My Colby-Sawyer Experience
"I'm interested in the theories behind communication and the channels that people use to communicate..."
-Brian Campbell, Communication Studies Major
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campus news & events
Meet the Windy Hill Challenge
NEW LONDON, N.H. — Colby-Sawyer College is ready to move forward with its plans to create a new space especially designed for the Windy Hill School that will house all of its programs under one roof. [read more]
Summer Adult Education Now Open to All
NEW LONDON, N.H. — An expanded summer term is now open to everyone in the Kearsarge-Lake Sunapee area and beyond. The summer 2009 term is being offered by Adventures in Learning at Colby-Sawyer College. [read more]
Colby-Sawyer Celebrates 2009 Commencement
NEW LONDON, N.H. — Colby-Sawyer College will celebrate its 2009 Commencement on Saturday, May 9, graduating 169 students and honoring the graduating class and other individuals for academic excellence, outstanding contributions to society, and service to the college and community. [read more]
Colby-Sawyer Chapter of SIFE Wins Regional Competition, Heads to Nationals
NEW LONDON, N.H. — The Colby-Sawyer College Chapter of Students in Free Enterprises (SIFE) took first place in their league in this year's Regional SIFE Competition in Warwick, R.I. The victory earns them a spot at the National SIFE Competition in Philadelphia in May. [read more]
Colby-Sawyer Singers' Spring Concert Features Music From 100 Years of Broadway
NEW LONDON, N.H. — The Colby-Sawyer Singers will perform a spring concert of popular show tunes from 100 years of Broadway musicals. The event on Thursday, April 30, will be hosted by Master of Ceremonies Jason Hendrix of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and will also feature several solo performances. Admission is free and all are invited to attend. [read more]
Colby-Sawyer College Hosts the Environmental Studies Expo 2009: Facing the Challenges of Conservation in Africa
NEW LONDON, N.H. — The Colby-Sawyer College Environmental Studies Department will host its annual Environmental Studies Expo. This year's expo will feature Kenyan Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Colby-Sawyer Dr. Isaac Nyamongo, who will speak about “Politics, Development and Conservation of Forest Resources in Kenya” and faculty member and Program Director for the Doctoral Program at Antioch University, Beth Kaplin, Ph.D., who will discuss “Capacity Building: Developing the Next Generation of African Conservationists.” [read more]
Colby-Sawyer College Celebrates Scholarship in Susan Colby Colgate Scholars Symposium
NEW LONDON, N.H., April 8, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College will host the 2009 Susan Colby Colgate Scholars Symposium, a campus-wide celebration of senior student's scholarship, on Wednesday, April 22. The symposium will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. in various locations on campus. The event is open to community members and admission is free.[ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer College Hosts Exhibition of Works by 14 Senior Students
NEW LONDON, N.H., April 7, 2009 – The Colby-Sawyer College Fine and Performing Arts Department will host its annual Senior Art Exhibition featuring students' work in a variety of media including graphic design, painting, drawing, ceramics and sculpture. [ read more ]
Scholar and Author Broughton Coburn to Present the 'Secrets of Shangri-la,' the Mystery of the Formerly Forbidden Tibetan Kingdom of Mustang
NEW LONDON, N.H., April 7, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College will host a lecture by scholar and author Broughton Coburn about the formerly forbidden kingdom of Mustang, a pristine relic of Tibetan culture in the northern Himalayas. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer Hosts Political Cartoonist Joe Szabo for Presentation of America's Image in International Cartoons
NEW LONDON, N.H., April 3, 2009 – A towering Statue of Liberty represents our country in a Russian cartoon, with its enormous army boot-clad foot crushing a tiny globe. This and other jarring caricatures are part of “Image of America,” a presentation by Joe Szabo, which features some of the world's best political cartoons. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer College to Host the N.H. Clothesline Project
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 27, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer will host the N.H. Clothesline Project for the 14th consecutive year. The project is a display of over 5,500 T-shirts with written messages and illustrations that visually demonstrate the impact of violence against women and men who are survivors of abuse. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer College to Present Short Film Collection “Youth Producing Change”
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 26, 2009 – As part of the college's Human Rights and Social Justice Film Series, Colby-Sawyer College will present a collection of short films, “Youth Producing Change,” that highlight human rights issues that inspire young people across the globe to take action. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer Shows Documentary "To See If I'm Smiling"
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 25, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College will show a documentary in Hebrew with English subtitles about the experiences of female soldiers in the Israeli army, "To See If I'm Smiling." Israel is the only country in the world where 18-year-old women are drafted for compulsory military service. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer College Hosts “Books Sandwiched In” Lecture: Is Mexico at Risk of Becoming a Failed State?
