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, Bates, 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 Bates 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. Bates 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, Bates 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 Bates College on Wednesday, March 20, and Thursday, March 21. The lectures are free and open to the public.
Bates to host conference on the Caribbean and the Americas
Wednesday, April 25, 2001 3:55 pm
A group of Bates, 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 Bates College.
Colby, Bates and Bowdoin create online library catalog
Monday, January 29, 2001 9:35 am
Colby, Bates 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, Bates and Bowdoin library collections, with more than two million items, became available to participating libraries throughout the state.