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An intellectual community working to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Educational exploration is a way of life at Colby. Academics are rigorous, and learning goes way beyond sitting in a classroom—it’s enhanced by new experiences, real-world research, and project-based problem solving across all disciplines.
Experience Colby’s campus on Mayflower Hill, a global destination for research and thought. Overlooking the small city of Waterville and the Kennebec River Valley, Colby is just an hour from Maine’s picturesque seacoast or rugged mountain terrain. We are also 60 minutes away from Portland, Maine’s largest city.
We seek students who are intellectually adventurous and who have the potential to make meaningful contributions to our diverse, collaborative community. Colby students represent a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, and they contribute to their communities in countless, distinct ways.
Colby’s stewardship of the islands will build on Up East’s unparalleled commitment to ecological research, preservation, and education in mid-coast Maine. A key part of this will involve continuing to support the thriving lobstering community that uses Allen Island and that Betsy Wyeth helped re-establish. The College’s use of the islands ...
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Colby College is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the US. It is located in Maine, around 20 miles from the state capital, Augusta, and around twice that from the sea. Founded in 1813, it became a liberal arts college 15 years later. In 1833, a group of students formed an anti-slavery society after being inspired by a speech delivered by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Its 714 ...
About Colby. Founded in 1813, Colby College is the 12th-oldest private liberal arts college in the country. Located in central Maine, our 714-acre Mayflower Hill campus overlooks downtown Waterville and the Kennebec River Valley. Conveniently located off I-95, Colby College is the ideal setting for your next program.
