THE ELEMENTS OF ALUMNI SUCCESS
IT’S A NEW MODEL FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS:
a purposeful gathering of people, resources, and experiences that propels you to lifelong career and personal success.
HOW AND WHY OUR ALUMNI SUCCEED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING Research p. 2 Internships p. 4 Global experiences p. 6 OUTCOMES By the numbers p. 8 Our alumni p. 10 The Colby Commitment p. 12
PARTNERSHIPS WITH LEADING RESEARCH INSTITUTES
PREPROFESSIONAL ADVISING
CAMPUS CENTERS FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
GLOBAL ALUMNI NETWORK
ACCOMPLISHED, THRIVING ACCESSIBLE CREATIVE PROFESSORS CULTURE
GENEROUS FINANCIAL SUPPORT
ACCOMPLISHED, THRIVING ACCESSIBLE CREATIVE PROFESSORS CULTURE
ACTIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
SMART, AMBITIOUS PEERS
FUNDED RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIPS (around the world)
THE NATION’S FINEST COLLEGE ART MUSEUM
A CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
200+ 100+ STUDY ABROAD OPTIONS
CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES; RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MAINE
EXPERT CAREER GUIDANCE
The insights you gain, the knowledge you build, the confidence and connections you find along the way expand as your mind does.
RESEARCH
FOCUSED QUESTIONS. LONG-TERM RESULTS. Research trains the mind to ask precise questions. To observe closely. To think creatively. To be resilient in the face of failure. It also elevates the résumé, expanding employment opportunities and distinguishing graduate school applications. Our faculty of leading scholars, scientists, and artists is powerfully motivated to collaborate with students. Partnerships with world-class research and cultural institutions throughout Maine and around the world dramatically expand our offerings.
A FACULTY OF ACTIVE, ACCESSIBLE SCHOLARS AND SCIENTISTS and generous stipends allow students to pursue research all four years.
AN ANNUAL LIBERAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM AND ANNUAL SUMMER RESEARCH RETREAT promote and celebrate the research and creative work of students from across the disciplines; more than 600 students presented or performed as part of the most recent symposium.
THE COLBY ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM IN THE SCIENCES helps students from diverse backgrounds develop leadership skills in the sciences; participants spend six weeks on campus prior to the start of their first year.
COLBY HUMANITIES LAB courses promote experiential learning—documenting Maine’s musical soundscapes, tracing the history of Italian food culture, and partnering with a local school to re-imagine German folktales.
INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPUTATION majors promote crossdisciplinary thinking and research by combining studies of computer science and any other discipline.
BUCK ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE LAB funds internships with organizations focused on environmental issues to conduct research on Maine’s coast, lakes, and forests, working closely with faculty to understand changes to complex systems and the effects of those changes.
PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS select a topic of interest (among dozens of options that span the curriculum) and begin working with a professor during the fall of their first year.
COLLABORATIONS WITH PROMINENT SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTES (such as Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and The Jackson Laboratory) create opportunities for leadingedge oceanographic and biological research.
ERIKA SMITH ’18
Major in chemistry with a minor in biochemistry, Salem, N.H.
Now a Ph.D. student in the Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology Graduate Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Erika credits the mentorship and inspiration of three Colby professors— Assistant Professor of Biology Ron Peck, Associate Professor of Chemistry Kevin Rice, and Professor of Chemistry Julie Millard—with influencing and encouraging her path in the sciences. “Take control of your education. Be curious, ask questions, and don’t be afraid to admit when you need help. What you put into your work is what you will get out of it.” 3
INTERNSHIPS
DISTINGUISHED BY EXPERIENCE. It helps when your first day on the job isn’t your first time on the job. When you know the lingo. When you can draw on firsthand knowledge because you’ve already earned it. Colby students get a running start in the world of work and set themselves apart in it through funded internship experiences in any field—in Waterville or anywhere around the world.
COLBY’S CENTERS FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE HUMANITIES create and fund student internships in these areas.
COLBY IS HOME TO THE NATION’S FINEST COLLEGE ART MUSEUM— where world-class collections and partnerships with major museums provide opportunities for student research and curatorial internships.
THANKS TO COLBY’S INNOVATIVE JAN PLAN, students can spend January doing an internship near campus or anywhere around the world.
