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Visiting Assistant Professor in History Danae Jacobson has been selected as a New-York Historical Society Public Fellow in Religion and the American West.
With the two-year fellowship, Jacobson, whose research focuses on the racial, gendered, and environmental implications of Catholic nuns’ missions in the U.S. West, will study these nuns' participation in settler colonialism. Her scholarship will contribute to the New-York Historical Society's public history project "Acts of Faith: Religion and the American West," which will be exhibited in fall 2022 in New York.
CEO World magazine included Colby in its list of most beautiful college campuses that "everyone would like to be a part of." In addition to noting how Colby's location provides "students with a truly unique Maine experience," the piece referenced the College's "longstanding commitment to the environment," and the newly added Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center.
The Wall Street Journal spoke with Elizabeth Stephens '21 about her experience as an intern and the role it played in helping her secure a job. The article looked at the need to have an internship before graduation and how recruiters believe the pandemic has made interning more important than ever.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stacy-ann Robinson has been appointed to the Strategic Communications Editorial Board of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). In her role, Robinson will work alongside the other board members to provide advice on communication with AAG members and the broader community of geographers. The term will last for two years, with an option to serve for an additional year.
"Colby graduates were treated Sunday to a poem in their honor by a presidential inaugural poet, who urged them to stay grounded during turbulent times," the Associated Press said in a story about the College’s commencement celebrations and speaker Richard Blanco. The article was also picked up by a wide range of papers across the country, including the San Antonio Express and the San Francisco Chronicle.
"The feeling of celebration was palpable on Mayflower Hill as speakers emphasized unity and perseverance," the Morning Sentinel reported in an article following Colby's 2021 commencement. The story included comments from President Greene, who told the seniors that this year “every experience mattered, every action was consequential and every friendship and moment of joy was meaningful.”
Mike Wisecup, vice president and Harold Alfond Director of Athletics, was interviewed by Authority Magazine, where he discussed lessons learned from his extensive military experience as a Navy SEAL officer. He also talked about how he applied those experiences during the Covid-19 crisis in his current role at Colby.
A book written by Assistant Professor of Anthropology Britt Halvorson has been awarded Honorable Mention/Second Runner-Up for the 2020 Clifford Geertz Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Religion. The Geertz Prize "seeks to encourage excellence in the anthropology of religion by recognizing an outstanding recent book in the field," according to a Twitter post by the society.
Halvorson's book, Conversionary Sites: Transforming Medical Aid and Global Christianity from Madagascar to Minnesota (2018, University of Chicago Press), investigates the role of religion in the globalization of medicine and draws on "participant observation in the American Midwest and in Madagascar among Lutheran clinicians, volunteer laborers, healers, evangelists, and former missionaries."
A story about photographer Stefan Kohli '18 ran on India's iDiva website. iDiva singled out Kohli for his photographs of the pop singer Ariana Grande's wedding in May. "Meet the 24-year-old Stefan Kohli," iDiva wrote, "who just photographed the couple’s most intimate moments and is definitely becoming one of the hottest young photographers to hit Hollywood."
Professor of Art Véronique Plesch has been invited to join the board of directors of the South Solon Historical Society, which main goal is “to care for and preserve the life and traditions of the Meeting House.” Built in 1842, the South Solon Meeting House is on the National Historic Register. Between 1952 and 1956, the interior of the building received floor-to-ceiling contemporary frescoes.
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture organized three national juried competitions to select the artists (the faculty and jurors involved were René d’Harnoncourt, Director, Museum of Modern Art; John I.H. Bauer Director, Whitney Museum of American Art; Ely Jacques Kahn and Nathaniel Saltonstall, architects; and artists Ben Shahn, Jack Levine, Franklin Watkins, and Isabel Bishop). The artists include Sigmund Abeles, Alfred Blaustein, Edwin Brooks, Ashley Bryan, Willard Cummings, Sidney Hurwitz, William King, Tom Mikkelson, Anne Poor, Henry Varnum Poor, Judith Shuman, Sidney Simon, and John Wallace.