that began this January, seeks to promote local businesses to the College community.
ALUMNI PROFILE
Alumna speaks on school reform
Maria Fenwick ’03 came to the College on Nov. 29 to give a presentation about Teach Plus, a program that works to keep good teachers in struggling urban schools.
Ph.D. candidate compares French and American gender views
Ben Moodie, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of California, Berkley, presented his dissertation at the College on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
MULTICULTURALISM
First Africa Week
Last week, the Colby African Society sponsored “My Africa: Arts and Culture,” a week of events designed to raise awareness about the culture of different African countries and present a different image of Africa than what students might normally see in the media.
GQ hosts “Real Talk”
The Gentlemen of Quality (GQ) club hosted an event in the Pugh Center on Oct. 27 entitled “GQ Real Talk,” which was meant to give male students the opportunity to freely respond to questions audience members posed relating to topics such as the hookup culture, masculinity and more.
FOOTBALL
Historic football bell replaced
This weekend, after the College beat Bates College on the football field, bells rang.
LGBT
Bridge speaks to Waterville health classes
The Bridge is honoring October’s Coming Out Month by raising awareness concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues throughout the greater Waterville Community.