Stories about "Colby"
Student from Afghanistan leads book drive for Kabul university to top 2,000 volumes
Thursday, October 7, 2010 4:10 pm
Last spring, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, Colby and Bowdoin colleges channeled their long-standing rivalry for altruistic purposes. The three schools competed to collect the most books to donate to the Polytechnic University of Kabul, in Afghanistan. A ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ student, Kabul native Mustafa Basij-Rasikh '12, launched the project in an effort to restock the university’s library, left critically short of English literature and textbooks. The book drive collected more than 2,000 books in a variety of disciplines. ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ raised the most books.
A Bonding Moment
Friday, May 1, 2009 12:28 pm
Women's and men's tennis coach Paul Gastonguay '89 congratulates his number two doubles team, Erika Blauth and Brooke Morse-Karzen, after the pair defeated Colby in a match at Wallach Tennis Center.
College wins grant for collaborative library program with Colby, Bowdoin
Friday, January 5, 2007 4:00 pm
Colby, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and Bowdoin colleges have received a $280,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to build a model program for the collaborative development of library collections.
Environmental justice, degradation to be discussed
Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:13 am
A historian from Colby College and two members of a farm labor coalition formed in response to harsh conditions at the former DeCoster Egg Farm offer lectures on environmental issues at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College on Wednesday, March 20, and Thursday, March 21. The lectures are free and open to the public.
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ to host conference on the Caribbean and the Americas
Wednesday, April 25, 2001 3:55 pm
A group of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, Bowdoin and Colby college faculty and students, joined by a colleague from the University of the West Indies, will gather to participate in a day-long conference and roundtable, "Scientific Knowledge, Culture and Political Economy: The Caribbean and The Americas," Friday, May 4, in Chase Hall Lounge on Campus Avenue at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College.
Colby, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and Bowdoin create online library catalog
Monday, January 29, 2001 9:35 am
Colby, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and Bowdoin colleges are pleased to introduce Maine's first statewide online library catalog. On January 4, the Maine Info Net system was turned on and the Colby, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and Bowdoin library collections, with more than two million items, became available to participating libraries throughout the state.