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 24, 2009 – Bring your lunch for the latest in the Books Sandwiched In lecture series and listen as Colby-Sawyer Professor of Social Sciences and Education Randy Hanson discusses the intriguing topic of Mexico's state of well-being. [ read more ]
Professor David Schweickart Discusses Economic Democracy
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 24, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College will host Loyola University Professor David Schweickart for a discussion of “economic democracy,” a form of market socialism that advocates workplace democracy and social control of investment as an alternative to advanced capitalism. The public is welcome to attend. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer Players Present "Parlor Games"
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 20, 2009 – The Colby-Sawyer Players will give two performances of “Parlor Games,” a two-act comedic farce, on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 at 8 p.m. in the Sawyer Fine Arts Center. The public is invited and welcome to attend. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer College Hosts 14th Annual ChocolateFest
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 18, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College and the Lake Sunapee Regional Chamber of Commerce will co-sponsor the 14th Annual ChocolateFest on April 4. This tradition, anticipated by chocolate lovers across the region, will feature some of the Lake Sunapee area's most celebrated creators of chocolate desserts. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer College Hosts 1940s Radio Drama 'Sorry, Wrong Number' with SKIT and Student Director
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 13, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College will host a live production of an old-fashioned radio drama, “Sorry, Wrong Number,” a suspenseful story about an invalid woman who is terrorized when she overhears a murder plot on the telephone. [ read more ]
International Festival Celebrates the Diversity of Colby-Sawyer College
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 4, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College will host its annual International Festival, which celebrates the cultural diversity of its community with international foods, traditions, music and dancing. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer Features Student Art Work in Largest Exhibition of the Year
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 4, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer's Fine Arts Department will host the annual Gladys Greenbaum Meyers Juried Student Art Exhibition featuring students' recent work in ceramics, drawing, graphic design, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer's 2009 Exercise and Sport Sciences & Athletics Symposium Focuses on Obesity as a Key Public Health Issue
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 4, 2009 – The 2009 Exercise and Sports Science & Athletics Symposium at Colby-Sawyer College will explore aspects of obesity, a major public health problem in the United States. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer College Hosts Poet Maxine Kumin for Reading, Discussion of Her Work
NEW LONDON, N.H., March 3, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College will host Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Maxine Kumin for a reading and discussion of her work. This event is part of the Department of Humanities' Word by Word series. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer College Hosts Calico Winds, a Quintet that Offers a Twist on Traditional Chamber Music
NEW LONDON, N.H., Feb. 24, 2009 – Calico Winds, a musical quintet that artfully reinvents conventional wind chamber music, will perform a concert at Colby-Sawyer College. The group performs many musical styles, incorporating a creative approach to standard literature with an exploration of trendy and nontraditional works. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer College's Spring Production of 'Waiting for Godot' Explores Humanity's Inexhaustible Search for Meaning
NEW LONDON, N.H., Feb. 18, 2009 – An updated version of the 1949 play, “Waiting for Godot,” by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, will be performed as Colby-Sawyer College's spring production. This two-act tragicomedy has been called the most significant English-language play of the 20th century. [ read more ]
New England Pentecostal Crusade Choir to Perform Gospel Music in Concert at Colby-Sawyer College
NEW LONDON, N.H., Feb 18, 2009 – The New England Pentecostal Crusade Choir will express their joy and Christian faith through exuberant Gospel music in a concert at Colby-Sawyer College. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer Presents Showing of 'The Lucky Ones' With Discussion by Injured Iraq War Veterans
NEW LONDON, N.H., Feb 12, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College will show the 2008 comedy/drama film “The Lucky Ones” about three soldiers injured in the Iraq War who return home to find themselves on an adventure in which the lives they had known in America no longer exist. [ read more ]
Colby-Sawyer Presents 'Up the Yangtze' Documentary, A Moving Metaphor for Life in Contemporary China
NEW LONDON, N.H., Feb 12, 2009 – Colby-Sawyer College will show a Mandarin documentary with English subtitles about the effects of the world's largest engineering feat since the Great Wall: the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. [ read more ]
Newpoli Brings the Joys of Traditional Italian Folk Music To Performance at Colby-Sawyer College
NEW LONDON, N.H., Jan. 23, 2009 – Newpoli will perform traditional folk music of southern Italy from the Middle Ages to the 19th century on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 8 p.m. in Wheeler Hall at the Ware Campus Center. The event is free and open to the public. [ read more ]
Fulbright Scholar Isaac Nyamongo Addresses Kenya's Obsession with Obama and his Journey to the American Presidency
NEW LONDON, N.H., Jan. 19, 2009 – Dr. Isaac Nyamongo, a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Colby-Sawyer College, will speak about Barack Obama's Kenyan roots and Kenyans' obsession with Obama's journey to the White House. Nyamongo is an associate professor and director of the Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. [ read more ]
