Dear Students, With the close of our first week on campus, we have seen a rise in the number of cases of COVID-19 at Colby and increased evidence of student-to-student transmission. We have the ability to resolve this by each of us taking responsibility for our personal actions. We all...

Dear Colby Community, We hope that those of you who have traveled from campus are settled in safely as we approach final exams, beginning tomorrow. Of the COVID-19 tests conducted this past Friday and Monday for those on campus, we have had no new positive test results, and the population...

Dear Colby Community, As you are likely aware, cases of COVID-19 are rising nationally and internationally, and Maine is no exception. Daily cases in the state have more than doubled over the past two weeks, and yesterday Maine Governor Janet Mills took actions to mitigate the spread of the virus...

Dear Colby Families, Greetings from Mayflower Hill, where we are experiencing a glorious start to autumn. We are also approaching the weekend that would have been Family Homecoming, and to say that it’s disappointing that we cannot welcome our families to campus is an understatement. Seeing you interact with your...

Dear Colby Community, A key element of the College’s COVID-19 safety planning is our testing program, which is designed to identify infections early so that isolation, contact tracing, and quarantining can occur in a timely way, often before individuals experience symptoms or become contagious. For everyone’s safety, we began testing...

Dear Students, We are excited to welcome you back to campus for the Fall 2020 semester. We recognize some of you will be studying remotely, and we will be in touch with you soon. As we work to create a safe and engaging campus experience for this academic year, we...