Mainebiz and the Portland Press Herald covered the announcement of the George G. Petrikas Financial Aid Fund, which will provide financial aid for area students attending Colby. “Increasing access for talented students from Maine, particularly those from our local communities, is extremely important to the College,” said Matt Proto, Colby’s vice president and chief institutional...

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Inside Higher Ed covered the announcement of the Haynesville Project, which will award six newly tenured Colby professors $100,000. Alicia E. Ellis, associate professor of German and one of the six grantees, said the funding will be a “game changer when it comes to the depth of our research and how we bring students into...

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