Colby-Sawyer College has selected Bar Harbor Bank & Trust as the recipient of the 2021 Community Award in recognition of its decades-long support of, and commitment to, the college. The Community Award, formerly the Town Award, is presented annually to an area resident…
Rebecca “Becky” Brewster Irving ’42, of Sunapee, N.H., died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021 — 10 days prior to her 101st birthday — following a brief period of declining health. Becky was a vibrant part of the Colby-Sawyer community for more than…
Colby-Sawyer College raised a record $21.5 million in fiscal year 2021, more than doubling its previous fundraising record of $10.6 million set in 2019. The $21,513,102 raised, the highest single-year total in the college’s 183-year history, represents a 381% increase over last year’s…
The Colby-Sawyer College Board of Trustees has announced the election of five new trustees, including three alumni, who began varying terms of service Thursday, July 1, 2021. Edwin A. Cowell, Mitchell E. Harris, Susan MacMichael John ’68 and Sally Shaw Veitch ’66 will…
Colby-Sawyer College investment management students have generated enough profit through real-world investments made since 2010 to partially fund an upgrade to the campus’s Wi-Fi network. Students in the college’s investment management course have been investing in the stock market since 2010 using a…
Colby-Sawyer College announced Wednesday it will require all students and employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the start of the fall semester. In an email sent to students and their families, college officials said the decision to mandate vaccination against COVID-19 was…
Kayia Alleyne ’21, a public health major from Dorchester, Mass., and BOLD Scholar is this year's Senior Commencement Speaker.
Self-designed major in international business, Anette Helin ’21 will be presented with the David H. Winton Baccalaureate Award at the 2021 Commencement ceremony.
Colby-Sawyer College celebrated its 183rd Commencement on Saturday, May 8, with an in-person ceremony for its 148 graduates and faculty and staff. Participants were masked and socially distant, in accordance with the college’s COVID-19 protocols, and family and friends joined the celebration remotely…
Eleanor Bernert Sheldon ’40, of New York, N.Y., died May 8 with her sons by her side. She was 101. Eleanor was a dedicated member of the Colby-Sawyer community and an integral part of the college’s board of trustees from 1977–85. During her…
Wesson Honors scholar Quinn Stuebner ’21 will be presented with the Colby-Sawyer Award at the 2021 Commencement ceremony.
Former Chair of the Colby-Sawyer College Board of Trustees Peter F. “Pete” Volanakis will be recognized at the 2021 Commencement ceremony with the college’s highest honor.
President and CEO of Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health Joanne M. Conroy, MD will be presented with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the 2021 Commencement ceremony.
The Nancy Beyer Opler Award for Excellence in Advising honors the academic advisor who best demonstrates the ability to facilitate students’ adjustment to the academic community and support students in their academic and professional planning…
In an effort to increase access to affordable four-year degrees for professional nurses across New Hampshire, Colby-Sawyer College has established formal articulation agreements with all seven public community colleges in the state. Through the agreements, students who earn an associate degree in nursing…
Colby-Sawyer College raised more than $340,000 during its third annual Day of Giving on Thursday to support student scholarships, experiential learning opportunities, athletic programs and faculty initiatives. The college far surpassed its goal of 900 donors during the 24-hour event, with 1,314 individuals…
Colby-Sawyer is among the growing ranks of small and middling private schools redefining their brands and degree tracks to reflect the nation's jobs surge in the healthcare sector.
Colby-Sawyer’s highest teaching award recognizes a faculty member who’s made a distinct, positive difference in the college’s academic climate.
Colby-Sawyer College will soon be able to provide additional scholarships to students in nursing and health sciences, thanks to a generous gift to the college from Sheldon and Betsy Boege of New London and a grant awarded to Dartmouth Health to address workforce…
Colby-Sawyer College President Susan D. Stuebner has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). Founded in 1976, the NAICU represents private, nonprofit colleges and universities across the nation on proposed legislation…
Colby-Sawyer College has received the largest gift in its 183-year history in the form of a $10.2 million investment by longtime supporters William and Sonja Carlson Davidow ’56. According to the terms of the gift, the $10.2 million investment will almost entirely benefit…
Brenna Hopkins ’22 comforted the crying infant while Shelby Kanter ’22 put in a call to his provider. The patient, 4-month-old Ricky Tundra, was admitted earlier in the day with a cough and a slight fever, and his team of caretakers were growing…
COVID-19 has been a world-changing event unlike any other in the history of the institution. No other event forced students, staff and faculty off campus in the same way. Though the 1918 flu pandemic arrived at Colby Academy, there is no record of…
The following is an excerpt from an address delivered during the college’s 183rd Convocation ceremony by School of Business & Social Sciences Associate Professor Amy Carrier Lyon ’85, recipient of the 2020 Nancy Beyer Opler Award for Excellence in Advising. Convocation marks the…
Colby-Sawyer College School of Arts & Sciences Assistant Professor Chery A. Whipple, Ph.D., was awarded two grants that will advance science research at the college and throughout the state. Whipple was one of three principal investigators on a National Institutes of Health –…
This article was written by Anne Clemens, senior managing editor for Dartmouth Health, and first published online at dartmouth-health.org. In January 2020, Dartmouth Health and Colby-Sawyer College announced an expansion of its longstanding partnership aimed at supporting critical workforce pipelines across the Dartmouth…
Colby-Sawyer College has once again been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the Pussycat Foundation to support two additional cohorts of BOLD Women’s Leadership Network scholars. Created in honor of former Cosmopolitan magazine editor-in-chief Helen Gurley Brown, the BOLD Women’s Leadership Network is…
Colby-Sawyer College has again been recognized as one of the top colleges in the region by U.S. News & World Report, earning top 10 rankings in three categories in its 2021 Best Colleges issue. Released on Monday, the annual report ranks Colby-Sawyer in…