Media Coverage

Poet Richard Blanco will be Colby's commencement speaker, the Press Herald reported. Colby's 200th commencement will also "confer honorary degrees on restaurateur Erin French, owner of The Lost Kitchen in Freedom; Nobel Prize-winning geneticist and chronobiologist Michael Rosbash; and Theresa Secord, award-winning Penobscot basket maker and founding director of Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance."

An Art Daily article reports on the recently opened arts collaborative at 18 Main Street in downtown Waterville. The center will provide space for "artistic creation, innovation, and community interaction," Art Daily reports. "The $6.5-million restoration of two historic buildings in downtown Waterville will provide space for interdisciplinary artistic collaborations, and promote the development of creative work by national artists, educators, scholars and students."

A major review in the Boston Globe of Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960, currently at the Colby College Museum of Art, described it as a show that is "about Lichtenstein before he became Lichtenstein, and it’s a revelation." The reviewer also referenced the show as offering "a fresh view of an artist" and that it's "unfamiliar, exhilaratingly so."    

Colby's robust civic engagement program was featured in a Morning Sentinel article, which highlighted students involved in tutoring programs, local government, and community partnerships. “These are really committed students who are interested in pursuing the pathway of exploring public relevance of their discipline,” said Elizabeth Jabar, director of civic engagement and community partnerships, “and really learning what it means to live in the community and be a contributing community member in Waterville.”

"Maine has a bipartisan commission responsible for redistricting that prevents the practice of political gerrymandering of districts after reapportionment," Sandy Maisel, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, told NBC Boston in its article "How the Census Could Change Maine Politics."

Demolition is underway, and the Paul J. Schupf Art Center is set to open in December 2022, the Morning Sentinel reported in an article about the city's Planning Board giving approval to the project. “It’s such an exciting opportunity to bring Main Street into focus and create a new building there that celebrates the arts at this important intersection,” Susan Rodriguez, the center's architect, said during the board's recent meeting.

In an article published by the Wall Street Journal, Laura Polley '21 said she spoke "with more than 20 alumni" last fall to help prepare for the interview process before accepting a job offer. The article includes a number of successful networking stories from graduating seniors across the country.

A list of "Arts Industry News" published in Artnet referenced the arts collaborative as helping to "turn Waterville, a former paper-mill town, into an arts destination." The column regularly posts top arts-related news and noted Colby's recent unveiling of the "25,000-square-foot facility featuring a gallery and event space, as well as studios for fellowship residents."

The Portland Press Herald quoted Matt Proto, vice president for enrollment and communications, in an article discussing Maine colleges switching to test-optional applications amid the pandemic. Proto told the Press Herald that Colby moved to test-optional in 2018, which "has encouraged students who might otherwise not have applied to do so."