LEARN MORE AFTER.COLBY.EDU
A sampling of sites where Colby students recently held internships:
ANKURI, APPCAST, ARTISAN HEALTHCARE CONSULTING, BARCLAYS, BCE CONSULTING, BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL , BOSTON PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL LENDING, BOSTON RED SOX, BREWER ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS, BUSINESS HUB, CEDAR CREEK ECOSYSTEM RESERVE, CENTER FOR ART LAW, CHILD FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, CITI, DAN MEYER ’16 CONGRESSMAN BILL KEATING, CONGRESSMAN TOM REED, Double major in economics and sciences and COSMOPOLITAN, CROSS WORLD AFRICA, DANA-FARBER mathematical statistics, Brookline, Mass. CANCER INSTITUTE, DELL EMC, DELOS, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, DIVISION OF INTRAMURAL POPULATION HEALTH, Fascinated by the DOMINICA GOVERNMENT: DIVISION OF FORESTRY, WILDLIFE intersection of sports and statistics, Dan founded the AND NATIONAL PARKS, EAZEL INC., ENVIRONMENTAL Baseball Analytics PROTECTION AGENCY, FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, Colby Club. His articles on baseball FIG PARTNERS, FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES, GARETH analytics attracted the RHODES FOR CONGRESS CAMPAIGN, GEORGE TOWN attention of MLB front offices, LO M B A RD I C O M PRE H E N S I V E CA N C E R C E N T E R , leading to an internship GOLDMAN SACHS, GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER, HARRIS and then a full-time job as WILLIAMS, HEARST PHOTO HUB, HUBSPOT, HUNGER FREE a quantitative analyst for the Seattle Mariners. Dan now VERMONT, HYDROVIV, IES ABROAD, INLAND SURFING works with the Boston Red ORGANIZATION, INSIGHT GLOBAL EDUCATION, INSTITUTE FOR FIELD RESEARCH, INTERSYSTEMS, INTERVALE CENTER, Sox as a baseball research IPSUN POWER INC., ISEC, INTERCOLLEGIATE SUMMER and development analyst. ENGLISH CAMPS, JONES LANG LASALLE K.K., JUSTICE CENTRE, KENNEBEC VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY, KENSAP, “Colby did an excellent KOC UNIVERSITY MIGRATION RESEARCH CENTER, KURANI, job preparing me to think LAKESIDE VETERINARY CLINIC, LITWORLD, LOS ANGELES of the right questions, plan and execute REVIEW OF BOOKS, MAINE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, MAINE QUALITY COUNTS, MAINE-DARTMOUTH my analysis, and then FAMILY MEDICINE, MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER, communicate my results.” THAYER, MANNA PROJECT INTERNATIONAL, MARKETAXESS, MATTHAEI BOTANICAL GARDENS, MAYOR OF HOUSTON Some of the states, OFFICE OF TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, M I N U S countries, and regions THE MOO ICE CREAM, MORGAN CREEK ENTERTAINMENT in which Colby students GROUP, MUFG SECURITIES, MUNN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM | pursue internships: MONET'S GARDEN, NATIONAL AQUARIUM, OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION, Bangladesh Chile PETER B. CANNELL & CO., PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK China AND NEW JERSEY, P R U D E N T I A L , PWC, RESONANCE, Germany ROAD2ARGENTINA, RIVADAVIA FUNDACION INTERAMERICANAGuatemala DEL CORAZON, ROUND RIVER CONSERVATION STUDIES, Hong Kong SAGE CORPS, SALESFORCE, SEMESTER IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, India SEVENTEEN, SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, Lithuania STATE STREET CORP., TD SECURITIES, THE INTERVALE CENTER,Morocco Republic of Korea THE WHITE HOUSE, TJX, TODD LITTON CONGRESSIONAL Russia CAMPAIGN, UBS, UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL Sierra Leone MUSEUM, U.S. SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS, U.S. SENATOR STEVE DAINES, U.S. SENATOR ANGUS KING, U.S. SENATOR South Africa DEBBIE STABENOW, UPPER DESCHUTES WATERSHED
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GLOBAL EXPERIENCES
AN EVOLVING WORLD.
