Media Coverage

WABI-TV interviewed Vice President of Planning Brian Clark about project updates in downtown Waterville—including turning Main Street from a one-way to a two-way street. “It is not just for the Colby community but it represents major investments in Maine,” Clark said of the many projects, which includes the in-progress Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts on campus.

Colby’s announcement from earlier this week that a new chief financial officer has been added to the leadership team was covered by a number of Maine media, including Mainebiz and the Morning Sentinel. Nicole Trufant will be the first woman in Colby’s history to hold the position of chief financial officer.

The Morning Sentinel is getting the word out about an exhibition at the L.C. Bates Museum  curated by two Colby students under the supervision of Professor of Art Véronique Plesch. “‘Wilderness and Culture’ includes over 35 works by 20 artists from Maine or with ties to the state, who work in a variety of mediums,” the article stated.

A Washington Post essay by Professor of English Aaron Hanlon was the basis for an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about whether anyone really believes in the humanities. The piece referenced Hanlon’s writing as “intelligent,” and expanded on the theme that the humanities are facing a credibility crisis.

The announcement that Reagan Carey ’01 was named commissioner of the Premier Hockey Federation received attention from multiple outlets. Both the Portland Press Herald and NBC affiliate News Center Maine reported on the news, noting that Carey’s “stint at USA Hockey ended with the women’s national team winning gold at the 2018 Winter Games.”

The spring opening of the Waterville Seed Library, which was created by students involved in Colby’s Office of Civic Engagement, was covered by CBS affiliate WABI-TV. The story referenced how the program is “a free public resource providing access to seeds for all community members.”

The Bangor Daily News published a story on Colby’s recent Watson Fellow winner Jordan McClintock ’22, who’s one of 40 fellows from colleges across the U.S. In the article, Nadia El-Shaarawi, assistant professor of global studies, noted the selection committee “was unanimously impressed with McClintock’s proposal because she weaved in her personal experiences and recognized the importance of displacement and health intersecting in today’s world.”

Colby’s economic analysis of Maine’s new recreational marijuana industry continued to draw attention, including generating coverage by MarketWatch as well as in Politico’s Morning Cannabis Newsletter. One of the stories quoted Colby’s Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor in Economics Michael Donihue, who noted that because small businesses are “an important part” of the industry’s growth, the economic effects are “more widely distributed.”

Local media wrote about how Waterville’s revitalization was the reason a new café and market is opening in the city. The story reported that new businesses are coming “during what many are calling Waterville’s renaissance” and referenced how “millions of dollars are being invested downtown by Colby” and others. “I can feel the energy downtown,” commented the café owner, and “it’s wonderful.”

The Halloran Lab for Entrepreneurship was highlighted in a story by Impact Entrepreneur about social entrepreneurship programs. In the article, Trustee Emeritus Todd Halloran ’84 and Assistant Professor of Economics Yang Fan discussed how the “benefits of entrepreneurship training go beyond the ability to launch a venture,” and that the lab will “give students the chance to apply what they discuss theoretically in class.”