Stories

Hannah DeAngelis ’12 talks with professor Maple Razsa about activism, film, and human rights.

Art History Professor Véronique Plesch discusses what it's like coming from European metropolises to small town Maine and her love for art and words, especially when together.

Creative writing professor and poet Adrian Blevins talks about her latest book, Live from the Homesick Jamboree, the writing life, and the myth and reality of inspiration.

Aleah Starr ’11 discusses her art project about eating disorders, her aspiration to teach middle school English, and how she almost didn’t come to Colby.

Jenny Chen ’12 was new to Colby, but it didn’t take her long to notice that students sign up in droves for Margaret McFadden’s classes. She wanted to know why. The two talked about pop culture, studying images, and how being a park ranger is like teaching.

Patrick Bagley ’10 admits to sweating while waiting for David Findlay, economics professor and department chair, for this interview, wondering whether the stories of the energetic, no-BS professor were true.

Senior Lauren Pongan sat down with Lynne Conner, new associate professor and chair of the Theater and Dance Department, to talk about what Conner is bringing to Colby. Conner, who arrived this fall, previously taught at Carnegie Mellon and, most recently, at the University of Pittsburgh.

Laurel Duggan ’08 talks to new Career Center Director Roger Woolsey about how Colby helps students get jobs.

Senior Christina Feng, interviewed by Elizabeth Ponsot '10 discusses her pathway to studying government, her local work in the legal field, and her aspirations for the future.

Andrea Tilden and her student research assistants dissect crab brains for a good cause.

Music Professor Steven Nuss led a Jan Plan class to India, where Colby students taught impoverished children in the Darjeeling Hill District.

Some people might think that economics and environmentalism don't mix. Not economics professor Tom Tietenberg.