Campus and Community

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A group of students sit around a picnic table on a sunny day and make bracelets.

Making Friends and Memories 

After nearly 50 years, COOT remains an important community-building tradition
A person stands inside a brightly-lit, white-painted space that appears to be a vault.

Colby’s Island People 

Island Fellows program gives students the opportunity to live, study, and work on Colby’s Island Campus

Margaret T. McFadden, provost and dean of faculty, wears her academic regalia and stands behind a podium outside near some trees.

At Convocation, Students are Welcomed to Mayflower Hill with a Call to Action 

President David A. Greene tells the Class of 2028 he is looking forward to “an extraordinary year”

Large group of college students seated and listening to a speaker.

Hail, Class of 2028!

The latest first-year class arrives on Mayflower Hill capable and eager to embrace Colby’s endless possibilities
A small brown-and-white bird perches on a person's hands with its wings outstretched.

A Bird in the Hand 

Colby’s Island Campus is a unique classroom for Audubon birders to learn bird banding and other research techniques

campus scenic with two buildings in the foreground and a white tower in the background

Access to Art for All

A promised gift of art will accelerate and enhance Colby’s embrace of ‘living with art’ across campus

A young woman wearing a uniform holds a small bag while walking to a white vehicle marked with the Colby EMS logo and phone number.

A Community of Care

The student EMTs who make up Colby Emergency Response have been keeping campus in good hands for decades

Two young female students standing up and playing the violin.

Mentors in Music

A program supported by an O’Hanian-Szostak Fellow expands musical education in Waterville schools
McKinley Karpa '23, assistant coach of the women's ice hockey team, stands behind some of the players.

At Home On and Off the Ice

McKinley Karpa ’23 moved from being a standout ice hockey player to enthusiastic coach

Bibatshu Thapa Chhetri ’25, left, and Joe Grassi ’25, have been awarded a prestigious $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant for a project this summer in Nepal.

Making a Real-World Difference

Colby’s two Davis Projects for Peace winners will use their $10,000 grant to improve internet access and help farmers in Nepal