Greetings from Colgate Hall

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to share with you that we have had a busy and successful fall semester, with students, faculty and staff back on campus working together in and out of the classroom. Mountain Day took place on a spectacular day in late September, and in October we welcomed families and alumni back to campus for Homecoming and Family Weekend for the first time in three years. I hope to see many of you in the near future here on campus or at events hosted by our Advancement Office.

Last year was a very successful year for fundraising here at Colby-Sawyer, with 3,582 alumni, parents, and friends contributing over $11.7 million to the college. This is the highest number of donors to the college in over a decade, and the second largest amount of money raised in a single year in the history of the college. Thank you!

Progress on the college’s new health sciences building continues to move forward on schedule. We have raised over $12.5 million to date, and we will break ground on this new facility in March 2023. Located on the site of Reichhold, the building will include new anatomy and physiology labs, gathering places for students from all majors, and a state-of-the-art simulation center for nursing students. In October, we broke ground on a new athletic pavilion at the Kelsey Athletic Campus that was made possible by a $1.5 million gift from Sally Shaw Veitch ’66. There is more information about these projects in the pages to follow.

The college has also received a generous $1.6 million grant from the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation to renew and expand the foundation’s commitment to Colby-Sawyer as a member of the BOLD Women’s Leadership Network. This latest round of support expands the college’s BOLD cohort from seven students to ten students each in the junior and senior classes. Thanks to the generous support of the foundation, many of our BOLD Scholars have developed into strong leaders on campus and are pursuing meaningful work in nonprofit organizations post-graduation.

I am very grateful to all of the alumni, parents and friends who have supported the college during the past year. As we move forward with our next step toward building a better, more accessible college by guaranteeing that all four-year undergraduate students start with a lower tuition of $17,500, your investment in our mission is more important than ever. Your support will continue to have a daily and direct impact on our student experiences. Thank you!

Susan D. Stuebner President and Professor of Social Sciences and Education Volanakis Family Presidential Chair