YOUR ENDLESS OPPORTUNITY. Whether learning the nuances of international finance, mastering a foreign language, or pursuing biological field research, approximately 60 percent of Colby students expand their understanding of diverse geographies, cultures, economies, and political systems by studying off campus—choosing among more than 100 programs in 60+ countries. All students benefit from a curriculum anchored in global perspectives (half of all majors have an international component) and a campus dialogue enriched by students from more than 70 nations.
Whatever their course of study, students graduate with the experience, flexibility, and cultural fluency needed to thrive in the emerging global marketplace.
Colby’s highly flexible GLOBAL STUDIES MAJOR crosses four disciplines— government, history, economics, and anthropology—and includes extensive language study. COLBY ART MAJORS traveled to Washington, D.C., on an annual networking and professional experience trip; they met with directors, curators, and other staff of museums, galleries, collective art spaces, and more.
APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF COLBY STUDENTS STUDY ABROAD pursuing opportunities for research, internships, language immersion, and cultural exploration.
NELLIE LAVALLE ’18
Major in government with a minor in East Asian studies, Bar Harbor, Maine
Nellie’s Fulbright Scholarship has taken her to China to study the ways female migrant workers in Shanghai are aided by the social networks they create for themselves in the absence of a formal government support system. The project is a natural outgrowth of her senior honors thesis concerning how states structure care labor markets. She hopes to follow her research with a career at a think tank, analyzing domestic policy.
DAVISCONNECTS guarantees access for every Colby student to a global internship or research experience.
10% OF STUDENTS ARE NON-U.S. CITIZENS, COMING FROM 70+ COUNTRIES.
COLBY STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL NETWORK OF ALUMNI IN ALL
50 STATES AND NEARLY 100 COUNTRIES.
“Make relationships with your professors. Believe in yourself—it’s so important. If you got accepted to Colby, you can go anywhere.”
THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW The Waterville and larger Maine communities provide ample opportunities for Colby students to engage in meaningful cultural exchanges—such as making a documentary in collaboration with a local community of Somali Bantu refugees. 7
BY THE NUMBERS
COLBY’S DAVISCONNECTS PROGRAM offers one-on-one guidance, preprofessional advising, skills workshops, on-campus recruiting, and connections to alumni mentors.
THE NUMBERS TELL THE STORY. THIS EDUCATION DELIVERS. Destinations of recent graduates include:
Supporting access to global internships and research opportunities, regardless of ability to pay, the new DavisConnects program—housed in a renovated Grossman Hall—gives students the opportunity to design their own future.
94%
of Colby’s Class of 2017 were either employed or in graduate or professional school within six months of graduation.
DEDICATED PRE-HEALTH AND PRE-LAW ADVISORS and a host of related resources (including legal internships and physician-shadowing experiences) help Colby students thrive in application processes while maintaining the flexibility to enhance their medical or law practice by pursuing a broad liberal arts education.
DUAL-DEGREE ENGINEERING PARTNERSHIPS allow Colby students to earn a B.A. and a B.E. or B.S. from Dartmouth College and Columbia University.
Class of 2017 employment by industry
36% Business and financial services
14% STEM 14% Health care 12% Education 9% Government,
nonprofit, and think tank
8% Arts, communication, and media 5% Other 2% Entrepreneurship Colby’s five-year medical school acceptance rate is
73%
Colby’s five-year law school acceptance rate is 90% and students have been accepted at
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of the top law programs:
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Columbia Cornell Duke Georgetown Harvard Northwestern NYU Stanford University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of Chicago University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California University of Texas University of Virginia Vanderbilt University Washington University
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OUR ALUMNI
EARLY SUCCESS These young alumni are already making an impact while building on the experiences and knowledge they gained at Colby.
QUINCY QIAO ’16
BRANDON BLACKBURN ’17
Double major in English and German studies, Brooklyn, N.Y.
A Senior Scholarship Award winner and Farnham Writers’ Center Tutor of the Year, Brandon advises students to surround themselves with friends, mentors, and hobbies and to learn from their mistakes. He taught English in Lower Saxony through an ETA Fulbright Scholarship to Germany, the second of his Colby career. “When I came here, I felt like I had something to prove. I don’t really feel like that anymore—now I have something to teach, something to show.”
