Colby Inspired

International Numbers

65: Countries represented in student body

10.5: Percentage of international students

75: Countries where Colby alumni live

67: Percentage of students who study abroad while enrolled at Colby

144: Colby-approved study-abroad programs

Inspired World Citizenship

Colby is international—in its outlook, in its curriculum, in its extraordinary study-abroad opportunities, in its student body and faculty, and in the impact of its graduates. A Colby student develops a mature curiosity about other cultures and an appetite for engaged global citizenship.

Stories

Transforming Lives Through Yoga
Emily Fleming '12 speaks with Margaret Njeri, whose life has been transformed through teaching with the Africa Yoga Project. Run time: 4:05
End of Classes -- What Next?
Emily Fleming '12 and the other students in her program finished classes and are starting independent projects. What are they doing?
Celebrating Zimbabwe in Maine
Oak Institute events include student panel, Zimbabwean feast, African rock star
Q&A; Michelle Russell '11
Environmental activist Michelle Russell '11 on fighting chemicals in cosmetics, public speaking, and how art plays a role in her activism.
Language and Culture
Emily Fleming '12 reports from Kenya. This is the first in an occasional series from her study-abroad experience this semester.
For Starters | Abroad Jitters
As she prepared to leave for a semester in Senegal, Hannah DeAngelis '12 was anxious but ready for the challenge.

News

Student Exhibit Wins Award

A student-created exhibit about Somali Bantu immigrants in Maine that was expanded to include other immigrant experiences won the New England Museum Association's Leaders in Innovation Award in November.
Student's Magazine Highlighted

A magazine started by Jenny Chen '12 and her brother to promote social change was recently featured in the Washington Post. JJ Express has won many grants and awards, most recently a first-place prize from Scholastic Media and the Hands On Network.
Nyhus at International Tiger Summit

When Vladimir Putin convenes the International Tiger Conservation Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 21-24, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Philip Nyhus will be an invited participant.
Student and Prof Co-Present

James Violette ’11 and Associate Professor Arne Koch will present their joint research on teaching German at the largest meeting of language educators in the U.S., the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention in Boston, Nov. 19-21.

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