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Mark Jude Poirier

Colby’s Newest Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-in-Residence Will Focus on Screenwriting

Mark Jude Poirier’s writing credits include the movies Smart People, Goats, and other titles

Brendon Wilkins

Introducing Brendon Wilkins

The multi-genre, multi-instrumentalist is elevating Colby’s music scene through performance, conducting, and teaching

Tristram Korten

Writing With a Purpose

Tristram Korten ’87 uses his Jan Plan course to make a case for exceptional magazine writing

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Scholarship Stories from 2022

Our faculty’s research had a broad impact across disciplines during the past year.

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Impactful Videos from 2022

These stories made a lasting impact on the Colby community

Neviton Barros

Introducing Néviton Barros

Colby’s new director of choirs believes singing together creates community and gives students agency over their voices

A student carries a box of frozen meat while volunteering at the Winslow Community Cupboard

Colby Students Help Winslow Community Cupboard Deliver Food to Those in Need 

They used their expertise to help a nonprofit draft a grant to purchase refrigerated trailers and address food insecurity

Lydia Moland

Changing Lives and Scholarship Forever

Philosophy professor Lydia Moland finds inspiration—and the subject of her new book—in abolitionist Lydia Maria Child

Sandra Bernal Heredia dance class

Baila Means Dance, Baila Means Community

Sandra Bernal Heredia uses Latin dance as a cultural bridge between Colby and Waterville

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A Deeper Conversation with this Year’s Oak Fellows

Fighting for Indigenous rights and the environment is a way of life for Michelle Cook and Ana Lucía Ixchíu Hernández