Double major in economics and mathematics with a minor in music, Beijing, China
Drawing on a powerful command of economic analysis and quantitative thinking and building on positive study abroad experiences in Italy and Oxford, England, Quincy works as a foreign exchange options trader for Barclays Capital in London. “I will always remember that being genuinely intrigued by the knowledge awaiting me is the best attitude I can have for life.”
BATURAY AYDEMIR ’17
Double major in biology (neuroscience concentration) and chemistry with a minor in classical civilization, Kayseri, Turkey
A member of Phi Beta Kappa and the recipient of the Samuel R. Feldman Pre-Med Book Prize and the Alan Samuel Coit Biology Prize, Baturay credits his professors with invaluable career, research, and personal advice. He is studying medicine at Harvard Medical School. “At Colby, I learned to appreciate the way humanities can help us make decisions when there is no clear answer.”
Other successful alumni include DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN ’64 Major in government, historian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
PETE ROUSE ’68
CP MAJGAARD ’18 Major in computer science, Hilleroed, Denmark
CP won two Entrepreneurial Alliance Business Competitions while at Colby, solidifying his confidence that he could achieve his goal of building successful enterprises from the ground up. He’s now juggling the two tech startups he co-founded. “Make good use of the resources offered here; they’re offered to you for a reason. Don’t be afraid to push the envelope.”
Major in history, former chief of staff to President Obama
ERIC ROSENGREN ’79 Major in economics, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
KEVIN STARR ’84 Double major in mathematics and business, co-founder of Third Rock Ventures
LINCOLN PEIRCE ’85 Major in art, cartoonist and creator of the Big Nate comic strip
ANNE CLARKE WOLFF ’87 Double major in English and economics, head of Global Corporate Banking and Global Leasing for Bank of America
JEFFREY PACKMAN ’88 Major in biology, chief development officer of Clementia Pharmaceuticals
ANDREA NIX FINE ’91 Major in philosophy, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker
CECILY VON ZIEGESAR ’92 Major in English: creative writing, novelist and creator of the Gossip Girl series
ERIC DECOSTA ’93
Our alumni ranks include Pulitzer Prize winners, Fulbright Scholars, governors, senators, Ivy League professors, and Fortune 500 CEOs.
They wear their love of Colby as a badge of pride, helping fellow grads get started— offering referrals, knowledge, internships, networking, and connections.
Double major in English and classical civilization, assistant general manager of the Baltimore Ravens
HILARY GEHMAN ’93 Double major in sociology and classical civilization, two-time U.S. Olympic team rower
KATHRYN KOSULA ’02 Major in chemistry, cofounder and VP of research and development of Vaxess Technologies
Learn more about our international network of leaders, influencers, innovators, and inspiring global citizens at colby.edu/mag.
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THE COLBY COMMITMENT O ur powerful, simple pledge: We meet 100 percent of each admitted student’s demonstrated financial need without loans. There is no fee to apply, and extra essays or writing samples are not required. Colby is test flexible—you may self-report the SAT, ACT, or two Subject Tests with your application. We guarantee access to a global experience, regardless of your ability to pay.
APPLICATION DEADLINES EARLY DECISION I
Application and financial aid: Nov. 15 EARLY DECISION II
Application and financial aid: Jan. 1 REGULAR DECISION
Application: Jan. 1; financial aid: Jan. 15
ADMISSIONS.COLBY.EDU
You’ll have access to robust career and graduate school preparation programs. Families with a total income of less than $60,000 and assets typical of this income range have a parent or guardian contribution of $0. More than 95 percent of families with a total income of $200,000 or less qualify for financial aid.
COMMITMENT.COLBY.EDU
Colby complies with Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs and activities. Questions regarding Title IX may be referred to Colby’s Title IX coordinator or to the federal Office of Civil Rights. In compliance with the Clery Act, which requires Colby to disclose campus crime statistics, you will find Colby’s Annual Safety, Security, and Fire Safety Report at colby.edu/ admissions/cleryreport. NCSDO C25046 9.18
2018-19 COMPREHENSIVE FEE: $69,400 (includes tuition, room, board, and some fees)
FINANCIAL AID AWARDED: More than $35 million
2017-18 AVERAGE FIRST-YEAR FINANCIAL AID AWARD: $51,000
(every year) All data accurate as of Aug. 1, 2018
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